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  U.S. generous to Pennsylvania medical schools
The University of Pennsylvania Medical School received $270 million in federal funds last year, the second-largest amount in the country after Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, which received $305 million.
The University of Pennsylvania's grants include a five-year $5 million project to determine genetic tendencies for breast cancer and a $4 million grant for a project to find a cure for sleep disorders.
The state's other medical schools received NIH funds at these levels last year: University of Pittsburgh, $170 million; Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, $65 million; Penn State University, $37 million; Temple University in Philadelphia, $29 million; and MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, $14 million.
www.post-gazette.com /healthscience/20010807medicalfundshealthp6.asp   (712 words)

  
 WashLaw Web - StateLaw: State&Local Government
All state law resource page containing links to state law search, legal libraries, municipal codes, local county courthouse addresses, draft and uniform model acts, state and local tax agencies, uniform commercial code locator, and other state agencies.
State Search is a service of the National Association of State Information Resource Executives and is designed to serve as a topical clearinghouse to state government information on the Internet.
The purpose of the organization was to facilitate collocation of state related organizations and offices, pool resources to develop and maintain quality central services at a cost savings to individual offices and provide services which would be economically unfeasible for an individual office to maintain.
www.washlaw.edu /uslaw/states/allstates   (685 words)

  
  Pennsylvania History
The temper of the people outran the conservatism of the Provincial Assembly.
Pennsylvania Democrat James Buchanan was elected President because of a deadlock over the slavery issue among the other major politicians, and he then announced a policy of noninterference with slavery in the states and popular sovereignty in the federal territories.
Pennsylvania's population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau as 12,071,842 in mid-1995.
www.legis.state.pa.us /WU01/VC/visitor_info/pa_history/whole_pa_history.htm   (20154 words)

  
 Pennsylvania State University Resource Page - the pennsylvania state university
The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is pennsylvania state university charles lyon a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state.
Penn State was founded in February 22, 1855 by act P.L.46, No.50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth pennsylvania state university hazleton of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.
Penn pennsylvania state university school of education State's women's volleyball team has won 8 Big Ten championships in 14 years, including the 2003 and 2004 titles, university of pennsylvania state and was the NCAA division I national champion in 1999.
www.forensico.com /For-List_of_Colleges_O_-_Pl-/Pennsylvania_State_University.html   (2400 words)

  
 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania will waive the requirement that families be without access to employer-based insurance if the family submits documentation to demonstrate that the co-pays or deductibles make it sufficiently difficult for the family to afford the available private coverage.
The Pennsylvania State University Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology is conducting the evaluation for the contract period from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1996.
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children feels that the program has had some impact in the state, but Pennsylvania still has a large number of children without insurance.
aspe.hhs.gov /health/schip/States/Pennsylvania.html   (2392 words)

  
 Office of Degree Authorization - Unaccredited Colleges
States where the operation of poor quality unaccredited degree suppliers is easy because of state laws that are poor, poorly enforced, or obscure are shown in yellow.
A list of accredited schools is maintained by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The following list of unaccredited degree suppliers is maintained by ODA for the protection of the citizens of Oregon and their post-secondary schools by identifying those degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1).
www.osac.state.or.us /oda/unaccredited.html   (2213 words)

  
 Open Directory - Computers: Artificial Intelligence: People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fournier-Viger, Philippe - University of Quebec at Montreal.
Lavoie, Benoit - University of Quebec at Montreal.
Vyas, Amrish - University of Maryland at Baltimore County.
dmoz.org /Computers/Artificial_Intelligence/People   (2675 words)

  
 Penn State University Press
The Keystone State, so nicknamed because it was geographically situated in the middle of the thirteen original colonies and played a crucial role in the founding of the United States, has remained at the heart of American history.
Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth offers fresh perspectives on the Keystone State from a distinguished array of scholars who view the history of this Commonwealth critically and honestly, using the latest and best scholarship to give a modern account of Pennsylvania’s past.
William Pencak is Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University and Editor of Pennsylvania History, the journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association.
www.mnstate.edu /seabooks/pennnew.htm   (1641 words)

  
 Pennsylvania State Flower Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
In 1927, a body of support, initiated at Pennsylvania State College, developed to encourage the Pennsylvania General Assembly to adopt the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) and the flower of the tulip tree as Pennsylvania's official state tree and flower respectively.
State Flower List: List of all of the state flowers.
State Birds & Flowers 1000-pc Puzzle: Created at the request of The National Wildlife Federation this design is a beautiful and informative puzzle featuring every state bird perched on the appropriate state flower.
www.netstate.com /states/symb/flowers/pa_mountain_laurel.htm   (824 words)

