Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language, died on Thursday. Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, has died at the age of ...

In 1977, Barbet Schroeder filmed the interactions between a 6-year-old lowland gorilla, Koko, and her teacher, Dr. Francine “Penny” Patterson. After being purchased from the San Francisco Zoo, the ape ...

Documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson. Project Koko started as a PhD project to teach sign ...

PATTERSON-MILLER 09/28/49 – 01/08/25 Penny passed away peacefully on January 8, 2025. She is survived by sons Nathan and Brandon Miller, granchildren Calvin, Beau & Keeli. She is also survived by ...

THOMASVILLE, GA. — Penny Patterson-Smith has been named chief innovation officer at Flowers Foods, Inc. In the newly created role Ms. Patterson-Smith will be responsible for driving Flowers forward ...

Penny is not even a year old, but is about to become an active duty officer for the Berlin Police Department. A bloodhound, Penny was acquired earlier this year, from a Rhode Island shelter, after ...

Penny Michelle Patterson, "My Little Apple Strudel."The Drifters are still singing "Save the Last Dance for me" and you did. Thank you, Hunky Hubby. Penny Michelle (nee Lamoureux) Patterson, age 76, ...

Penny Patterson came to the University of Colorado to study German. She left with three degrees in geology and has since become a leading geological scientist at ExxonMobil. She is also a pioneer in a ...

Elizabeth A. Patterson (Penny), age 74, died Saturday, February 19th, 2022 at SSM Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Penny was born on February 8, 1948 to Donald and Margaret Loechler in Minnesota. She ...

Penny E. Patterson (Geol’76; MS’81; PhD’90) received one of this year’s Alumni Recognition Awards, an award that acknowledges extraordinary leadership and service to CU Boulder. Since retiring from a ...