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Jeb Bush: Presidential Professor of Practice for Penn Medicine and Academic Year 2018-2019 Grand View Health Alliance University of Pennsylvania President Amy “The Universi- The University of Pennsylvania Health Sys- Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett an- ty of Pennsylvania tem and Grand View Health announced a new al- nounced that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is one of the finest liance focused on the development of joint clinical has been named a non-resident Presidential Pro- academic institu- care programs to improve health care in Bucks and fessor of Practice for the 2018-2019 academic tions in America, Montgomery counties and the surrounding areas. year. and I thank Presi- “Penn Medicine is thrilled to expand our re- Penn’s Presidential Professors of Practice dent Gutmann for lationship with Grand View Health. This new program brings to campus eminent practitioners the invitation to alliance serves to fortify our shared dedication in public affairs whose unique experiences and join the Penn com- to providing patients with high-quality care diverse perspectives enrich Penn’s mission and munity this year,” close to home, while also giving patients new culture. As a Presidential Professor of Practice, said Governor Bush. avenues for coordinated access to the expertise Governor Bush will engage with Penn faculty “At a time when our of a world-renowned academic health system,” and students in multiple ways, including partici- politics and culture said Ralph W. Muller, CEO of UPHS. pating in classes, lectures and campus events, can be polarizing The new alliance will leverage Penn Medi- as well as select major Penn functions. He will and coarse, there is cine and Grand View’s existing partnership, be on campus approximately one to two days a tremendous need which began in March 2018 when Grand View per month. to foster civil dis- Jeb Bush became a member of the Penn Cancer Net- “Governor Bush is a man of exceptional course on the most work. In addition to the advanced clinical care character who has committed his life to pub- pressing challenges and opportunities facing our and technological resources of Penn’s Abramson lic service and civic engagement,” said Pres- country. I look forward to engaging with Penn Cancer Center, including an extensive clinical ident Amy Gutmann. “As the 43rd governor students and faculty on a range of public policy trials program offering some of the nation’s most of Florida from 1999 through 2007, Governor issues in the months to come.” pioneering approaches to treating cancer, the al- Bush championed policies to stimulate econom- Governor Bush’s affiliation at Penn will be liance will provide patients with unprecedent- ic growth and create jobs, lower government with the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study ed access to Penn Medicine’s cutting-edge pro- spending, transform education and dramatical- of Democracy in the School of Arts and Scienc- grams and expertise across multiple disciplines. ly expand conservation of the Everglades. He es. Founded in 2017 through a donation (Alma- Leaders at both Penn Medicine and Grand also earned plaudits for his outstanding leader- nac August 29, 2017) from alumna and trustee View Health will work together to develop state- ship during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane sea- emerita Andrea Mitchell and her husband, Alan of-the-art specialty programs in complex ar- sons, when eight storms ravaged Florida over Greenspan, the Center provides an unparalleled eas including surgery, orthopaedics and trauma. a 16-month period. Governor Bush will enrich platform for students and faculty to explore as- Penn Medicine and Grand View will also ex- our campus with the passion and expertise he (continued on page 2) plore opportunities to develop new ambulatory brings to timely and important conversations.” sites, giving patients even more opportunities to access advanced care in their own community. “We’ve already seen our patients benefit Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies: from our Penn Cancer Network membership,” Online Bachelor’s Degree said Jean M. Keeler, president and CEO of The University of Pennsylvania announced than 20 regional, national and global employ- Grand View Health. “With this new alliance, we that the School of Arts and Sciences’ College ers is working with LPS to advise on workforce will further unite in our shared mission to build of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) has trends and the skills necessary for students to be a healthier community for our growing and di- launched a new program that, for the first time, successful in their careers. verse patient populations.” makes an Ivy League bachelor’s degree acces- Steven J. Fluharty, dean of Penn Arts and The strategic alliance will also create oppor- sible online. Beginning in the fall of 2019, the Sciences and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor tunities for Grand View medical staff members Penn LPS Online platform will offer a fully-ac- of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neurosci- to collaborate with their peers at Penn Medicine credited, online education from Penn for work- ence, said, “This new degree is unique among on research and innovation initiatives. ing adults and other non-traditional students. our peers and places Penn at the forefront in cre- While the new alliance will mean more shared Nora Lewis, Penn Arts and Sciences’ vice atively meeting the expanding need for adult ed- programs