Announcements

17th Kaczmarczik Lecture 2011 Nobel Laureate Dr. Brian Schmidt to Speak on "The Accelerating Universe"

In 1998 two teams traced back the expansion of the universe over billions of years and discovered that it was accelerating, a startling discovery that suggests that more than 70% of the cosmos is contained in a previously unknown form of matter, called Dark Energy. The 2011 Nobel Laureate for Physics, Brian Schmidt, leader of the High-Redshift Supernova Search Team, will describe this discovery and explain how astronomers have used observations to trace our universe's history back more than 13 billion years, leading them to ponder the ultimate fate of the cosmos.

Dr. Schmidt's lecture will be held on March 1, 2012 at 3:00 PM in the Main Building Auditorium (3141 Chestnut St). For details, visit www.drexel.edu/physics/news/archive/Kacz%20Save%20the%20Date.

Funded Community Research Grants

Community Research Grants were a response to an internal competition. Twelve grants were received; the following four programs have been funded. The projects are co-sponsored by the Office of University and Community Partnerships; Lindy Center for Civic Engagement, Pennoni Honors College and the Office of Research. We would like to congratulate the following awardees:

Improvement of Parenting Self-efficacy as a Facilitator of Healthy Infant Feeding Practices in Low-Income, Formula-feeding Mothers
Alison K. Ventura, Jennifer Savage Williams, Jennifer R. Breaux
Drexel University, Departments of Nutrition Sciences and Public Health
Penn State, Center for childhood Obesity Research

Morton McMichael School Playground
Debra H. Ruben, Franco Montalto
Drexel University, Department of Architecture and Interiors and Civil Engineering

Capacity Development to Ensure Measurable Priority Health Related Outcome Evaluation of the Mantua and Powelton Village Community Improvement
Jana Mossey, Yvonne Michael, Loni Tap, Anthony Grubesic
Drexel University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and College of Information Science and Technology

Environment for Engagement, Presbyterian Homes
Diana Nicholas and Andrew Cronin
Drexel University, Department of Architecture and Interiors