Christina Mancheno

Though some say the role of nurses is expanding, what has really changed is the increased availability of nurse practitioners, said Eileen Sullivan-Marx, associate dean for practice and community affairs at the Nursing School.

The game levels are based on different parts of the city, such as West Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square and Center City. The creators may also solicit retail owners to get involved by allowing their stores to be included in the game.

Nursing graduate student Erin Johnson was announced the winner of the 2010 Hollie Shaner-McRae Nursing Student Essay Contest, which is held annually to recognize a nurse’s role in environmental activism.

The International Development Summer Institute Africa Program, a new collaboration between the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the College’s African Studies Center, will send 14 students from Engineering, Wharton and the College to Ghana for four weeks this summer.

A campus-wide e-mail will be sent out encouraging students to submit their favorite recipes. Submissions will be accepted until April 23, and the winners will be announced April 28.

The Tactile Gaming Vest — a vest that makes the player feel the physical effects of being shot in a game — is a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics class project that was showcased at the 2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium in Boston.

At Penn, many computer science students get jobs at companies like Google and Apple, according to Computer and Information Science professor Jean Griffin. This mentoring program hopes to give the average Philadelphia student the opportunity to work toward these jobs.

The new degree, which is currently accepting applications until June 1, will open doors for students interested in making a career out of nanotechnology.

Simply by entering in their college e-mail addresses and passwords, students can instantly connect with each other from across the globe through Randomdorm.com — a new video-chat website.

'Synapse' already has a general body of 250 students, a general board of 30 students, an advisory board of 10 faculty members and an executive board of eight students.