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Three Endowed Assistant Professors Appointed in Penn Arts & Sciences Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to an- Vanessa Ogle has Mallesh Pai, assis- nounce the appointment of three faculty mem- been appointed the Ju- tant professor of eco- bers to named chairs in the School of Arts & lie and Martin Frank- nomics, has been ap- Sciences. lin Assistant Professor pointed the Janice and Rahul Mukherjee of History. Specializ- Julian Bers Assistant has been appointed the ing in modern Euro- Professor in the So- Dick Wolf Assistant pean and global histo- cial Sciences. Dr. Pai Professor of Television ry, Dr. Ogle researches is an economic theorist and New Media Stud- themes of globaliza- specializing in mech- ies in the department of tion, capitalism and the anism design, which English. He is also af- circulation of knowl- addresses problems of filiated with the -cine edge. Her first book, how mechanisms such ma studies program. Dr. Contesting Time: The as auctions, school lot- Mukherjee joins Penn Global Struggle for teries and political in- from the University of Uniformity and its Un- Vanessa Ogle stitutions can better California, Santa Bar- intended Consequenc- achieve desired out- Mallesh Pai bara, where he recent- es, 1870s-1950s, investigates the paradoxical comes. His work has called into question long- ly completed his PhD. Rahul Mukherjee effects of standardizing time reckonings across held assumptions about fairness and predictabili- In his research, Dr. cultures and will be published by Harvard Uni- ty of outcomes in auctions. He has demonstrated Mukherjee examines the role of media in de- versity Press in the fall. It has received the Pres- that it is possible to develop auctions in which bates surrounding technological development, ident’s Best Book Award from the Social Sci- even anonymous bidders with certain character- disasters and dangers and modernization in a ence History Association. Her current project istics can be favored. Additionally, he has shown rapidly globalizing world. He has analyzed dis- on Western nations’ use of decolonized and non- that competition among sellers may lead to inef- cussions over chronic toxicity, emissions from Western territories to expand free-market capi- ficiency; that is, the buyers with the highest val- cell phone towers, debates surrounding geneti- talism from the 1930s to the 1980s promises to uations may not win the goods on sale. Dr. Pai cally modified crops and construction of nucle- have a significant impact on the study of Euro- is also collaborating with colleagues in Engi- ar reactors. Central to his work are the roles that pean history, international political economy and neering and Wharton to examine privacy issues media, technology and networks play in the cre- neoliberalism and deregulation. raised by the growth of the digital economy. ation of a contested public sphere composed of Ardent supporters of Penn, Julie and Martin Janice and Julian Bers established this chair experts, activists, affected communities and the Franklin established this chair in 2008 to rec- in 1972 to recognize assistant professors who wider audience. ognize and retain eminent scholars and profes- demonstrate outstanding promise as teachers Dick Wolf, C’69, is the creator and exec- sors who demonstrate outstanding performance and scholars in the social sciences. Mrs. Bers utive producer of the Law & Order television in their field. Mr. Franklin, C’86, is the found- received her education degree from Penn in franchise. His company, Wolf Films Inc., has er and executive chairman of the Jarden Cor- 1939. The late Mr. Bers graduated from Whar- produced such films as School Ties, No Man’s poration and has recently served on the pub- ton in 1931 and was chairman of Imperial Met- Land and the 2003 Academy Award-winning lic boards of Promotora de Informaciones S.A., al and Chemical Company. He served as a trust- documentary Twin Towers. Kenneth Cole Productions and GLG Inc. Mrs. ee of the University and received Penn’s Alumni Franklin, C’87, currently serves on Penn’s So- Award of Merit in 1968, while Mrs. Bers served Baccalaureate Speaker cial Policy & Practice Overseers Board and the as president of her class and on the 50th reunion On Sunday, May 17, Trustees’ Council of Penn Women. gift committee. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld will be Penn’s guest Francis J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program at Penn Law & Wharton speaker for the Bacca- In recognition of a $10 million endowment and leadership abilities necessary to navigate laureate Ceremony, an from the W. P. Carey Foundation, the JD/MBA our global economy and excel in their careers.” interfaith program that program at the University of Pennsylvania Law Law and business are more interconnect- includes music, read- School and the Wharton School at the Universi- ed than ever, and business lawyers need to un- ings and prayers. ty of Pennsylvania will be renamed the Francis derstand corporate finance, management, -mar Two consecutive J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program. keting and real estate to best serve their clients. ceremonies will be held “With the generous support of the Carey In addition, businesses are turning to lawyers to in Irvine Auditorium in Foundation, our students will continue to be po- serve in business roles such as CEO. order to accommodate sitioned as innovators in the business world,” Established in 2009, the three-year JD/MBA all who wish to attend. said Wendell Pritchett, interim dean at Penn program was the first elite three-year program Graduating students Law and Presidential Professor. “Our JD/MBA in the country. Through an integrated, acceler- whose last names begin program combines the resources of an elite law ated course of study, students earn both JD and with A-K are invited to Julie Schonfeld school with a top-ranked business school, and MBA degrees in three years, rather than the five attend the ceremony at our students use their cross-disciplinary educa- years it would typically take to earn each degree 1:30 p.m.; those whose last names begin with L-Z tion to confront the complex challenges facing (continued on page 3) are invited to attend at 3 p.m. today’s corporate leaders.” IN THIS ISSUE Rabbi Julie Schonfeld was named the exec- “Doing business requires an increasingly di- 2 Senate: SEC Actions; Men’s Basketball Head Coach utive vice president of the Rabbinical Assem- verse set of skills,” said