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Penn announces $50M Penn Integrates Knowledge neurosciences initiative
Date:9/18/2008

d at Penn including:

  • Eighteen faculty positions in the neurosciences added since 2006.
  • Dedicated neuroscience facilities in the Fisher Translational Research Center intended to accelerate the conversion of cutting-edge research into new therapies and treatments and funded by a recent $50 million gift from Anne and Jerome Fisher.
  • A new Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building in the School of Arts and Sciences designed to integrate research and education in psychology, biology and cognitive sciences.
  • Enhanced facilities for Penn's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Center for Functional Neuroimaging.

Penn has been a world leader in neuroscience research and training since 1953 when it founded the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, the nation's first university-wide institute devoted exclusively to neuroscience research.

"We are confident," Daniels said, "that the new Penn Integrates Knowledge Neuroscience Initiative will allow Penn to continue to lead the life-sciences revolution by empowering our world-class faculty and investigators to take giant strides toward improving the health and well being of people around the globe."


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Contact: Jordan Reese
jreese@upenn.edu
215-573-6604
University of Pennsylvania
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