between Grand View and Penn Medicine, dean of professional and liberal education, said, ucation in the liberal arts. I’m proud that Penn’s Grand View Health will remain an independent “The goal of this new platform is to make an innovative faculty are opening doors for more health system, which includes a 200-bed inpatient Arts and Sciences education more accessible, students to learn and to become empowered by facility in Sellersville, PA, and five outpatient cen- flexible and affordable for working adults. Penn education. In the United States today, only 30 ters throughout Bucks and Montgomery counties. LPS Online redefines the notion of who can get percent of adults over the age of 25 have com- an Ivy League education by making it accessi- pleted a bachelor’s degree, and with this new INSIDE ble to anyone who demonstrates the ambition initiative LPS is moving forward to meet this 2 Penn Med/Nursing and Vingroup Alliance; PennDesign Associate Dean; Field Center Director and potential to earn it, without sacrificing the educational need.” While other institutions have 3 Deaths; BCFG Fellow; Provost’s Diversity Lecture quality of the education offered.” programs that combine online and on-campus 4 25-Year Club New Members The new bachelor of applied arts and sci- course requirements, the Penn BAAS degree re- 5 PASEF Talk; Penn Dental: Training in NARCAN ences (BAAS) degree combines general-educa- quirements are met almost entirely online, with 6 Honors & Other Things 8 HR October Programs tion requirements and interdisciplinary concen- two limited on-campus experiences designed to 9 WOC Awards Nominations; MLK Symposium trations. The program, designed by an advisory be accessible to working professionals. The pro- Planning; MLK Community Involvement Awards; board of Penn Arts and Sciences standing fac- gram, Ms. Lewis says, builds upon 20 years of 26th Annual Penn Family Day 10 One Step Ahead: Security & Privacy Tip; Korean ulty, is distinctive for its emphasis on connect- experimentation with online teaching by Penn Harvest Festival; Celebration of Writing & Literacy ing a liberal arts education to professional and Arts and Sciences faculty. 11 Wolf Humanities Forum on Stuff; CrimeStats; career outcomes. An additional advisory board Peter Struck, professor of classical studies, Burrison Gallery Show; Classifieds; Update involving management executives from more (continued on page 3) 12 Talk About Teaching and Learning Pullout: October AT PENN ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 Penn Medicine, Penn Nursing, and Vingroup: Megan Ryerson: PennDesign Advancing Medical Education and Clinical Care in Vietnam Associate Dean for Research PennDesign Dean Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing have health equity worldwide through efforts that and Paley Professor launched a formal alliance with the Vingroup— unite Penn Medicine’s missions of education, Frederick Steiner has an enterprise that encompasses a newly formed research, clinical care and community service. named Megan Ryer- private not-for-profit university project, VinUni, “The Center of Engagement in Southeast son associate dean for as well as the largest and leading private health Asia and our partnership with the Vingroup rep- research as part of a service provider in Vietnam, Vinmec—in an ef- resents a unique opportunity for Penn Medicine wider initiative to ad- fort to improve health care and to create new un- and Penn Nursing to innovate in interdisciplin- vance and diversify dergraduate and graduate medical training pro- ary education and to provide faculty and train- The School of Design’s grams in Vietnam. ees opportunities at VinUni and Penn to engage growing research agen- “Penn is proud to share our 250 years of ex- in studies to improve the health of the Vietnam- da. Dr. Ryerson is an perience in research and clinical care—steeped ese people,” said Penn Nursing Dean Antonia assistant professor of in innovation, education and community ser- M. Villarruel. city and regional plan- ning who has a second- vice—to help train, educate and provide better Penn will also support the Vinmec Health Megan Ryerson care to the citizens around the world,” said J. Care System to enhance the quality of care and ary appointment in the Larry Jameson, executive vice president of the clinical training, initially at the Internation- department of electrical and systems engineer- University of Pennsylvania for the Health Sys- al Hospital in Times City, Hanoi. The ultimate ing at Penn Engineering. She has chaired the re- tem and dean of the Perelman School of Medi- goal is to build a new VinUni/Vinmec teaching search committee at PennDesign since 2017. cine. hospital in Hanoi, along with future plans to cre- Dean Steiner said, “Along with an impres- The partnership will focus initially on the ate the medical residency training programs and sive track record in her own research, Professor establishment of medical and nursing schools a robust clinical research portfolio focused on Ryerson brings tremendous energy and vision to within VinUni and on the enhancement of grad- translational medicine. her new role.” uate medical education and health-care pro- “The University of Pennsylvania, Penn Dr. Ryerson and her team design algorithms grams within the Vinmec Health Care System. Nursing and Penn Medicine have set a world- and methods to address cross-disciplinary trans- Together, Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing will class standard in education and have a very portation planning challenges, such as the in- also work to develop the undergraduate