Geoffrey Garrett, dean, 3 PPE Goldstone Forum; Botswana UPenn Partnership bly (RA) in 2009. The RA is the internation- Reliance Professor of Management and Pri- 4 Research Roundup 5 Representing Modern Japan at ARG and al membership association of Conservative/ vate Enterprise, and professor of management A Sense of Place at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Masorti rabbis. The RA promotes an inspiring at the Wharton School. “Through their experi- 6 HR: Upcoming Programs, Total Compensation approach to Jewish tradition and brings for- ence at Wharton and Penn Law, our JD/MBA 7 Update; African Children’s Choir; CrimeStats; Classifieds (continued on page 3) students develop the critical thinking, reasoning 8 Penn Podcasts ALMANAC March 24, 2015 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 From the Senate Office Steve Donahue: Head Coach of SENATE Men’s Basketball The Univer- sity of Pennsyl- vania has named Steve Donahue as the John R. The following is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. Among other Rockwell Head purposes, the publication of SEC actions is intended to stimulate discussion among the Coach of Men’s constituencies and their representatives. Please communicate your comments to Vicki Basketball. Mr. Hewitt, executive assistant to the Senate Office, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943 or Donahue’s hiring by email at [email protected] marks a return to Penn for the Delaware Coun- ty native, who will become the 20th head coach Faculty Senate Executive Committee Actions in the program’s Wednesday, March 18, 2015 115-year history; he was an assis- Steve Donahue tant coach for the Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Chair Claire Finkelstein gave a brief update on the activities of Quakers under Fran Dunphy from 1990-1991 the Faculty Senate committees. She noted that SEC will discuss the Economic Status of the Faculty until 1999-2000. During that 10-year span, Penn (SCESF) Report at the meeting, and that the Administration’s responses to the report will be pub- won six Ivy League titles including four sepa- lished in Almanac along with the Report. rate undefeated conference campaigns, compil- ing a 182-91 overall record that included a 114- Past Chair’s Report. Faculty Senate Past Chair Dwight Jaggard reported that the Academic 26 mark in Ivy play. Planning and Budget committee and Capital Council have been meeting. Prior to his arrival at Penn for the 1990-1991 Vote on the 2015 Senate Committee on Committees Slate of Candidates. SEC mem- season, Mr. Donahue was an assistant coach un- bers voted to elect the slate of candidates selected by the 2015 Senate Committee on Committees. der legendary coach Herb Magee at Philadel- phia University for two seasons and helped the Discussion of Tenure Process and FAQs from Office of the Provost. SEC members dis- Rams to a pair of 20-win seasons and the NCAA cussed a memo from the Provost concerning promotion and tenure. This memo is intended as a clar- Division II Tournament. Before that, Mr. Dona- ification of existingFaculty Handbook Section II.D.1. Procedures for Academic Appointments and hue was as an assistant coach for current Lafay- Promotions. It says that all reviews for faculty promotion and tenure must be completed in the man- ette head coach Fran O’Hanlon at Monsignor datory review year and will not be allowed in the terminal year. Faculty members who are denied Bonner High School, helping to guide them to tenure in their mandatory review year cannot be reviewed by the Provost’s Staff Conference a sec- the Philadelphia Catholic League title. He be- ond time. This policy applies to tenure-track faculty, clinician-educators and research faculty. Fac- gan his coaching career at Springfield (Pennsyl- ulty members can still come up for early review. However, if they are denied, the year after they vania) High School. are turned down becomes their terminal year. This clarification does not affect the process or basis “After performing a robust and year-long as- for granting tenure clock extensions. The appeals and grievance process for cases of tenure denial sessment of the men’s basketball program, we also remain unaffected. entered the search process with a strong sense of the background, skills and character traits we Discussion on the 2015 Economic Status of the Faculty Report. Erika Holzbaur, chair of felt were necessary for Penn’s next head coach,” the Senate Committee on Economic Status of the Faculty (SCESF), discussed the SCESF report. said Penn’s Director of Recreation and Intercol- The majority of the data on which the report is based came from the Office for the Vice Provost for legiate Athletics, M. Grace Calhoun. “An im- Faculty. The committee requested additional data from the Vice Provost for Faculty, and since this pressive group of candidates were thoroughly was not provided, the committee turned to publicly available salary data for senior administrators. vetted, and Steve Donahue clearly rose to the The salary guideline for faculty has not been set above 3% since 2006. Faculty members in some top. Coach Donahue is a nationally recognized schools, including the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine and the basic coach and proven recruiter with unquestioned sciences faculty in the Perelman School of Medicine, were, on average, given salary increases be- integrity. His deep knowledge of and appreci- low the 3% guideline. The committee noted the widening gap between faculty and senior admin- ation for Penn basketball, the Ivy model of stu- istrator salaries. Compared to peer schools from the Ivy Plus group, Penn was in the middle of the dent-athlete development and the Big Five were pack with regard to full and associate professor salaries; Penn was ranked number one in salaries unparalleled in the search. We are confident in for assistant professors. Data from the Association of American Universities (AAU) allows com- Coach Donahue’s ability to return Penn men’s parisons between disciplines, and the committee felt that faculty salaries should be in the top 10% basketball to prominence,” Dr. Calhoun added. of their discipline. The committee also noted that mean and median salaries for women are substan- “I am thrilled to be coming back to Penn as tially lower than those for men, and that this has not been improving over time. The committee rec- its head men’s basketball coach,” said Mr. Do- nahue. “Having been a part of Philadelphia and ommends increasing faculty salaries relative to peer institutions; ensuring faculty salaries are in the Penn basketball for the greater part of my life, top 10% of their discipline; consistency in implementing salary increases; addressing the continuing I have a great passion for this city and this pro- gender salary inequity; and enhancing transparency in the Administration’s communications with gram. I spent ten extraordinary years as an assis- faculty regarding the determinants of faculty salaries. tant here at Penn working with one of the great SEC members and the Committee Chair then discussed: salary inequities for underrepresented head coaches in all of college basketball, Fran minority faculty; strategies for achieving gender equity in salaries; and the gap between senior ad- Dunphy. That, combined with my experiences ministrator and faculty salaries. as head coach at Cornell and Boston College, Update from the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty. Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Al- have led me to this distinct opportunity to re- len gave an update on activities in her office. Hiring of minority and women faculty is trending to turn the program that I grew up watching to na- historic highs. Since the Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence was instituted, there has tional prominence. I plan to provide the energy and the enthusiasm that will put Penn basketball been a noticeable increase in the percentage of underrepresented minorities hired. The diversity and back atop the Ivy League.” inclusion initiatives are thriving. Faculty development and salary equity for women are continuing This past basketball season, Mr. Donahue priorities. She then clarified the Provost’s memo concerning promotion and tenure. was a regular analyst on college basketball SEC members and the Vice Provost for Faculty then discussed how the tenure policy will affect broadcasts for ESPN and FOX. recruitment and retention; qualifications for coming up early for tenure; how the policy will be en- He is a 1984 Ursinus College graduate, forced at the school level; right of appeal for tenure denials; how this will affect those currently in where he was a four-year letterman in both bas- the review process; the policy on extensions of the probationary clock; how to address the gender ketball and baseball for the Bears and captain of salary gap; and whether there should be faculty representation on the Board of Trustees. the basketball team as a senior.
2 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC March 24, 2015 Carey JD/MBA Program Botswana-UPenn Partnership Teams up with Microsoft and Partners to (continued from page 1) Launch Telemedicine Service over TV White Spaces Network separately. Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP) is col- medicine, which will improve the livelihoods of Students spend their first year in the Law laborating with Microsoft, the Botswana Inno- women located in small towns and rural areas. School and the following summer in Law and vation Hub and other global partners to launch It will initially run in three locations: Loba- Wharton courses designed specifically for the the first telemedicine service in Africa using TV tse, Francistown and Maun, with additional lo- JD/MBA. The second and third years combine white spaces to bring internet connectivity to cations being added in the coming months. The Law and Wharton courses, along with a JD/ hospitals and clinics across rural areas of Bo- hospitals to be connected are: Athlone Hospi- MBA capstone course. tswana. The pilot project, called “Project Kgo- tal in Lobatse, Nyangabwe Hospital in Francis- Penn Law and Wharton also continue to offer lagano,” will provide clinical consultations and town and Letsholathebe II Memorial Hospital a four-year version of the JD/MBA, which began diagnoses to a patient population who would oth- in Maun. In addition, Tsopeng Clinic in Loba- in the mid-1970s and will also bear the Francis erwise have to travel far distances to the capital tse, Donga Clinic in Francistown, Moeti Clin- J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program name. city of Gaborone, Botswana for specialized care. ic, Boseja Clinic, Maun Clinic, Sedie Clinic and JD/MBA students go on to work in a host of Penn Medicine telemedicine experts and Maun General Clinic will also be connected. fields, including corporate law, private equity, in- physicians, including Doreen Ramogola-Ma- This latest project builds on the BUP’s con- tellectual property and investment management. sire, country director of the BUP and cervical tinuing telemedicine efforts with cell phone “On behalf of the W. P. Carey Foundation cancer expert, and Ryan Littman-Quinn, direc- technology in the country to help bring better we are proud to make this gift to Penn Law and tor of Mobile Health Informatics at BUP, will clinical care to patients from afar. Wharton,” said Jay Carey C’73. “Both institu- provide the support and medical expertise for “This unique and innovative project will al- tions were critical to the career success of Frank the referred patients. Harvey Friedman, direc- low underserved patients in the rural areas of and Bill Carey and they believed so strongly in tor of BUP, is the principal investigator of Proj- Botswana to have better access to the health the interconnected nature of business and legal ect Kgolagano, which means “to be connected care they need,” said Dr. Friedman, who is also education. My father and uncle also believed in or networked.” professor of medicine in the Division of Infec- supporting excellence, and we are grateful to The BUP, a program of the Perelman School tious Diseases at Penn. “People won’t have to support Penn Law and Wharton given their his- of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, travel hundreds of miles to the see specialists, toric preeminence and continued success.” is comprised of three main partners—the Gov- which are lacking in many of the rural hospitals Mr. Carey added, “With this gift, we will en- ernment of Botswana, the University of Botswa- in the country. They will be able to engage with sure that the next generation of business leaders na and the University of Pennsylvania—work- Penn Medicine doctors and residents who work possesses the necessary legal acumen and the ing together to build capacity in sustainable and over there from their local hospitals and clinics next generation of lawyers understands the in- high quality healthcare in Botswana through in a live telemedicine connection that will deliv- tricacies of the corporate world, and