  
 Alan Wolfe, Director   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Professor Wolfe attended Temple University as an undergraduate and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
Wolfe currently chairs a task force of the American Political Science Association on "Religion and Democracy in the United States." He serves on the advisory boards of Humanity in Action and the Future of American Democracy Foundation and on the president's advisory board of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
In the fall of 2004, Professor Wolfe was the George H. Bush Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/research/rapl/people/awolfe_bio.html   (429 words)

  
 Igbo Net
Igbo-net is a mailing list for Igbos and friends of Igbos, and scholars whose research interests intersect with aspects of Igbo life past and present.
This electronic mailing list is a free forum for the discussion, debate, and the sharing and formulation of ideas that in one way or the other concern the Igbos.
We see this mailing list as an extension of the guiding principles of Igbo Improvement Unions of yore that were very instrumental in many developmental projects throughout most of Igboland before the advent of the Nigerian civil war.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Listserv/igbo_net.html   (1364 words)

  
 ABLE: GED in Pennsylvania: General Information
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, 11 Canadian provinces, and the U.S. insular areas and freely associated states use the GED test as a basis for awarding high school equivalency credentials.
To be eligible to test in Pennsylvania one must be 18; a resident of Pennsylvania; and not enrolled in a public, licensed private, registered accredited, or licensed nonpublic secondary school.
This is a good option for people who cannot attend a class due to family obligations, transportation issues, or work schedules, or for people who prefer not to attend class.
www.able.state.pa.us /able/cwp/view.asp?a=5&Q=39791   (882 words)

  
 Pennsylvania State Guide and CA Yellow Pages at SuperPages.com
Philadelphia is a great city in the eastern part of the state, a treasure house of tradition and historical shrines; Pittsburgh is a great city in the western part, a mighty arsenal of industry.
In this state are the Pennsylvania Dutch, their barns painted with vivid hex signs; here also are steel mills.
Pennsylvania miners dig nearly all the anthracite coal in the United States and still work some of the oldest iron mines in the country.
www.superpages.com /cities/unitedstates/PA.html   (170 words)

  
 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, PA - college health care info - ePodunk
Pennsylvania > All counties > Monroe County > East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
The county death rate was 8 per thousand people, compared with 11 per thousand people statewide.
The average age of people living in Monroe County at the time of the 2000 census was 36.7, compared with 38.5 statewide and 36.2 nationwide.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/healthInfo.php?locIndex=56414   (275 words)

  
 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania selected to '25 Most Influential' list in radiology
The combination of the three units is a "Radiology First" for any hospital in the United States, which is especially fitting since HUP was the first hospital to get and use an MRI back in 1984.
PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals, all of which have received numerous national patient-care honors [Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center]; a faculty practice plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite facilities; and home care and hospice.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-09/uops-hot091206.php   (516 words)

  
 Bald eagle history: Minnesota DNR
As our state was settled by pioneers, birds of prey were generally considered "varmints" because they competed with people for use of fish and game species.
Beginning in the early 1970's, The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota began contributing to the recovery of eagles by treating and releasing bald eagles that were found sick or injured.
The bald eagle is listed as a threatened species in Minnesota, but its dramatic increase during the past few years makes biologists look forward to the time these birds will be so common that they will be taken off the threatened species list.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /birds/eagles/history.html   (1128 words)

  
 INVASIVE PLANTS MAY BE TOP ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OF 21ST CENTURY
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The most pervasive environmental threat of the 21st century may be cloaked in the guise of ordinary and often attractive plants, says a horticultural scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
A small number of invasive species are native to Pennsylvania, which means they grew in the state before settlement by Europeans.
This is a Pennsylvania noxious weed that spreads by airborne seeds.
aginfo.psu.edu /News/september99/invasive.html   (697 words)

  
 Pennsylvania State University Employee Manual - Mailing List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A Mailing List is a "distribution list" containing mailbox addresses of people you regularly communicate with.
Enter all extensions you want on the Mailing List or press *A (the alternate address mode) and spell out the last name of the
Press the # sign if you own the list or, enter owner’s extension and the pound (#) sign.
www.sn.psu.edu /employee/mailing_list.htm   (200 words)

  
 Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment, Pennsylvania State University
Services of the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment are provided free of charge to The Pennsylvania State University and are adapted to the specific needs of departments or individuals.
Adult learners are a vital market for Penn State and understanding some of the factors associated with adult learners persisting to degree completion will benefit both students and the University.
This paper looks at how comparable the path is from admission to degree attainment at Penn State for similarly qualified students who come from different socioeconomic strata.
www.cac.psu.edu /president/cqi   (320 words)

