UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday April 24, 2007 Volume 53 Number 31 www.upenn.edu/almanac GSE Teaching Award: Alan Ruby SAS 2007 Teaching Awards The 2007 recip- sor of English. Dr. ient of the Gradu- Awards Reception Wallace earns praise ate School of Edu- Dr. Rebecca W. Bushnell, dean of the as a teacher with cation’s Excellence School of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Den- “the enviable gift of in Teaching Award, nis DeTurck, dean of the College, an- making very diffi- presented by the nounce the following recipients of the cult medieval texts GSE Student Af- School’s 2007 teaching awards, to be pre- accessible, attrac- fairs Committee, is sented this afternoon, at an awards recep- tive and utterly rel- Alan Ruby, a senior tion that is open to the University commu- evant” in classroom fellow in GSE’s nity, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Upper Egyp- settings large and Policy, Manage- tian Gallery of the Penn Museum. small,” wrote one ment and Evalua- colleague. “With- tion division. out sacrificing rig- For this award, Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for or … he encourag- GSE singles out Distinguished Teaching es students of every those who have This year’s recipient of SAS’s highest teaching ability to write well honor is Dr. David Wallace, Judith Rodin Profes- a strong commit- (continued on page 6) David Wallace ment to teaching and Alan Ruby learning, who demonstrate an interest and enthu- Two English Faculty to Endowed Chairs siasm for both the course material and for the stu- Edward W. Kane Professor of English Watkins Assistant Professor in Humanities dents, and who are intellectually challenging and Dr. Amy Ka- Dr. Heather K. (continued on page 6) plan has been Love has been named named the Edward the M. Mark and Es- First Endowed Chair for W. Kane Professor ther K. Watkins As- Pennsylvania Hospital of English. Dr. Ka- sistant Professor in the Leading Parkin- plan, who serves Humanities. Dr. Love son’s disease spe- as the graduate specializes in gender cialist Dr. Howard chair of English, is studies, the literature Hurtig, has been a scholar of Amer- and culture of moder- named the first ican literary and nity, film, psychoanal- cultural studies and ysis, race, ethnicity and holder of the Frank critical theory. Her first A. and Gwladys is currently work- ing on the uses of book, Feeling Back- H. Elliott Chair of ward: Loss and the Neurology. The language and histo- ry in contemporary Politics of Queer His- Elliott chair is the tory, rethinks the foun- first ever endowed political debates about the American Amy Kaplan Heather Love dations of contempo- university position rary queer historiogra- at Pennsylvania empire. She has re- cently published articles “Where is Guantánamo?” phy by exploring dark or negative “structures of feel- Hospital. ing” in several late 19th and 20th century literary texts. Penn’s School in Legal Borderlands: Law and the Construction of American Borders and “Homeland Insecuri- In 2006, she received the Career Enhancement Grant of Medicine and for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson Nation- Pennsylvania Hos- Howard Hurtig ties: Transformations of Language and Space” in September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? al Fellowship and the SAS Dean’s Award for Innova- pital, the nation’s tion in Teaching, among other honors. She received her first, have enjoyed a relationship of varying for- She is the author of The Anarchy of Empire in the Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. mality over the past 250 years. The hospital was Making of U.S. Culture and The Social Construc- The M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Assistant the original training ground for Penn medical stu- tion of American Realism, and is co-editor of Cul- Professorship was established through a bequest dents until the 1870s, when the medical school tures of U.S. Imperialism. She received an NEH of the late Mark and Esther Watkins in 1969. Their moved to West Philadelphia. In 1997, Pennsylva- Fellowship and the Norman Forster Prize for the gift supports an accomplished teacher who shows nia Hospital and UPHS merged, organizationally best essay in American literature for “Manifest potential as a leader in his or her subject area and uniting the School of Medicine and Pennsylvania Domesticity.” In 2003, she served as the president whose broad concern for the humanities transcends Hospital once again. of the American Studies Association. Dr. Kaplan his or her immediate field. Mr. Watkins graduated The Elliott chair is an important milestone, received her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Uni- from Penn’s Towne Scientific School in 1921. according to Dr. Glen Gaulton, the executive vice versity with a specialty in late 19th-century Amer- dean and chief scientific officer of the School of ican literature. IN THIS ISSUE Medicine. “This new chair recognizes our shared This professorship