in doing so clinical care, research and medical education. er care in a faster, more convenient and cost-ef- we honor the memories of Frank and Bill Carey Founded in 2001, the BUP provides expert fective manner.” and the company they built, W. P. Carey.” care focusing in areas related to HIV, tuberculo- Other collaborators on the project include The endowment for the program was given sis, cervical cancer, including co-morbid, multi- Global Broadband Solutions, Vista Life Scienc- in memory of brothers Francis J. Carey, C’45, drug-resistant and complicated cases, and der- es, BoFiNet, Adaptrum and USAID-NetHope. G’47, L’49, former chairman and director of the matology, among others. To see a video highlighting the project, fea- corporate financing firm W. P. Carey, and Wil- TV white space is a technology that enables turing the BUP’s Ryan Littman-Quinn and Ka- liam Polk Carey, W’53, W. P. Carey’s founder. the delivery of broadband using dynamic spec- giso Ndlovu visit https://www.youtube.com/ William Polk Carey died in 2012 and Francis J. trum access. Unused spectrum on the frequen- watch?v=SQHq61u-0iA Carey died in 2014. cy range commonly used to deliver television Founded in 1990 by William Polk Carey, the channels is used and known as TV white space W. P. Carey Foundation supports educational in- or TVWS. Microsoft through its 4Afrika initia- Baccalaureate Speaker stitutions with the goal of improving America’s tive has launched similar pilots across Africa in (continued from page 1) competitiveness in the world. The foundation countries including Kenya, South Africa, Na- currently supports both the Wm. Polk Carey ward the vision of the Conservative/Masor- mibia, Tanzania and Ghana. ti rabbi in areas including major liturgical pub- Prize and the Francis J. Carey Chair in Mathe- Project Kgolagano will have a specific fo- matics at the University of Pennsylvania. lications, public policy, Israel advocacy, social cus on providing access to specialized maternal justice and interreligious affairs. Rabbi Schon- feld started her career as a congregational rabbi at the historic Society for the Advancement of PPE Goldstone Forum 2015 Judaism on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) program presents the 15th Annual Gold- Prior to being named executive vice president, stone Forum next Tuesday. This year’s keynote speaker for the Goldstone Forum, Alain El- she was director of rabbinic development at the kann, who is uniquely connected to an international network of intellectual, religious and RA, spearheading projects in areas such as pub- business life, will discuss Jewish Life in Europe and the United States. The 2015 Forum will lic policy, conversion, continuing rabbinic ed- be held on Tuesday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. in Bodek Lounge of Houston Hall. ucation, professional conduct, mentorship and Mr. Elkann is a novelist, journalist and interviewer. He is the conductor of cultural pro- women’s advancement. Rabbi Schonfeld serves grams on Italian television, maintains a weekly interview column for the Italian national dai- on President Obama’s White House Council for ly newspaper La Stampa and has lectured on art, Italian literature and Jewish studies at Ox- Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. ford, IULM-Milan, Columbia University and currently at the University of Pennsylvania. His Newsweek named her one of the 50 most influ- writings have been translated into Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and ential rabbis in America in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Japanese from the originals in Italian and English; many of his interviews can be read on his She was named by Jewish Women International website: http://alainelkanninterviews.com as a “Woman to Watch” in 2011 and has also been He has co-written books with the chief rabbi of Italy and the archbishop of Milan and named in the Jewish Daily Forward’s Forward 50. collaborated with a prominent member of the royal family of Jordan on a publication on Is- Rabbi Schonfeld is often called upon to represent lam. He is the president of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, a member of the award commit- the Jewish community in national and internation- tee of the literary prize Premio Internazionale Mondello Palermo and president of the FIAC al settings and is known for her incisive applica- (Italian Foundation for Art and Culture) in New York. tion of Jewish thinking to world events. Mr. Elkann has witnessed and analyzed the recent evolution of European cultural, po- litical and economic history from a front row seat. His father, a former chairman of Dior, was the president of the organization responsible for the appointment of the chief rabbis in Almanac On-the-Go: RSS Feeds Almanac provides links to select stories France. His son, John Elkann, is the current chairman of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles. each week there is an issue. RSS is a way to In addition to numerous awards received in his lifetime, Mr. Elkann was inducted into distribute new content to users of RSS the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, France’s highest award, in 2009. readers or news aggregators directly to The Goldstone Forum is made possible by Steven F. Goldstone, C’67, former chair- your computer and other web-enabled man of Nabisco Group Holdings. The Goldstone Fund, created from his gift to the PPE pro- devices. 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ALMANAC March 24, 2015 www.upenn.edu/almanac 3 RESEARCH ROUNDUP
