Winter 2005 Table of Contents
Science Journal, volume 22
In this issue:
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
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 Comet-like 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 the Universe
- 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
The Next Generation
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
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