was established through a 2 Senate: SEC Actions; Endowed Women’s ambition to integrate excellence in medical re- gift from Edward W. Kane, C ’71, and Martha Lacrosse Head Coach; Trustees’ Meetings; Death Wallace, parents. Mr. Kane is a founder and se- 3 Symposium on Philanthropy; Pennsylvania Hospital; search, care, and education in all we do,” said Dr. Grants: Pew—$2 Million; Mellon—$1.75 Million Gaulton. nior managing director of HarbourVest Partners, 4 From the President: Virginia Tech Tragedy; DPS: Dr. Kate Kinslow, Pennsylvania Hospital’s LLC, a global private equity investment firm. He Virginia Tech; Carjacking; Huntsman Hall Incident executive director, noted, “With his clinical ex- graduated cum laude from Penn and earned an 7 Honors & Other Things M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1975. 8 HR: Summary Annual Reports pertise and creative vision, Dr. Elliott altered 9 PennSound; Volunteer Opps; Blood Drives; Voice Mail how neurology was practiced here at Pennsylva- During his term as a University trustee, from 10 HR: Upcoming Programs; Walk-Back; One Step Ahead nia Hospital, following in the footsteps of many 1996-2001, he worked on a project to help dis- 11 Update; Penn Relays; CrimeStats; Classifieds tribute faculty books to alumni. 12 251st Commencement—School Ceremonies (continued on page 6) Pullout: May AT PENN ALMANAC April 24, 2007 www.upenn.edu/almanac Trustees: May Meetings SENATE From the Senate Office A Stated Meeting of the Executive Commit- tee of the Trustees will be held on Thursday, The following is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. May 10, 2007, in Bodek Lounge in Houston Among other purposes, the publication of SEC actions is intended to stimulate discussion Hall. A meeting of the Budget & Finance Com- among the constituencies and their representatives. Please communicate your comments to mittee will be held there that same day. Meeting Sue White, executive assistant to the Senate Office, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943, schedules and locations are as follows: or by e-mail at [email protected]. 10:15–10:45 a.m.: Budget & Finance Committee Meeting Faculty Senate Executive Committee Actions 1:15–1:45 p.m.: Stated Meeting of Wednesday, April 18, 2007 the Executive Committee These meetings are open to observers under Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Chair Vincent Price announced that the Temporary Exclusion the “Sunshine Law.” Members of the University revision has been postponed until the May SEC meeting and he urged SEC members to take time and may register their interest in attending, with the read the report carefully when it is sent with the materials for the May SEC meeting. Dr. Price re- Office of the Secretary, (215) 898-7005. minded SEC members that there is a University Council meeting next Wednesday in Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall at 4 p.m. The next SEC meeting is May 16 at the University Club. SEC Members can Endowment of Women’s expect to hear Senate committee reports and there will be a reception following the meeting. Lacrosse Head Coach Position This has al- Past Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Past Chair Neville Strumpf reported that Vice Provost ready been a his- for Research Steven Fluharty gave an excellent presentation to the Academic Budget and Planning toric season for committee on indirect cost recovery. the Penn women’s Updates on the University. President Amy Gutmann updated SEC on the University of lacrosse program, Pennsylvania’s development and accomplishments in the area west of the campus. In the area of ed- and not only be- ucation Penn spends $10 million a year on public education in West Philadelphia: on the Penn Al- cause the Quakers exander School, The Teachers Institute, creation of a new international-studies magnet high school are off to a best- in West Philadelphia, and the wonderful work with the new dean of GSE providing profession- ever 12-1 start and al development and managerial assistance at several West Philadelphia elementary schools. Presi- are the Ivy League dent Gutmann outlined building projects such as: The Raymond and Ruth Perelman Center for Ad- champions. vanced Medicine, and market-rate housing and ground-floor retail at 40th and Chestnut Street, 3900 Thanks to the Walnut Street, and 34th and Chestnut Streets. President Gutmann announced that the PIK program generosity of an is flourishing; Penn has named five PIK appointments to date with more in the pipeline and any anonymous do- ideas for diverse and wonderful candidates are always welcome. nor, eighth-year Provost Ron Daniels updated SEC on faculty retirement at the University of Penn- Head Coach Kar- sylvania. Provost Ron Daniels has been engaged in conversations with the Penn Association of Se- in Brower can Karin Brower nior and Emeritus Faculty (PASEF). Retired faculty want to stay connected to the University and wish now add yet an- to have support for their professional growth.