A Simple Intervention Can Make Your Brain ter for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology. “This is the first study that exam- More Receptive to Health Advice ined OSA patients and found higher fat deposits in obstructive sleep apnea pa- “Self-affirmation involves reflecting on core values,” explained Emily tients than in those without OSA.” The data also showed a correlation between Falk, the study’s lead author and director of the Communication Neuro- tongue fat volume and sleep apnea severity, and with body mass index. The science Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School researchers believe that increased tongue fat may explain the pathogenic rela- for Communication. Has your doctor ever told you to get more exercise? tionship between obesity and sleep apnea. Has your spouse ever suggested you eat healthier? Even though the advice Adults with a body mass index of 30 or higher are considered obese. The comes from good intentions, most people feel defensive when confront- latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey of nationally repre- ed with suggestions that point out their weaknesses. Reflecting on values sentative data in 2011 and 2012 reported that nearly 35 percent of US adults – that bring us meaning can help people see otherwise threatening messages 78.6 million people – are obese. OSA affects more than 15 million adult Amer- as valuable and self-relevant. “Our work shows that when people are af- icans. The number of OSA cases is rising, mirroring the increasing weight of firmed, their brains process subsequent messages differently.” the average individual. Although obesity is the strongest risk factor for devel- Along with colleagues at Annenberg, The University of Michigan and opment of OSA, the ways that obesity confers risk for OSA are unknown. The The University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Falk and her team used researchers believe the increase in fat not only increases tongue size, but also functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine a part of the decreases tongue force and hinders the tongue from properly functioning as an brain involved in processing self-relevance called ventromedial prefrontal upper airway dilator muscle, which can lead to apneas during sleep. cortex (VMPFC). The team examined activity in this region as sedentary adults were given the type of advice they might get from a doctor. Partici- Penn Astronomers’ Hunt for Dark Energy pants who were guided through a self-affirmation exercise before receiv- After more than a decade of development and planning, the National Sci- ing the health advice showed higher levels of activity in this key brain re- ence Foundation has approved federal construction of the Large Synoptic Sur- gion during the health advice and then went on to show a steeper decline vey Telescope (LSST). The Association of Universities for Research in Astron- in couch-potato-type sedentary behaviors in the month following the inter- omy, of which the University of Pennsylvania is a member, will manage the vention. Those who were instructed to think about values that weren’t as $473 million construction project. important to them showed lower levels of activity in the key brain region The LSST will be constructed atop Cerro Pachón, a mountain in Chile’s during exposure to the health advice and maintained their original levels Atacama Desert, one of the highest, driest locations in the world. It will see first of sedentary behavior. The results were reported in the Early Edition of the light in 2019 and begin full science operations in 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science the week of February 2. Gary Bernstein, Larry Gladney, Bhuvnesh Jain, Mike Jarvis and Masao Past studies have shown that brain activity in VMPFC during health mes- Sako of the department of physics & astronomy in the School of Arts & Sci- sages can predict behavior change better than individuals’ own intentions, and ences are involved in LSST. Dr. Jain leads LSST’s cosmology effort as spokes- this study sheds new light on why. VMPFC is the brain region most common- person for its Dark Energy Science Collaboration, while Dr. Jarvis is co-coor- ly activated when participants think about themselves and when they ascribe dinator of its weak gravitational lensing working group. value to ideas. The new results show that opening the brain in this way is a key Gravitational lensing involves measuring minute distortions in the light of pathway to behavior change. “Understanding the brain opens the door to new distant galaxies as a way of inferring the properties of objects that light passes health interventions that target this same pathway,” Dr. Falk noted. on its way to Earth. These objects include galaxies and cosmic superclusters, “We were particularly interested in using self-affirmation to help peo- which are dominated by dark matter, a form of matter that is not directly visi- ple become more active because sedentary behavior is one of the biggest ble. Lensing is also one of the main methods Drs. Bernstein, Jain and Jarvis are health threats faced by both Americans and people around the world,” applying with the ongoing Dark Energy Survey. This survey is designed to ex- said Dr. Falk. Overly sedentary lifestyles are becoming a big problem; in plore dark matter as well as dark energy, the mysterious force that may be re- some regions nearly 85 percent of adults lead an inactive lifestyle. This sponsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. can cause multiple health problems, including poor heart health, diabetes The LSST’s mission will expand upon the Dark Energy Survey’s capabili- and cancer. Increasing activity even in small amounts can have an impor- ties, imaging about ten times as many galaxies, each in greater detail. tant impact on both mental and physical health. “LSST will be able to detect galaxies two to three times further than the The team studied 67 sedentary adults from a range of backgrounds. Par- Dark Energy Survey telescope,” Dr. Jain said, “and it will cover about four ticipants wore devices on their wrists to objectively measure their activi- times as much sky. Over the LSST’s 10-year survey, it will take about 800 ex- ty levels for a week before and a month after the intervention. Participants posures of each of three billion galaxies. With this detailed information on gal- were also sent text messages reinforcing the main messages delivered in axies most of the way to the edge of the observable universe, we will carry out the fMRI scanner. Volunteers were shown health messages such as, “Ac- a wide range of cosmological studies.” cording to the American Heart Association, people at your level of physical “One of the other advantages of the LSST,” Dr. Bernstein said, “is that it is a inactivity are at much higher risk for developing heart disease,” or “After ‘time domain’ survey. It will catch the variability of stars, environments of black an hour of sitting, try standing for five minutes. Stand up while you read, holes, supernovae, asteroids—all kinds of objects from inside the solar system watch TV, talk on the phone, fold laundry or write an email.” For some to distant galaxies—over timescales that range from a few hours to a year.” participants, these health messages were packaged with a self-affirmation The data collected by the survey—a petabyte-scale database of astronomi- message like “Think of a time when you will help a friend or family mem- cal images—will be