  
 State List
The Paleontological Institute at The University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin, Department of Geology and Geophysics
A List of all the States' Fossils by Paul V. Heinrich
home.att.net /~e.j.swearengin/statelist.htm   (391 words)

  
 Penn State Department of Statistics
Of the 30 credits, 24 must be courses from the Statistics department and 21 must be at the 500 level.
In addition to the above degree requirements, all transfer students and concurrent degree students within Penn State are required to take a minimum of 12 credits after admission into the MAS program.
See courses and sample programs for the list of coursework and two sample programs.
www.stat.psu.edu /grad/degrees/MAS/index.html   (353 words)

  
 Congressman John Murtha - Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Eight percent of Pennsylvanians — 1.1 million people (720,500 diagnosed and 379,500 undiagnosed) — have diabetes and experts estimate that 1.5 million new cases are diagnosed each year in the
Many people first become aware of the disease when confronted with one of its life-threatening complications such as heart disease, blindness, high blood pressure, stroke, kidney disease or circulatory problems leading to amputation.
Women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy have a substantially increased risk of acquiring the disorder later in life, and women who have diabetes before becoming pregnant face a higher risk of complications for themselves and their babies.
www.house.gov /list/press/pa12_murtha/PRdiabetes.html   (792 words)

  
 Vice President for Research - About Research
A complete list of institutional members from the United States, the UK, Europe, and China can be found on the WUN website.
Eva J. Pell, Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, is the University contact for the WUN.
Any WUN questions specific to Penn State should be directed to Ginny Imboden in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, 304 Old Main, 814.863.9580, vxi2@psu.edu.
www.research.psu.edu /about/wwuniversitypeople.html   (81 words)

  
 People — Penn State Smeal College of Business
The members of the Management and Organization Department are its faculty, the staff that supports the faculty and students, and the doctoral students who participate in the department's teaching and research programs.
The department staff provides vital support services to the faculty and doctoral students in carrying out their teaching and research activities.
Click on the Doctoral Students button for a list of contact information for the doctoral students.
www.smeal.psu.edu /mando/people   (207 words)

  
 Montana State University - People
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 1977; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1981; Postdoctoral, State University of Leiden, Netherlands, 1982-1983.
A central theme of the research in our laboratory is the development of new methods and instrumentation in magnetic resonance spectroscopy targeted toward the elucidation of molecular structure and chemical dynamics in complex materials containing both electron and nuclear spins.
On a fundamental level, we are studying the electron-transfer chemistry that occurs among redox active metal ions in insulators, with the goal of exploiting this chemistry to develop new materials with photon-modulated optical properties.
www.chemistry.montana.edu /people/person.php?id=20   (571 words)

  
 MoveOn.org Political Action: MoveOn.org Political Action Pennsylvania Senate Vote
Casey's investigations—into Pennsylvania's long-term care system, the implementation of sex-offender laws, the child care oversight system, women- and minority-owned businesses' access to state contracts, the state's use of federal child care funds, corporate fraud and misuse of tax dollars—have all led to major reforms, protecting Pennsylvania's most vulnerable and saving state taxpayers over $1 billion.
Chuck Pennacchio (D) is the History Program Director at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and winner of the 2003 Professor of the Year award at Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture for engaging students in campus-wide discussion of current events.
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pol.moveon.org /2006/?state=Pennsylvania&id   (633 words)

  
 Penn State Erie-H&SS-Women's Studies
Women's Studies at Penn State Erie is also gender studies.
It is designed to address the concerns and interests of both women and men, and it strives not only to interpret their experiences but also to change social expectations and conditions.
The supporting credits, which students choose from a program-approved list, must include at least 3 credits each in arts and humanities and natural or social sciences, and 3 credits focusing on non-Western women or on women of color in the United States.
www.pserie.psu.edu /academic/hss/degrees/ws/index.htm   (155 words)

  
 National Weather Association Job Corner
Mississippi State University announces the opening for a Co-Director for the new Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute at the John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS.
Develop and enhance relationships with federal, state, local, and private sector entities to the fullest extent possible, forming collaborations and coordinating relationships resulting in research and extension activities with local and national teams related to the CI Mission.
The department is located in a new academic facility with spacious offices, state-of-the art lecture and computer classrooms, a synoptic lab, a weather map display center, and rooftop weather equipment (including surface observing equipment, a radiosonde system, and an aircraft weather radar).
www.nwas.org /jobs.html   (15092 words)

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