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Download Issue As UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday May 28, 2019 Volume 65 Number 36 www.upenn.edu/almanac $4.5 Million for New Autoimmunity Rachel Werner: Beth Wenger: Associate Dean Center of Excellence at Penn Penn LDI Executive Director for Graduate Studies Provost Wendell Beth S. Wenger, Pritchett and Dean Moritz and Josephine J. Larry Jameson are Berg Professor and pleased to announce Chair of History, has the appointment of been named associ- Rachel Werner as ex- ate dean for graduate ecutive director of studies in the School the Leonard Davis of Arts & Scienc- Institute of Health es, effective July 1. Economics (LDI). In this role, she will “Rachel Werner oversee the School’s is the ideal leader to doctoral programs, chart the future of which take place in 31 graduate groups Aimee Payne Amit Bar-Or the LDI,” said Pro- Beth Wenger vost Pritchett. “She is Rachel Werner and enroll approxi- Aimee S. Payne, the Albert M. Kligman As- one of the world’s foremost scholars working at mately 1,350 students. sociate Professor of Dermatology, and Amit the intersection of health and economics, and her “I am delighted to announce Beth’s ap- Bar-Or, a professor of neurology and director of (continued on page 4) pointment,” said Steven J. Fluharty, Dean and the Center for Neuroinflammation and Experi- Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, mental Therapeutics (CNET), will lead a new Martine Haas: Pharmacology, and Neuroscience. “An eminent NIAID-funded Autoimmunity Center of Excel- Lauder Institute Director (continued on page 6) lence at Penn. This makes Penn one of five clin- Provost Wendell (continued on page 6) Pritchett recently an- Weitzman School of Design nounced the appoint- 2019 Teaching Awards ment of Martine Haas Named in honor of the architect and long- School of Dental Medicine as the Anthony L. Da- time faculty member who served as dean of the 2019 Teaching Awards vis Director of the Jo- School from 1951 to 1971, the G. Holmes Per- Penn Dental Medicine faculty members were seph H. Lauder Insti- kins Teaching Award recipients are presented honored by students for excellence in teach- tute for Management annually based on the input of students at the ing at the School’s Senior Farewell, held May and International School to recognize distinguished teaching and 14 at The Hyatt at the Bellevue in Center City Studies. innovation in the classroom, seminar or studio. Philadelphia. Each academic year, the gradu- “Martine Haas is Perkins Distinguished Graduate ating class recognizes members of the faculty one of the most ex- Teaching Award for Standing Faculty with teaching awards, presented at this annual citing and innova- Francesca Russello Ammon, associate pro- event that celebrates the passage of students to tive thinkers about Martine Haas fessor of historic professional dentistry and welcomes them into the future of global preservation and city the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society. The business,” said Pro- and regional plan- awards and recipients included the following: vost Pritchett. “I am confident that she will be a ning, is a cultural The Basic Science Award great leader in advancing the vital mission of the historian of the post- This award is pre- (continued on page 7) World War II Ameri- sented for excellence can city, with an em- in teaching within the Penn Law 2019 Teaching Awards phasis on the built basic sciences. This Harvey Levin Memorial Teaching Award environment and year’s recipient is Mitch Berman landscape change. Faizan Alawi, asso- is awarded the Har- Her work is deeply ciate professor of pa- vey Levin Memorial important to our un- thology and associate Teaching Award, vot- derstanding of how dean for academic ed on by the JD class cities evolve through affairs. A member design, planning, en- Francesca Ammon of 2019. Mr. Berman (continued on page 6) of the Penn Den- is the Leon Meltzer tal Medicine faculty Professor of Law and INSIDE since 2001, Dr. Ala- Professor of Philos- 2 Senate: SEC Actions; Trustees May Coverage; wi teaches oral and ophy. He writes and Deaths maxillofacial pathol- Faizan Alawi 4 Trustees June Meetings; PWH Inaugural Fellow; teaches in American Penn IUR, Design: Lab on Urban Informality & ogy to students in the constitutional law, Sustainable Urban Development School’s predoctoral and postdoctoral programs, constitutional the- 6 Sachs Program Grants as well as to Penn medical students and resi- 7 Honors & Other Things ory, philosophy of 9 HR: Upcoming Programs; Workday@Penn dents. Dr. Alawi also serves as director of Penn criminal law, gener- Mitch Berman 10 Penn Children’s Center Rates; Supplier Diversity Oral Pathology Services. He was previously rec- al jurisprudence and Expo; 200th Birthday Celebration of Walt Whitman ognized with the Basic Science Award in 2010 philosophy of sport. This year, he taught Con- 11 Recognized Holidays; Update; Summer Nights at and 2016. He was a 2018 recipient of the Lind- Penn Museum; CrimeStats stitutional Law, Sport and Law in Comparative ICare Training; Green Office Program back Award for Distinguished Teaching. Perspective, and Constitutional Interpretation. 