Research in Brief
Research in Brief: May|Jun 2006
Research Briefs
Research Briefs
Showcasing Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate researchers get CUREJ
Non-Profit Leadership: Aiming High
Michael J. Fox on Nonprofit Leadership
Research in Brief
Research in brief
The Cowbird Variations
Animal behaviorist David White is teasing out the mysteries of cowbirds at the junction of Heredity and Environment.
Fruits and Fate
Research has shown that a woman’s body shape—whether she is round in the middle like an apple or wider at the bottom like a pear—is the single best predictor of health risks. Dr. Marie Savard wants to get this message out to all women, so that “pears” can give themselves a break from pointless dieting and “apples” can save their own lives.
Putting the Carriage Before Marriage
Sociologist Kathryn Edin on poor women’s choices
A Balloon With a View
BLAST-Off: Balloon-borne astronomy
Evaluating Policy—from the Chalkboard to the School Board
CPRE marks 20 years of education research
Mapping The Philadelphia Negro
GIS technology enriches DuBois’ Philadelphia Negro
Research in Brief
Research briefs
Looking for Good Things in Small Packages
Center for Molecular Discovery
The Swarm
$5 million to develop “swarming” robots
Not All Horsehide Heroes Regress to the Mean
Do “clutch hitters” exist?
A Tree Grows in Kensington
Trees make good neighborhoods
Small Technology, Big Promise
Penn researchers are helping write the rulebook for the future of nanotechnology.
$10 Million for Integrating Knowledge
Penn Integrates Knowledge receives $10 million gift
Who Goes Where?
New research on rankings
Toward a Culture of Immortality
Technique promises “bottomless repository” of stem cells
Tracking AIDS in Africa
Tracking AIDS in Africa
Using Eels and Robots to Help People
Robot researcher Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Marshall-ing Its Resources for Academic Honors
Two students win Marshall scholarships
Bad Medicine
Wrongful research



















