Penn Global announced seven awards from the Global Engagement Fund for the 2015-2016 academic year. This fund is designed primarily to support projects that collaborate across Schools and disciplines; involve multiple faculty members; engage regions in which Penn has active academic partnerships and collaborative ventures; and catalyze new research and engagement in a global context.

The recipients are:

• Ted Abel (SAS), Roberto Bonasio (PSOM): Deciphering the Epigenetic Control of Memory Impairment Following Malnourishment During Development in India
• Peter Conti-Brown (Wharton), David Zaring (Wharton): The Global Institutions of Financial Regulation
• Glen Gaulton (PSOM), Antonia Villarruel (Nursing): Penn in Latin America Conference 2016
• Devesh Kapur (SAS), Jere Behrman (SAS), Michel Guillot (SAS): Penn India reSEARCH: A Collaboration for High-Impact Health and Demographic Research
• Laura Perna (GSE), Matt Hartley (GSE): Multi-Disciplinary Local Case Studies on Higher Education Reform in India
• Heather Schofield (PSOM): The Impact of Pain Reduction on Productivity and Cognitive Function: A Penn-IFMR Collaboration in India
• Michael Weisberg (SAS), Deena Skolnick Weisberg (SAS), Erol Akçay (SAS), Tim Linksvayer (SAS): Engaging the Local Community to Study Invasive Species in the Galápagos Archipelago

Descriptions of each project and more information about the Global Engagement Fund can be found at: https://global.upenn.edu/gef