curricu- well-deserved global reputation,” said Le Thuy troduction of autonomous vehicles and new in- lum and align faculty and institutional support Anh, Vinmec CEO. “Penn has exemplified a frastructure design strategies for pedestrian and structures to establish high caliber educational standard of excellence that we hope to achieve. bicycle safety to improve accessibility and mo- and training programs. And of course, with its legacy of excellence in bility. She is the research director of the Mobil- “The Penn Center for Global Health cur- education and clinical practice, Penn gives us ity21 Transportation Research Center, a national rently operates Centers of Engagement in Afri- confidence that we are collaborating with one of University Transportation Center, a senior fel- ca and Latin America; extending our reach into the leaders in the world.” low at the Center for Injury Research and Pre- Vietnam with the new Center of Engagement in Penn will form joint working groups with vention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Southeast Asia was a natural step, and a very ex- colleagues in Vinmec and VinUni led from Penn and a member of the Penn Center for Neuroaes- citing one for Penn, global health as a whole and by Gail Morrison, the William Maul Measey thetics. Dr. Ryerson serves on the Board of Ad- most importantly for the people of Vietnam,” President’s Distinguished Professor in Medical visors of The Eno Center for Transportation, the said project director Glen Gaulton, vice dean Education in PSOM; Lee Fleisher, department Program Committee for the International Con- and director of Penn’s Center for Global Health. of anesthesiology and critical care chair, Rob- ference on Research in Air Transportation, two Vietnam, a country of roughly 96 million ert Dunning Dripps Professor of Anesthesia, Transportation Research Board committees, and people, has significant disparities in both the ac- and professor of medicine in PSOM; Julie So- the Board of Advisors of the Los Angeles Metro cess to and provision of health care. The part- chalski, associate professor of nursing, associate Office of Extraordinary Innovation. In 2015, Dr. nership will provide opportunities to implement dean for academic programs and Class of 1965 Ryerson was named “Woman of the Year” by effective public health approaches such as pre- 25th Reunion Term Chair in the School of Nurs- the Women’s Transportation Seminar Philadel- ventative medicine, mobile health technologies ing; Lisa Bellini, vice dean for academic affairs, phia Chapter. She received a PhD in civil and and population-scale “big-data” analytics. The professor of medicine, vice chair of education environmental engineering from the University new initiative is part of the Center for Global and inpatient services in the department of med- of California, Berkeley in 2010 and a BS in sys- Health’s strategy of establishing Regional Cen- icine in PSOM; and Dr. Gaulton to advance the tems engineering from Penn in 2003. ters of Engagement to address disparities in project goals. Richard Gelles: Managing Faculty Director of Field Center Jeb Bush: Presidential Professor of Practice for SP2 Dean John L. Jackson, Jr., named Rich- 2018-2019 Academic Year ard J. Gelles, the Joanne and Raymond Welsh (continued from page 1) Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence and pects of democracy, while promoting open dia- stranger to Philadelphia, having served as chair former dean of SP2, as the managing faculty di- logue and understanding of the key issues of the of the Board of Trustees at the National Consti- rector of the Field Center for Children’s Policy, day. The Andrea Mitchell Center is located in tution Center, where he helped spur more robust Practice & Research, effective summer 2018. the new Ronald O. Perelman Center for Politi- engagement around our nation’s founding char- Dr. Gelles was the Field Center’s founding cal Science and Economics. ter and the values and ideals for which the na- co-faculty director when it launched in 1999 and “Presidential Practice Professorships are a tion stands. is a stalwart, driving figure in the mission to en- significant component of President Gutmann’s Governor Bush, who earned his bache- hance and ensure the well-being of at-risk chil- Penn Compact 2022,” said Provost Pritchett. lor’s degree in Latin American Studies from dren. As managing faculty director, he will inte- “Bringing national leaders from diverse political the University of Texas at Austin, has written grate and unify the work of researchers, students, viewpoints to Penn advances knowledge-based three books: Profiles in Character; Immigration practitioners, community partners and the Cen- public policy on challenging societal questions. Wars: Forging an American Solution; and Reply ter’s team of faculty directors and staff. We welcome Governor Bush’s unique perspec- All: A Governor’s Story 1999-2007. Dr. Gelles’ most recent book, Out of Harm’s tive on the important issues of our day. His af- He is currently chairman of Dock Square Way: Creating an Effective Child Welfare Sys- filiation with Penn will be a tremendous asset to Capital LLC, a merchant bank headquartered tem, identifies four fundamental flaws in the students and faculty alike.” in Miami. He maintains his passion for improv- current child-welfare system and offers clear Governor Bush is familiar to the Penn com- ing the quality of education for students across solutions to each, without requiring a system- munity for his contributions as a panelist in the country by serving as the chairman of the ic overhaul. Dr. Gelles recently launched a six- the 2018 David and Lyn Silfen University Fo- Foundation for Excellence in Education, a na- module online course, Creating an Effective rum, People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century tional non-profit education reform organization Child Welfare System. One of edX’s Massive Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and he founded to transform education in America. Open Online Courses (MOOC), it provides a Immigration Policy, which exemplified Penn’s Governor Bush lives in Miami with his wife, comprehensive overview of child protective ser- commitment to engaging diverse perspectives Columba. They have three children and four vices and prompts learners to develop strategies on challenging and timely topics. He is also no grandchildren. for improving both policy and practice. 