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Important note: Please share this digital-only edition of Almanac with your colleagues. Read more. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday September 8, 2020 Volume 67 Number 9 www.upenn.edu/almanac Tyshawn Sorey: Presidential Assistant Professor of Music James Primosch: Dr. Robert Weiss Professor of Music Tyshawn Sorey, tet, Ojai Music Festival, International Contem- James Primosch, who recently joined porary Ensemble (ICE), and others. Dr. Sorey professor of music, Penn as assistant pro- has performed around the world with his own has been appointed fessor of music, has ensembles, as well as with artists such as John the Dr. Robert Weiss been named Presi- Zorn, Vijay Iyer, and Roscoe Mitchell. He was Professor of Music. dential Assistant Pro- recently named Opera Philadelphia’s new Com- Dr. Primosch is an fessor of Music. A re- poser in Residence. Prior to coming to Penn, Dr. internationally re- nowned figure in the Sorey served as assistant professor of music at nowned composer contemporary music Wesleyan University. whose vocal, instru- scene, Dr. Sorey is a Dr. Sorey received a BMusic in jazz studies mental, and electron- multi-instrumentalist and performance from William Paterson Uni- ic works have been and composer who versity, an MA in music composition from Wes- performed through- occupies a unique leyan University, and a DMA in music compo- out the U.S. and in space between the sition from Columbia University. He cites Fred Europe by such en- worlds of spontane- Lerdahl, George Lewis, and Anthony Braxton Tyshawn Sorey sembles as the Chi- James Primosch ous and formal com- among his principal teachers. cago Symphony, the position. He has released 13 critically acclaimed The Presidential Professorships are five-year Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Paul Cham- recordings as a composer and bandleader and term chairs, awarded by University of Pennsyl- ber Orchestra, Collage, the New York New Mu- received support for his creative projects from vania President Amy Gutmann to outstanding sic Ensemble, and the 21st Century Consort. The Jerome Foundation and The Shifting Foun- scholars, whose appointments to the standing A member of the Penn faculty since 1988, Dr. dation. Dr. Sorey was named a MacArthur Fel- faculty are approved by the Provost, and who Primosch is the recipient of numerous awards low in 2017 and was a 2018 recipient of the demonstrably contribute excellence and diver- and fellowships, most recently the 2020 Vir- United States Artists grant. He has received sity to Penn’s inclusive community. gil Thomson Award for Vocal Music from the commissions of his work from JACK Quar- American Academy of Arts and Letters. Orga- nizations commissioning Dr. Primosch’s music Wei Guo: Class of 1965 Term Harold Cole: James Joo-Jin Kim include the Koussevitzky and Fromm Founda- Professor of Biology Professor of Economics tions, the Barlow Endowment, and the Phila- Wei Guo, professor of biology in Penn’s Harold Cole has delphia Chamber Music Society. Recordings of School of Arts & Sciences, has been appointed been appointed the 35 compositions by Dr. Primosch have been re- Class of 1965 Term James Joo-Jin Kim leased on CD, including a recent release by the Professor of Biology. Professor of Eco- Grammy-winning chamber choir The Crossing. Dr. Guo is a leading nomics. Dr. Cole has At Penn, Dr. Primosch has served as chair and expert in cell biolo- been a faculty mem- undergraduate chair of the department of music. gy, with special em- ber at Penn since George A. Weiss (W’65, HON’14) endowed phasis on molecular 2006 and was the this chair in memory of his father, Robert Weiss, mechanisms of exo- lead editor of the In- who was both a research chemist and a concert cytic trafficking. His ternational Econom- pianist. George Weiss is a University of Penn- pioneering work on ic Review (IER), co- sylvania Trustee Emeritus and a member of the extracellular vesicles published by Penn’s Executive Committee of the Penn Medicine significantly influ- economics depart- Board. He is a 1985 recipient of the Alumni enced the current un- ment and Osaka Uni- Award of Merit, the University’s highest alum- derstanding of can- versity, from 2011 to Harold Cole ni honor. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary cer metastasis and 2019. His research doctorate of laws from the University of Penn- immune suppression. Wei Guo covers a broad range sylvania. In 2010, he endowed four Penn Inte- He has an extensive of macroeconomic topics using a combination grates Knowledge University Professorships, publication record in some of the most presti- of theory, quantitative, and statistical methods. adding to his extensive philanthropic legacy of gious journals in his field, and he serves on the Major topics in his research agenda include the support for Penn’s highest priorities. editorial boards of journals such as Molecular Great Depression, efficient contracting models Biology of the Cell and Cytoskeleton. Dr. Guo of firms’ financial structure and compensation, was