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Spring 2016 University Research Foundation Awards

In the most recent cycle, Spring 2016, of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, and URF Conference Support (noted with *), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below.

Research and Conference Support Awards Spring 2016:

Ritesh Agarwal, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Materials Science and Engineering; Silicon Nanophotonics: Teaching Silicon New Tricks at the Nanoscale

Erfei Bi, Perelman School of Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology; Using Innovative Technologies in Live Imaging to Uncover Mechanisms of Cell Behaviors

*David Brownlee, School of Arts and Sciences, History of Art; Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture at 50

*Hsiao-wen Cheng, School of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Rethinking Yijian zhi: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Narrative and Anecdotal Writings

Bart De Jonghe, School of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Sciences; Neural Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Energy Dysregulation and Nausea

*Grant Frame, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Divination in the Ancient World

Erick Guerra, School of Design, City and Regional Planning; The Built Environment, Traffic Enforcement and Pedestrian Safety in the Philadelphia Region

Alexandra Hanlon, School of Nursing, Office of Nursing Research; Quantifying the Effects of Sleep on Cardiovascular Health Risk Factors: A Population Analysis Using Biobank Data

Jerry Jacobs, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology; Technology and the Future of Work: A Case Study of Home Health Services

*Justin Khoury, School of Arts and Sciences, Physics; New Frontiers in Cosmology and String Theory

Matthew Levine, Perelman School of Medicine, Surgery; Peri-Operative Estrogen in Renal Transplantation (PERT) Trial

Timothy Linksvayer, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Manipulation of Ant Social Traits by a Bacterial Endosymbiont

Christopher Marcinkoski, School of Design, Landscape Architecture; Africa 2050: An Atlas of Speculative Urbanization

Mechthild Pohlschröder, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Significance of Glycosylation for the Regulation of Biofilm Formation

Prashant Purohit, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics; A Model for Stretch Growth of Integrated Axon Tracts

Michael Shashaty, Perelman School of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care; Molecular Markers of Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplant Recipients

*Emily Steiner, School of Arts and Sciences, English; The Futures of Medieval Historiography

Howard Stevenson, Graduate School of Education, Applied Psychology and Human Development; Black Family Racial Stress Reduction: Improving Racial Socialization Competence

Dawn Teele, School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science; Did Giving Women the Vote Matter for Electoral Politics?

*Jolyon Thomas, School of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Civilizations; What Isn’t Shinto?

*John Trueswell, School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Andrew Tsourkas, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Bioengineering; Engineering Brain Penetrating Antibodies

Julia Verkholantsev, School of Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages; Language as Fossilized History: Myth and Etymology in Medieval Historiography

Richard Zettler, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Sidekan Archaeological Survey

Impact Seminar Grant Recipients

Claire Finkelstein, Law School, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law; Producing Leaders of Character and Integrity: Instilling Values in Public Life

Karen Glanz, Perelman School of Medicine, Epidemiology and Nursing; Accelerating Policies and Research on Food Access, Diet and Obesity Prevention

Susan Sorenson, School of Social Policy and Practice; Technology and Violence Against Women

Shu  Yang, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Materials Science and Engineering; The First Penn-KIST Joint Symposium

Kenneth Zaret, Perelman School of Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology; Controlling Cell and Human Identity

Research Opportunity Grant, Phase 2 Recipient

Steve Tinney, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf: Cities and Maritime Networks 2500-2000 BCE

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