In the recent Spring 2017 cycle of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards (Conference and Seminar Support noted with *) to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below.

Montserrat Anguera, School of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical Sciences; Penn Vet Next-generation Sequencing Resource

Zoltan Arany, Perelman School of Medicine, Cardiology; Does Exercise Promote Cancer Progression?

Greg Bashaw, Perelman School of Medicine, Neuroscience; Regulation of axon guidance in the mammalian spinal cord 

*Eugenie Birch, Penn Institute for Urban Research; Penn IUR Symposium, Linking the 2016-2017 Penn Theme Year Innovation and the City

Wendy Chan, Graduate School of Education; Human Development and Quantitative Methods, Assessing the Role of Administrative Data in Improving Generalizations from Experimental Studies

Jean-Christophe Cloutier, School of Arts and Sciences, English; Archival Vagabonds: the Peripatetic Lives of Literary Papers

Mirjam Cvetic, School of Arts of Sciences, Physics and Astronomy; Quantum field entanglement and Subtracted Black Hole Geometry

*Frederick Dickinson, School of Arts and Sciences, History; America’s World City: Philadelphia through the Prism of Meiji Japan

Ivan Dmochowski, School of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry; Proposed Zetasizer Will Support Faculty Research and Enrich Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Materials Chemistry

William Doyon, Perelman School of Medicine, Neuroscience; Stress exposure promotes alcohol self-administration via circuit specific changes in the mesolimbic dopamine system

Malitta Engstrom, SP2, Drug-Involved Pregnant Women Exiting Jail: Strengths, Needs & Service Preferences

Antonio Garcia, SP2, Social Work; Bridging Evidence to Child Welfare

*Paul Goldin, School of Arts and Sciences, EALC; Body and Cosmos: An Interdisciplinary Symposium in Honor of Nathan Sivin

Wei Guo, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Matching funds for acquisition of the Nanosight NS00 particle tracking system 

*Michael Hanchard, School of Arts and Sciences, Africana Studies; Under the Gun: State Violence and Black Populations

Onoso Imoagene, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology; Searching for Greener Pastures: African Diversity Visa Lottery Winners in the United States and their Families Back Home

Michael Jones-Correa, School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science; Latino Immigrant National Electoral Study, Wave 3

*Michael Kahana, School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; Context and Episodic Memory

*Suvir Kaul, School of Arts and Sciences, English; Swift in the 21st Century

Peter Klein, Perelman School of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology; Expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Hyun Koo, School of Dental Medicine, and Kathleen Stebe, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Orthodontics; Engineering Precision Dental Medicine for Oral Health

Lisa Lewis, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health; Feasibility of an mHealth Self-Management Program for Hypertensive Black Men

*Mark Liberman, School of Arts and Sciences, Linguistics; Planning Workshop for Data Intensive Research on The Language of the Americas

Michelle Lopez, School of Design, Fine Arts; Joplin Project: Interactive Video Art Installation that employs weather data and the phenomenon of a tornado to examine the silent violence of terror

Jennifer Lukes, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics; Multiscale Measurements of Dropwise Condensation on Micro/Nanopatterned Surfaces

*Ramah McKay, School of Arts and Sciences, History and Sociology of Science; Histories and Futures of Global Health

Irina Marinov, School of Arts and Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science; The Critical Role of the Southern Ocean in Regulating Global Climate

Barbara Medoff-Cooper, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health; Testing a Mindful Meditation Mobile Application Intervention to decrease maternal stress

Michael Povelones, School of Veterinary Medicine, Pathobiology; Identification of mosquito genes required for resistance to heartworm infection

James Primosch, School of Arts and Sciences, Music; CD Recording of Music for Piano and Voice

*Ellen Puré, School of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical Sciences; Penn Vet Cancer Center Inaugural Symposium

David Roalf, Perelman School of Medicine, Psychiatry; Using GluCEST to monitor glutamate during antipsychotic use in psychosis

*Daniel Singer, School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy; Testimony and Epistemology in the Age of Fake News

*Rogers Smith, School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science; Teacher Research and Knowledge: A Celebration of Writing and Literacy

Cynthia Sung, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics; Reconfiguring Origami Robots for Low-Energy Deployment in Fluid Flows

*John Tresch, School of Arts and Sciences, History and Sociology of Science; History of Anthropology Newsletter Conference