UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday, October 30, 2001 Volume 48 Number 10 www.upenn.edu/almanac/ Three SAS Endowed Chairs Wind Energy to Power Penn Dean Samuel H. Preston has announced that three newly appointed faculty members in the Penn will make Department of Political Science have been named to endowed chairs in the School of Arts and Sciences. the largest U.S. Dr. Joanne Gowa has been appointed to the Walter H. Annenberg retail purchase of Chair in the Social Sciences. Dr. Gowa holds a B.A. from Tufts wind-produced University and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, where she was electric energy formerly the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace through an agree- and War. She had previously taught political science at Penn, before Photo by Hans Greene ment with Com- joining the faculty at Princeton in 1990. Her research and teaching munity Energy interests include international security and international political Inc. (CEI). economy. Her current research analyzes the relationship between crisis The announce- bargaining and the regime type of states. She is the author of three ment of this un- books and numerous articles on political economy, trade and monetary precedented clean policy, and democracy and disputes. She is a member of the editorial energy purchase committee of World Politics and the editorial board of International was made last Organization. Dr. Gowa is a vice-president of the International Studies Wednesday at the Association and has been a member of the council of the American Political dedication of the Joanne Gowa Science Association. She has been the recipient of a National Science state’s newest Foundation grant, a MacArthur Foundation grant, and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. She is a wind farms, the member of the Board of Trustees of Tufts University. Exelon-Commu- The Walter H. Annenberg Professorship in the Social Sciences was created by the Honorable nity Energy Wind Walter and the Honorable Leonore Annenberg. The Annenbergs, who are both emeritus trustees, Farms at Somer- are lifelong supporters of Penn and patrons of education across the United States. They have set and Mill Run endowed many chairs in SAS and made countless contributions to Penn, including the founding of in western Penn- the Annenberg School for Communication in 1958. sylvania. The A 215-ft.-tall wind turbine event was held at Dr. Edward Mansfield has been appointed to the Hum Rosen Profes- the Somerset sorship. Dr. Mansfield recently returned to the Department of Political Wind Farm and coincided with Governor Mark Science from Ohio State University, where he had taught since 1996. Schweiker’s proclamation of “Wind Energy Prior to that he was a faculty member at Columbia University. A Penn Week” for the week of October 22. alumnus, he took his B.A. in history in 1984 and Ph.D. in 1989 in The University, together with Penn State political science. He had been a visiting lecturer here in 1992-93. His University, Philadelphia Suburban Water, Photo by Mark Garvin research focuses on international relations, with a particular emphasis Carnegie Mellon University and Giant Eagle on the causes of interstate conflict and the political economy of Inc., have signed on to purchase 75 percent of international trade. He has published extensively on these topics and what the combined 24-megawatt wind farms will has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including the produce annually. Penn alone will purchase the American Political Science Review, International Organization, and output of five of the 215-foot-tall, 1.5-megawatt World Politics. He received the Karl W. Deutsch Award in Interna- wind turbines, equivalent to more than 30 per- tional Relations and Peace Research from the International Studies cent of the total energy generated from the two Association in 2000. Dr. Mansfield has been a national fellow at the new wind farms. This purchase represents the Hoover Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, largest retail wind energy purchase in the nation Edward Mansfield and program co-chair for the 2001 annual meeting of the American to date and will satisfy five percent of the Political Science Association. University’s annual energy needs. The Hum Rosen Professorship was established by Mr. George Weiss, W ’65, and Ms. Diane Barry Hilts, Penn’s associate vice president Weiss in 1989. They named it in honor of one of Penn’s most dedicated friends, Herman Rosen, W of facilities operations; Mike Coleman, director ’36, for his service and loyalty to the University. The late Mr. Rosen served as the chairman of the of campus maintenance services; and students Secondary School Committee for the Greater Hartford Alumni Club for more than 25 years and was a from the Penn Environmental Group represented recipient of the Alumni Award of Merit in 1977. Penn at the ceremonies. “We’re very excited to be part of a clean Dr. Rogers Smith has been appointed to the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship. Dr. energy future for Pennsylvania and the nation,” Smith came to Penn from Yale, where he served as the Alfred Cowles Mr. Hilts said. Professor of Government and co-director of the Center for the Study of “Penn is leading the way to a cleaner and Race, Inequality, and Politics. He began teaching at Yale in 1980 and more sustainable energy future,” said Brent has received the Yale College Prize for Distinguished Undergraduate Alderfer, CEI president. “Penn students, faculty Teaching. