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Hans-Peter Kohler's research on lowest-low fertility was highlighted in a New York Times article (NYT, 6/29/2008)
Samuel Preston's research was highlighted in an Associated Press article (CNN.com, 6/11/2008)
Virginia Chang has received the Robert Austrian Faculty Award for Health Evaluation Research from the Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (5/28/08)
Samuel Preston was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Almanac, 5/13/08)
Diana Mutz has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (5/2/08)
Olivia Mitchell has been awarded the 2008 Roger F. Murray Prize from the from The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance for her paper, “Demographics and Finances of Baby Boomers.” (Almanac, 4/29/08)
Virginia Chang has been named Junior Investigator of the Year by the Society of General Internal Medicine (Almanac, 4/29/08)
Julie Sochalski has received the Dean's Award for Teaching (Almanac, 4/29/08)
Mathew Creighton was a PAA 2008 Annual Meeting Poster Session Winner for the poster titled "Moving up or moving on: the role of single-motherhood, household structure, and migration in children's education in Mexico," and an International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 (Social Stratification and Mobility), Travel Award for the paper "Migrations and generations: single motherhood due to migration and the role of grandparents in children's education in Mexico" (4/30/08)
Andrew Fenelon has recieved a Presidential Prize Summer Fellowship (4/28/08)
Neil Mehta has received a Dissertation Competion Fellowship (4/28/08)
Mikko Myrskylä has received a Teece Research Fellowship (4/28/08)
Virginia Chang has been selected as the SGIM Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year. (3/17/08)
Linda Aiken was recognized by NINR for her work examining the impact of nurse staffing on patient outcomes. NINR emphasizes that this research is helping to predict factors involved in hospital nursing care and patient safety; personalize methods to promote safe hospital environments and nurse job satisfaction; and preempt adverse patient outcomes by promoting safe nurse working conditions and staffing levels. (NINR, 3/15/08)
Aureo DePaula has received a University Research Foundation Conference Support Award for the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Econometrics Colloquium. (Almanac, 2/19/08)
Dennis Culhane talks about the need to prevent homelessness. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/7/08)
Samuel H. Preston’s research on “Intrinsic growth rates and net reproduction rates in the presence of migration,” that appeared in the journal Population and Development Review, was highlighted in Science Letter via NewsRx.com discussing “Population Research: New population research study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Pennsylvania.” (2/5/08)
An article written by John Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio, Jere R. Behrman, Rafael Flores and Reynaldo Martorell titled, “The Impact of Nutrition During Early Childhood on Income, Hours Worked, and Wages of Guatemalan Adults," and published in Number 371 of the Lancet, has been mentioned in several articles. (Reuters, Press Trust India, IRIN News, and BBC News, 2/1/08)Virginia Chang discusses her study on the link between obesity and the location of fast food restaurants vs. full service restaurants. (Washington Post, 1/25/08)
Olivia Mitchell has been awarded the Fidelity Research Institute Pyramid Prize. (Almanac, 1/22/08)
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque and Claudia Valeggia have been awarded National Geographic Society Grants. (Almanac, 1/22/08)
Diana Mutz's article, “Effects of ‘in-your-face’ Television Discourse on Perceptions of Legitimate Opposition,” was published in the November issue of the American Political Science Review. (Almanac, 1/22/08)
Dawn Alley's research on obesity has been published in the November 7, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Almanac, 1/22/08)Mark Pauly comments on health insurers' use of clinical evidence to deny payment. (Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/13/08)
Irma Elo has been named Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics (Office of Univeristy Communications, 8/30/07). Also see the article titled, "Stats on a Healthier Nation," on page 8 of the Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine for Fall/Winter 2007.
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