made publically available in an effort to promote open re- ber reach an accomplishment.” When health messages were paired with search as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. self-affirmation, volunteers demonstrated more activity in VMPFC activ- Though federal funding has just been approved, fabrication of the major ity during the health message and also went on to follow the advice more. mirror components for LSST is already underway, thanks to private funding Psychologists have used self-affirmation as a technique to improve out- received from the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Foundation for Arts & Sciences, comes ranging from health behaviors in high-risk patients to increasing aca- Bill Gates and others. Receipt of federal construction funds allows major con- demic performance in at-risk youth, suggesting that the findings may be appli- tracts to move forward, including those to build the telescope mount assembly, cable across a wide range of interventions. “Our findings highlight that some- the figuring of the secondary mirror, the summit facility construction, the focal thing as simple as reflecting on core values can fundamentally change the way plane sensors and the camera lenses. our brains respond to the kinds of messages we encounter every day,” Dr. Falk “This agreement,” said Victor Krabbendam, LSST’s project manager, “is noted. “Over time, that makes the potential impact huge.” a tribute to the hard work of an exceptional team of highly skilled individuals, many of whom have dedicated more than a decade to bringing LSST to this Tongue Fat and Size May Predict Sleep Apnea point. After a rigorous design and development phase, the project team is ready Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems, but a new Penn Medicine to get down and dirty and actually build this amazing facility.” study published this month in the journal Sleep suggests having a larger tongue The LSST camera fabrication budget, funded by the US Department of En- with increased levels of fat may be a sign of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in ergy, will be settled later this year but is estimated at $165 million. Operations obese adults. The researchers examined tongue fat in 31 obese adults who had costs are estimated at $37 million per year for the ten-year survey. OSA and 90 obese adults without the condition. All subjects underwent mag- LSST project activities are supported through a partnership between the netic resonance imaging and the size and distribution of upper airway fat de- National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy. The NSF sup- posits in their tongue and upper airway muscles were measured. ports LSST through a cooperative agreement managed by AURA. The US De- “Previous studies showed that the human tongue has a high percentage of partment of Energy-funded effort is managed by the SLAC National Accelera- fat, and that tongue fat and tongue weight were positively correlated with the tor Laboratory. Additional LSST funding comes from private donations, grants degree of obesity,” said study senior author Richard J. Schwab, professor of to universities and in-kind support from institutional members of the LSST medicine in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and member of the Cen- Corporation, a non-profit entity with headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. 4 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC March 24, 2015 Representing Modern Japan: The Luber Collection of Art Books at the Goldstein Family Gallery Representing Modern Japan: The Luber Collection of Art Books is on exhibit through June 12 at the Goldstein Family Gallery on the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. Gilbert and Shirley Luber collected and sold traditional and contemporary Japanese prints at the Gilbert Luber Gallery in Philadelphia from 1980-2000. The Luber Collection is a multi-lingual selection of over 1,300 volumes on Japanese art, art history and culture from the premodern period to the 1990s. A strength of this collection is its emphasis on 20th-century Japanese printing and other art forms. Representing Modern Japan focuses on books about contemporary Japanese printing and introduces various styles of hanga, or woodblock prints, spanning the 20th century. The exhibit also reflects the variety and breadth of the Luber Gal- lery’s collecting and sales of 20th-century artists’ prints. Visitors will encounter a range of individuals and techniques, as well as the Lubers’ personal connec- tions to those artists in the latter half of the 20th century. The Luber Collection of Art Books was presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 (Alma- nac January 14, 2014). Related Programming: • On Wednesday, April 1 at 5:30 p.m., there will be exhibition remarks by Penn professor Julie Nelson Davis, history of art, and a reception in the Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion in the Kislak Cen- ter. Reservations are appreciated but not required. To RSVP, visit www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/luber.html • On Saturday, April 18, a symposium will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in conjunction with the Arthur Ross Gallery’s exhibi- tion, A Sense of Place: Modern Japanese Prints in Context (see below). The symposium will be held in the Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. For information and reservations, visit www.library. upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/japanese_prints.html Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. For information call (215) 898-7088 or email rbml@ pobox.upenn.edu The exhibition is free and open to the public (please show photo ID at entrance). A Sense of Place: Modern Japanese Prints in Context at University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania presents A Sense of Place: Modern Japanese Prints in Con- text, an exhibition that brings together Japanese prints ad- dressing the idea of place and landscape in the modern era. It will be on view to the public from April 10 through June 21. This exhibition explores the tradition of Japanese artists who select famous sites and landscapes for their work. They active- ly reinterpreted the concept of “famous places” (meisho), one Art of the most influential concepts of landscape imagery in tradi- tional Japan. In a century that bore witness to two world wars, globaliza- tion and a succession of modern art movements, the concept of “place” was anything but simple