12 Commencement 2019 Photos Pullouts: Summer AT PENN (continued on page 5) (continued on page 5) Commencement 2019 ALMANAC May 28, 2019 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 SENATE From the Senate Office Deaths The following is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. Among other purposes, Carol Germain, Nursing the publication of SEC actions is intended to stimulate discussion among the constituencies and Carol P. Hanley Germain, associate profes- their representatives. Please communicate your comments to Patrick Walsh, executive assistant to sor emerita in Penn’s School of Nursing and pio- the Senate Office, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943 or by email [email protected] neer in the development of qualitative research in nursing, died May 10. She was 86. Faculty Senate Executive Committee Actions Dr. Germain grad- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 uated from St. Clare’s Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Chair Jennifer Pinto-Martin reported that SEC constituents with School of Nursing be- expiring terms will hold elections pursuant to the Senate Rules during early June. fore earning her BSN Past Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Past Chair Santosh Venkatesh reported on the work of the from Seton Hall Uni- Provost’s Academic Planning and Budget Committee and on the Capital Council. versity, her MSN from St. John’s University, Issues Requiring a Vote. SEC members ratified the slate of four faculty representatives on the and her doctorate in 2019-2020 University Council Steering Committee. anthropology and ed- Senate Committee Reports. SEC heard and briefly discussed annual reports given by the ucation from Rutgers chairs of Senate Committees. Senate committee reports can be found in the May 14, 2019, issue of University. Almanac. Dr. Germain joined Carol Germain Faculty Handbook Amendment: Parental Leave Policy. SEC members discussed proposed the standing faculty at revisions to the Parental Leave Policy forwarded for consideration by the Vice Provost for Faculty. Penn in 1978 following appointments at St. John’s A list of questions and concerns regarding practical implementation of the revised policy parameters and Rutgers and a strong clinical career. Dr. Ger- were developed and will be forwarded to the Vice Provost. main developed and taught doctoral seminars in Discussion and recommendations for SEC’s 2019-2020 agenda. Faculty Senate Chair- Qualitative Empirical Nursing Research and Cul- Elect Steve Kimbrough invited Standing Faculty members to write the Senate Office over the sum- tural Perspectives in Nursing and Health Care in mer months to recommend issues that SEC should consider during the upcoming academic year. the School of Nursing’s doctoral program. She in- tegrated content on these topics into the curricula Passing the Torch. Dr. Pinto-Martin recognized Dr. Venkatesh for his three years of service of the school and mentored many PhD students in as a Tri-Chair to the Faculty Senate. She also recognized the service of the chairs of the Senate’s their research. She also taught undergraduate and Standing Committees: Robert Ghrist, Carmen Guerra, Lea Ann Matura, Dominic Sisti, and Herbert master’s clinical and theory courses and served as Smith. Dr. Pinto-Martin yielded the floor to Dr. Steven Kimbrough, and SEC members welcomed chair of the Science and Role Development Divi- him as Chair of the Faculty Senate for the 2019-2020 year. Dr. Kimbrough introduced Dr. Kathleen sion and vice chair of the Foundational Sciences Hall Jamieson, who began her term as 2019-2020 Chair-Elect of the Senate. and Health Division for over a decade. She served on several committees and boards, including the Pluralism Committee for the University Council, Coverage of Trustees’ May Meeting the Senate Executive Committee for the Faculty The Budget and Finance Committee as well Capital expenditures totaled $692 million as of Senate, the VPUL Search Committee in 1982, the as the Executive Committee of the University March 31, 70.6% above prior year. Almanac Advisory Board and the Disability Board of Pennsylvania Trustees met on May 16. Trust- In PSOM Dean J. Larry Jameson’s Penn for the University. ees’ Chair David L. Cohen opened with remarks Medicine report, he noted that the pavilion con- A year after her appointment here, Dr. Ger- about looking forward to Commencement and re- struction and fundraising continues to progress, main published the first institutional ethnography lated ceremonies and events in the coming days. with a construction completion date expected of nursing practice, The Cancer Unit: An Ethnog- President Amy Gutmann spoke to the suc- for February 2021. He also said that the recent raphy. Her other research efforts focused on shel- cess of the Power of Penn campaign thus far, CAR T cell therapy conference was a great suc- tering abused women, diabetes self-management, with notable gifts that include a $50 million gift cess.
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