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In This Issue:
 
Winter 2005, Volume 22



Message from the Dean

Feature Story

Swift Observatory Makes Penn State the Center of the Universe

• Countdown to Swift's Launch: Reports from the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base about the launch of the Swift gamma-ray-burst observatory writen by Barbara K. Kennedy

The Swift Mission
Swift Launch Delayed
Still on the Ground
Swift Launch Again Ready to Go
Swift Launch is Successful


Research Rundown

New Penn State Computer Cluster Enables Researchers to Probe the Universe
Most Precise Map of Matter in the Universe Revealed
Small, Cold, and Hungry: Ultra-Small Microbes from Glacier-Ice Sample
First Step Made Toward Comprehensive Use of Human Genome for Fighting Disease
“X-ray Champagne Flow” Uncorked in Horseshoe Nebula
Chandra Looks Over a Cosmic Four-Leaf Clover
New Theoretical Foundation for Analyzing Development of Ecological Communities
Team Including Penn State Researchers Announces Completed Gene Sequencing of Laboratory Rat
Research Reveals Halogen Characteristics of Cluster of Metal Atoms
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Witnesses Vaporizing of a Cometlike Body
Making Black Holes Go ‘Round on the Computer
Scientists Discover Where Snakes Lived When They Evolved into Limbless Creatures
Genetic Barrier to Self-Pollination Identified
Research Reveals Role of Gene in Infertility
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Supports Dark Energy as the Primary Constituent of theUniverse
Mirages in the Sky Probe Dark Matter in the Universe
Major Flares Are Predictable on Far-Away Stars
Vulnerability of Power Grid Centers on Key Junctions
Discoveries Reveal That Gene Regulation Is Bipolar
Infant Galaxies Discovered in Nearby Galaxy Group
Titan, a Moon of Saturn, Casts Revealing Shadow
What Lies Beneath: Chandra Image Released

Faces of Penn State

Daniel Cosgrove
Andrew Ewing
Peter Hudson
Yakov Pesin

The Next Generation
• Danielle Perry

Robyn Smith

Honoris Causa

Chan and Katok Elected Members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Booker Receives PECASE award from President Bush
Brandt Receives Pierce Prize
Team Receives $1-Million Grant for Nanowires Research
Ma Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Rao Recognized for Scientific Impact; Has New Research Institute Named in His Honor
Allara Receives Honorary Doctorate in Sweden
Weiss Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Albert, Keating, and Yee Receive Sloan Fellowships
Wolszczan Receives Award from Polish American Congress
Peterson Receives Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award


New Department Head

Ayusman Sen Named Head of Department of Chemistry


New Faculty

Reka Z. Albert, assistant professor of physics
Alberto Bressan, professor of mathematics
John Clemens, assistant professor of mathematics
Arthur Lesk, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
Anna Mazzucato, assistant professor of mathematics
Katsuhiko Murakami, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
Alexander Nabutovsky, professor of mathematics
Alexei Novikov, assistant professor of mathematics
Regina Rotman, assistant professor of mathematics
Omri Sarig, assistant professor of mathematics
Wen Shen, assistant professor of mathematics
Ae Ja Yee, assistant professor of mathematics

Alumni & Philanthropy News
Cahill Promoted to University Leadership Gifts Director
College Celebrates Science Complex Completion
Honorary Alumni Award
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Trustee Scholarship Program Off to a Strong Start
Annual Millennium Society Event “Takes the Cake”
Alumni Notes
Obituaries
In Memoriam: Robert Eberly


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