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1975 staff, and alumni can take pride knowing five and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard in 1980. His research large wind turbines are producing new clean interests include constitutional law, American political thought, and home-grown energy on their behalf.” Photo by Mark Garvin modern legal and political theory with special interest in questions of citizenship, race, ethnicity, and gender. Dr. Smith has served on the IN THIS ISSUE editorial boards of several publications and is the author or co-author of 2 Codman Award: Dr. Lang; Heat Conservation; Blood Drives; Flu Shots; Snow Day Child Care more than 50 articles and four books, many of which have won awards. He 3 Death: Ms. Lawrence; November Volunteers; has received Rockefeller and American Council of Learned Societies AWIS Celebration fellowships and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1998. 4 125 Years of Women at Penn This chair is one of five Browne Distinguished Professorships 6 Women at Penn Panels established last year (Almanac February 1, 2000) by Christopher H. 7 Update; EHRS Training; Crimestats; Classifieds Browne, C ’69, a Penn trustee and chair of the Board of Overseers of 8 Government Affairs Update Rogers Smith SAS. Pullout: November AT PENN Energy Conservation Codman Award: Dr. Norma Lang Dr. Norma Lang, professor of nursing, has been honored by the Joint The University’s energy conservation Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for her leadership initiatives and programs have yielded role in promoting the use of performance measures to improve health care impressive results because of your support services. She was named the individual winner of the 2001 Ernest A. Codman and cooperation. As we move into the winter Award, which will be presented on November 8, during the National Conference season, there are several new initiatives that on Quality and Safety in Health Care. She is the first woman and the first nurse we would like you to be aware of. to receive this award. Energy Conservation Initiatives Her work to identify standards and measures to evaluate the quality of nursing 1. Lower Temperature Set-points, Air care is used to guide nursing policy throughout the world. This nursing quality Handling Unit (AHU) Shutdown, and model—known as the Lang Model—has been adopted in the United States, implement clearly defined Building Usage/ Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Occupation Schedules: Named for the physician regarded as the “father of outcomes measurement,” Thermostats should be set to the lowest Norma Lang the Ernest A. Codman Award showcases the effective use of performance comfortable level during normal work hours measurement, thereby enhancing knowledge and encouraging the use of perfor- and reduced further upon leaving an mance measurement to improve the quality of health care. occupied space. Each degree of setback “The Joint Commission salutes Dr. Lang for her superb efforts in enhancing the quality of care for corresponds to approximately a 5% savings. patients,” says Dr. Dennis S. O’Leary, Commission president. Her accomplishments “underscore the Where there are specific research needs productive innovations that can be achieved by measuring and using outcomes to improve patient care adjustments may be made. Selected AHUs processes.” will be placed on localized seven-day timers “I would like to share this honor with all practicing professional nurses who are the minute-by-minute or, where applicable, remotely shut down determiners of the quality care received by patients,” said Dr. Lang. “To recognize me is to recognize the when buildings are unoccupied. essential contributions made by more than two million nurses in this country. It is a great honor to follow The recommended temperatures are: previous awardees who are considered the great leaders in the field of quality health care. It bodes well for Occupied: 68 Degrees F and nursing to have a nurse—and thus nursing—recognized as major contributors to the quality of health care.” Unoccupied: 65 Degrees F. Campus Blood Drives 2. Reduce overall power consumption by The American Red Cross wishes to remind the community that the need for blood donations remains shutting off lights, space heaters, important. There are two upcoming campus blood drives scheduled for early November.