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IME $6.7 Million Bioengineering GrantThe NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has awarded an interdisciplinary research grant to Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) investigators led by Dr. Peter F. Davies. The grant, totaling $6.7 million over five years, focuses on the biomechanics of cardiovascular cells, membranes, and molecules with emphasis on how these properties determine and control cardiovascular tissue function. |
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The Quad The present four Houses in the Quadrangle--Community, Goldberg, Spruce and Ware--will be replaced beginning in the fall 2002 by three newly-defined Houses |
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Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 8, October 16, 2001
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
Tuesday,
October 16, 2001
Volume 48 Number8
www.upenn.edu/almanac/
| The grand old Quad will have three new College Houses when renovations are complete next fall. |
| Getting around University City will be easier for pedestrians and motorists thanks to new signage. |
| A $6.7 million NIH grant has been awarded to the Institute for Medicine and Engineering. |
| President Rodin will receive the Beacon Award at the upcoming celebration of 125 Years of Women at Penn. |
| Professor Peter Stallybrass will receive the MLA's Lowell Prize for most outstanding literary or linguistic study. |
| La Casa Latina: the Center for Hispanic Excellence has a new director. |
| The ICA has a new director of marketing and communications. |
| A new Entrepreneur in Residence program gives students a chance to meet and mingle with experienced entrepreneurs. |
| Research in the social and behavioral sciences involving human subjects must be reviewed by Penn's Institutional Review Board. |