for generations of 20th-cen- tury Japanese print artists working at home and abroad. While some artists reflected upon the changes of the 20th century in their work, some promoted sites of national importance, and still others sought to reimagine what constituted “famous plac- es” in the new landscapes of modern Japan as well as in the world beyond. This exhibition brings together prints and books on this theme, with works se- lected from the holdings of the All images from the Philadelphia Museum of Philadelphia El Capitan, Yosemite, color woodcut Museum of Art, Morning at Mt. Tsurugi, color woodcut the University of Pennsylvania Library (see above) and private collections. Related Programming: • Thursday, April 9, 5-7:30 p.m., opening reception and gallery tour • Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., a symposium com- plementing the exhibition will be held at the Kislak Cen- ter in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. This interdisciplinary symposium brings together scholars from around the coun- try to put modern Japanese prints into the broader historical, social and artistic contexts of the 20th century and investi- gates how modern print artists referenced the tradition of fa- mous places (meisho) established in earlier prints when they selected famous sites and landscapes for their own work. A special roundtable session with collectors and dealers will consider the important place of collecting in the histo- ry of modern Japanese prints and continued interest today in 20th-century printmaking. A companion exhibition, Repre- senting Modern Japan: The Luber Collection of Art Books, Spring Night-Ginza, color woodcut is on display in the Goldstein Family Gallery (see above). Volcano, hand-colored woodcut ALMANAC March 24, 2015 www.upenn.edu/almanac 5 Human Resources: Upcoming Programs Professional and Personal Development and learn key strategies, including how to con- Healthy Living Workshops Improve your skills and get ahead in your trol your own attitude and the power of asking Get the tools you need to live well year- career by taking advantage of the many devel- short, guiding questions to focus on solutions. round. From expert nutrition and weight loss opment opportunities provided by Human Re- This program covers specific skills along with advice to exercise and disease prevention strat- sources. You can register for programs by vis- breakthrough techniques that can be used in ex- egies, we can help you kick-start your body and iting knowledgelink.upenn.edu or contacting treme cases to help you calm the situation and embrace a healthy lifestyle. 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SPECIAL EVENT 28 6th Annual Penn Powwow; Natives at Penn and Greenfield Intercultural Center present the 6th annual Penn Powwow; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Kress Entrance, Penn Museum (Greenfield Intercultural Center).
TALKS 26 The Evolution of Corporate Cash; John Graham, Duke; 3 p.m.; Faculty Lounge, Penn Law (ILE; Wharton Finance). African Children’s Choir: The African Children’s Choir (above) inspires audiences through their Religious Identity in Venice from the unique blend of cultural song and festive dance. Members range from ages seven to ten and are sur- Renaissance to Contemporary Cinema; Andrew vivors of the devastation of war, famine and disease. Based in Uganda but representing the prom- Berns, University of South Carolina; 5:30 p.m.; ise of all of Africa’s children, the Choir’s radiant and uplifting program features well-loved chil- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Van Pelt- dren’s songs, traditional spirituals and contemporary tunes. They will perform in the Zeller- Dietrich Library (Italian Studies). bach Theatre at the Annenberg Center on Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. For special seat- 30 Past and Future under a Fascist Obelisk: ing needs please call (215) 898-3900 or visit the Annenberg Center Box Office. To see a video and Aurelio Amatucci’s Codex fori Mussolini; Bettina to purchase tickets visit http://www.annenbergcenter.org/event/african-childrens-choir Reitz-Joosse, classical studies; 5:30 p.m.; Class of ’55, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (PLE). CLASSIFIED—RESEARCH CLASSIFIED—PERSONAL AT PENN Deadlines Would you like to lose weight? Tired of The March AT PENN calendar is online at regaining? If so, then you may be interested in Services Available: Experienced babysitter/ www.upenn.edu/almanac The deadline for the May our research study that is combining behavioral nanny available May to August. CPR certified. weight loss program with an FDA-approved Contact [email protected] AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, April 14. weight loss medication. The study provides • 16 months of treatment and evaluation. For For information, call (215) 898-5274 or visit Subscribe to Express Almanac information call Alyssa at the University of www.upenn.edu/almanac/faqs.html#ad Pennsylvania’s Center for Weight and Eating Almanac is not responsible for contents Sign up to receive of classified ad material. email notification when Disorders at (215) 746-5030 or email aminnick@ mail.med.upenn.edu we post breaking news • between issues. Send For information about placing an ad, an email to [email protected] with call (215) 898-5274 or “subscribe e-almanac
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ALMANAC March 24, 2015 www.upenn.edu/almanac 7 Podcasts are quickly becoming one of the go-to sources of information and entertainment for a tech-savvy audience. Below are some podcasts produced periodically at the University of Pennsylvania covering a variety of topics. Penn Podcasts Case in Point Knowledge@Wharton and Penn’s newest Knowledge in Five podcast series, Case Launched in 1999, in Point, is produced Knowledge@Wharton by the Law School has grown into a net- Center for Programs in and convenes scholars work of sites that in- Contemporary Writing from Penn Law with cludes a global edition Selections from the vast collection of pod- newsmakers, practi- in English and region- casts produced by Penn’s Center for Programs tioners and journal- al editions in Spanish, in Contemporary Writing: ists from around the Portuguese, Simplified The PennSound podcasts (writing.upenn. US and the world. The Chinese and Tradition- edu/pennsound/podcasts.php) were created to series delivers smart, accessible conversations al Chinese, Indian and accompany PennSound, the largest archive of that bring experts’ knowledge to bear on