chosen as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical and incomplete asset markets and the impact of Sciences and a recipient of an American Heart limited portfolio behavior. A Fellow of both the Association Established Investigator Award. At Econometric Society and the Society for the Ad- Penn, Dr. Guo has served as a member of the vancement of Economic Theory, Dr. Cole has INSIDE Committee for Undergraduate Education and recently published two textbooks with Oxford 2 Senate: SEC Actions; the University Council Committee on Diversity University Press: Finance and Financial Inter- Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health and Equality, among other roles. mediation: A Modern Treatment of Money, Cred- 3 Deaths; The Class of 1965 Endowed Term Chair is it, and Banking and Monetary and Fiscal Poli- Message on Penn COVID-19 Childcare Grant 4 Convocation 2020 one of five chairs established in 1990 in honor cy Through a DSGE Lens. In 2015, he was the 6 PILOTS and Penn’s Responsibility to Public of the class’s 25th Reunion. The Class of 1965 recipient of Penn’s Kravis Prize, which honors Education & Community Justice; DPS Advisory to endowed a chair for each of the four undergrad- outstanding undergraduate teaching in the de- Penn Comunity; One Step Ahead Tip 7 Morris Arboretum Scarecrow Contest; uate schools and one in honor of the College for partment of economics. Wage Equity Ordinance; Additional Penn Podcasts; Women. (continued on page 2) Update; CrimeStats 8 Annenberg Center: Fall 2020 Digital Season ALMANAC September 8, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 Holly Harner: Director of Penn SENATE From the Senate Office Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health The following is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. Holly Harner has Among other purposes, the publication of SEC actions is intended to been appointed the Afaf stimulate discussion among the constituencies and their representatives. I. Meleis Director of the Please communicate your comments to Patrick Walsh, executive assistant Center for Global Wom- to the Senate Office, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943 or by email en’s Health (CGWH). at [email protected] She recently joined Penn Nursing as a prac- tice professor of wom- Faculty Senate Executive Committee Actions en’s health in the de- Wednesday, September 2, 2020 partment of family and community health. Dr. Welcome and Introductions. After introductions, Faculty Senate Chair Kathleen Hall Jamieson welcomed the members of the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) and offered a brief review of the Harner has a national reputation as a leading Senate and its structure. She indicated that the responsibility of SEC is to be the central mechanism for Holly Harner input and feedback between faculty and Penn leaders. She urged SEC members to serve as conduits for clinician, educator, and communication between the Standing Faculty and the Senate leadership. A full roster of SEC members champion of women’s is available on the Senate’s website (https://facultysenate.upenn.edu/). In particular, the “Tri-Chairs” in- health, with a long-standing commitment to im- cluding Kathleen Hall Jamieson (Chair), Bill Braham (Chair-Elect), and Steve Kimbrough (Past Chair) proving the health status of vulnerable women. work in concert and arrive at decisions by consensus. Dr. Harner has demonstrated excellence in Prof. Jamieson recapped the Faculty Senate Seminar Series and highlighted the utility of providing her research, practice, teaching, and leadership questions and comments to guest discussants in advance in order to enhance engagement between the at Boston College, Jefferson College, and, most discussant(s) and the faculty. This model was piloted with separate discussions between SEC and Pres- recently LaSalle University. Her experience will ident Amy Gutmann (see SEC minutes of January 2020) and Provost Wendell Pritchett (see minutes also advance CGWH’s work both locally and of February 2020) on the topic of “engaged scholarship” and the role it plays in promotion and tenure globally including existing collaborations in discussions. From those discussions, it was agreed that SEC members should encourage their depart- West Philadelphia, West Virginia, India, Thai- ments to clearly enunciate what role engaged scholarship should play in those decisions, if any. land and several Latin American countries, and This model will continue throughout the year, including with President Gutmann at the next SEC meet- lead to the development of new partnerships that ing on October 14, 2020. will use a health equity framework focused on social justice as a foundational value. Support for Faculty Research and Teaching. Prof. Jamieson recognized the unique demands placed upon faculty to deliver a world-class Penn education in virtual space. Doing so will require fac- “The Center for Global Women’s Health ulty members to prioritize teaching to an even greater extent than in non-COVID times.

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