Hepatitis C is now the number one reason people need a liver transplant. About 200 patients in all will be enrolled at Hershey and six other test sites, all of which are in Pennsylvania. The Middle Kingdom level is located near the Old Kingdom temple discovered by Redford's team in 1999. Redford also accompanied students to a dig at Luxor, Egypt. The program, which will be offered again next summer, is sponsored by Penn State's Office of International Programs.
Students receive six academic credits for participating.
Expenses for the trip are tuition and room and board, plus transportation. A new property of a bizarre particle known as a composite fermion has been calculated by the physicist who first predicted its existence, Jainendra Jain, the Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics at Penn State, and his colleagues Vito W. Scarola, a graduate researcher at Penn State, and Kwon Park, a research assistant at Penn State. The research, published in the 24 August 2000 issue of the journal Nature, suggests that quantum superconductivity could result when composite fermions come together to form pairs in two-dimensional metals subjected to certain extreme conditions. For the first time ever, Barney's Musical Castle will play the Bryce Jordan Center. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, and Wednesday, Oct. 11.