major Arabic as well as a site for high school students recorded poetry in the world. English Profes- issues of law, policy, business and culture. The and educators. The Knowledge@Wharton pod- sors Charles Bernstein and Al Filreis launched first episode was posted on February 24. cast (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/category/ PennSound in January 2005 (Almanac February “Through Case in Point, listeners will gain podcasts) shares what CEOs, Wharton faculty 1, 2005). PennSound offers a variety of record- insights into topics where the law significant- and other commentators have to say about the ings, mostly as song-length singles. The poetry ly intersects with their day-to-day lives, from latest business trends, breaking news and mar- sound files are retrievable both from a library their health insurance coverage, to finance, to ket research in their own words. Knowledge@ catalog by authors’ names and via web search the schools their children attend,” said Wendell Wharton has published approximately 1200 engines. PennSound combines aspects of a li- Pritchett, interim dean of Penn Law and Presi- podcasts and had 1.34 million downloads in brary archive and a web music-download site. dential Professor. “This podcast is an opportuni- 2014. Basic bibliographic information is incorporated ty for us to bring the engaged work of Penn Law With the addition of the Wharton channel on in each file so that a user downloads not only and other leading experts directly into listeners’ SiriusXM, Knowledge@Wharton has also be- the sound but also key facts about the recording, earbuds, anywhere in the world.” gun to create podcasts from segments that air on including author, title, place and date of the re- “Case in Point transforms the connection be- its weekday SiriusXM show. Soon after came cording, series, and copyright information. tween the latest scholarship in the law and solu- the idea for Knowledge in Five (knowledge. Into the Field (jacket2.org/podcasts/into- tions to the key issues in our society,” said Paul wharton.upenn.edu/category/knowledge-in-5/), the-field) is a series of interviews with poets and G. Haaga, Jr., L’74, WG’74, a member of NPR’s a new series of five-minute podcasts that offer poetry people: critics, teachers, publishers, or- board of directors who served as NPR’s interim “quick deep dives” into interesting topics in an ganizers and fans. CEO from 2013 to 2014. “Through its innova- accessible way. PoemTalk (jacket2.org/content/poem-talk) is tive format, the series has created a lively venue “Just one from our previous slate of pod- a collaborative podcast series hosted jointly by where audiences can access an array of experts casts would easily fill a 30-minute commute,” the Kelly Writers House and PennSound with addressing topics that impact all of us.” said Rachel Kipp, associate director for Knowl- the Poetry Foundation. Topics include challenges facing higher edu- edge@Wharton. “This is for people who want Close Listening (writing.upenn.edu/ cation, new threats to digital privacy and cyber- something thought-provoking to listen to while pennsound/x/Close-Listening.php) is a long- security, novel approaches to preventing errors taking a quick walk to the corner store, or who running series of interviews hosted by Charles and unintended outcomes in America’s criminal want an interesting short anecdote to share at Bernstein and recorded at Clocktower Radio justice system, the future of America’s health- their next networking event.” in New York and at Penn. care exchanges, recent advances in neurosci- All Knowledge@Wharton podcasts are also ence and the law, and the role of fiction in cul- available on iTunes. ture. The first season will have 20 episodes, and new episodes will be released every two weeks. Episodes are available in both video and audio- only formats on iTunes, SoundCloud and via caseinpoint.org
Kelly Writers House Kelly Writers House Podcasts (writing. upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/podcasts/) offer re- 3620 Podcast cordings of selected House events. Every Kel- 3620 Podcast (podcast.asc.upenn.edu), the ly Writers House event is streamed live and then becomes part of an archive of audio and vid- The Psychology Podcast Annenberg School for Communication’s PhD student-run podcast of and about communi- eo recordings, which includes dozens of ses- The Psychology Podcast (www.thepsychol- sions featuring Buzz Bizzinger, Helen Davies, ogypodcast.com), which began last fall, offers cation scholarship, examines journal articles, books, interviews and day-to-day events and Greg Manning and Judith Rodin, among others insights into the mind, brain, behavior and cre- (writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar). The Writers ativity. These podcasts are available on iTunes delves into the producers’ own research. Having morphed from a purely extracurricular activi- House also offers Medialinks (writing.upenn. and on Stitcher. edu/wh/multimedia/medialinks/), a master ar- Each episode features a guest who will stim- ty into one through which original research is conducted and communicated, the series seeks chive of event and other recordings. All ses- ulate your mind and give you a greater under- sions are produced by Al Filreis and Mark Lind- standing of yourself, others and the world we to reimagine the boundaries of an academic culture focused on producing printed pieces of say and hosted by Al Filreis. The KWH pocasts live in, said Scott Barry Kaufman, scientific di- are available using iTunes or other programs. rector of The Imagination Institute at Penn’s scholarly work. Positive Psychology Center. One recent episode “Creating sound as scholarship is not just a deals with how to change habits, while another cheeky way to have fun in media,” said Kevin deals with raising happily productive kids. Gotkin, a fourth-year doctoral student in com- Penn schools/departments/centers/ “Hopefully, we’ll also provide a glimpse into munication who launched the podcast in 2012. institutes that would like to see their human possibility,” added Dr. Kaufman who in- “It’s really quite revolutionary as we learn how podcast featured in Almanac should vestigates the development and measurement of to communicate beyond paper and written text email [email protected] intelligence, creativity and personality and re- with a medium that is only now being consid- searches imagination, creativity and play. ered as a vector for scholarship.” 8 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC March 24, 2015