PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * Four from Penn receive Kaufman Foundation grants Penn researchers will receive two of four grants awarded this year by the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation in support of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at developing novel approaches to fundamental scientific questions. * Four University of Pennsylvania researchers will receive two of the four New Initiative grants being awarded this yea more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT Haystack scientists study recent geospace storms and resulting light shows * The northern lights, or aurora borealis, one of nature's most spectacular visual shows, can be elusive. Conventional wisdom says that to see them, we need to travel to northern Canada or Alaska. However, in the past two years, New Englanders have been seeing these colorful atmospheric displays on a few more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 15 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Collaborating to Fight Cancer Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are teaming up with University of Miami biologists, biophysicists and chemists to develop new approaches to cancer treatments. By Kyra Gurney Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, are teaming up with biologists, biophysicists and more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Undergrad researchers learn valuable skills, make real-world impact * From designing corn that can withstand extreme climates to developing materials that improve energy production, undergraduates across Penn State are gaining firsthand experience in research with real-world impact.  As members of hundreds of research teams across the University that are working to advance knowledge and more PR