2 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC September 25, 2018 Deaths Naomi Lynch, GSE low at the American In 1998, the firm began working with Penn’s Naomi Evers Lynch, a lifelong educator who Academy in Rome, Mr. Architectural Archives to establish the Venturi, began pursuing a doctoral degree at Penn’s GSE Venturi joined the fac- Scott Brown Collection. In the subsequent two de- at the age of 61 and battled cancer for the du- ulty of Penn’s Gradu- cades, they transferred drawings, models, photog- ration of her time in the mid-career program in ate School of Fine Arts raphy and correspondence papers to the Archives, educational leadership, died September 2 in her (now PennDesign) in creating the most extensive documentation of their home in Virginia. She was 64. 1957. He continued architectural and planning projects to be found Ms. Lynch’s research focused on using civ- to teach at Penn until anywhere in the world. (Almanac November 14, ics lessons to help adolescents become engaged 1965. He also taught at 2006). He retired from the firm in 2016. citizens with strong critical-thinking skills. She Yale and Harvard. Mr. He won the Pritzker prize in 1991, and, togeth- spent more than 40 years in classrooms around Venturi authored two er with his wife, received the Gold Medal of the the globe. key, influential books American Institute of Architects, was an honor- on architectural theory: She grew up in Atco, NJ, and was one of five Robert Venturi ary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Archi- black graduates in 1975 from Georgian Court Complexity and Con- tects, and a fellow of the American Academy of College. She earned a master’s degree in adult tradiction in Architecture (1967) and Learning Arts and Letters. He received an honorary doctor- and community college education from North from Las Vegas (1972; with Denise Scott Brown ate in fine arts from Penn in 1980. Carolina State University. She also worked as a and Steven Izenour). Mr. Venturi is survived by his wife Denise lead transition officer for the US Army Installa- Mr. Venturi founded his own firm in 1965; his Scott Brown and his son, James. The family is tion Management Command, supporting veter- wife, Denise Scott Brown (GCP’60, GAR’65, planning a memorial to celebrate Mr. ans moving into civilian life. H’94), whom he met at Penn, became a partner Venturi’s life; details will be announced. Ms. Lynch is survived by her two daughters. in 1969. Venturi Scott Brown & Associates (later Lecture on Diversity: October 2 Robert Venturi, Architecture renamed VSBA Architects & Planners) designed On Tuesday, October 2, The Provost’s Lec- Robert Venturi (H’80), Pritzker-prize winning a number of internationally recognized buildings, ture on Diversity will feature Catharine MacK- architect and former PennDesign faculty mem- including the Sainsbury Wing at the UK’s Na- innon, the renowned feminist legal scholar and ber whose work can be seen across Penn’s cam- tional Gallery; Gordon Wu Hall at Princeton; the pioneering activist for women’s rights, whose pus, died September 18 at his home in Philadelphia Houston Children’s Museum; a huge government ideas have helped shape the national conversa- from complications due to Alzheimer’s. He was 93. complex in Toulouse, France (Almanac January tion about sexual harassment, rape, pornogra- Mr. Venturi, the pioneer of the post-modern 23, 2001); and in Philadelphia, two early ground- phy, prostitution and gender equality. architecture movement who lived by the mantra breaking works, Guild House (1961-1966) and Dr. MacKinnon, the Elizabeth A. Long Pro- “less is a bore” and who embraced history, hu- the Vanna Venturi House, designed for his moth- fessor of Law at the University of Michigan and mor and diversity in his work, was born in Phil- er. VSBA has been responsible for a number of the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law adelphia. After attending Episcopal Academy architecture and campus planning commissions at Harvard Law School, will have a dialogue with in Merion, PA, he received his bachelor’s and at Penn. Among them are the Clinical Research the audience and interviewer Lubna Mian (L’97), master’s degrees from Princeton. After work- Building, the restoration of Fisher Fine Arts Li- Penn’s executive director for faculty and an ad- ing for architects Eero Saarinen in Bloomfield brary, the Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories junct professor of law. The lecture, at Annenberg Hills, Michigan, and Louis Kahn (GAR’24) in and planning and design of alterations and ad- Center's Zellerbach Theatre; 4:30-6 p.m., is co- Philadelphia and spending two years as a fel- ditions to Houston Hall, Logan Hall (now Clau- sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Penn dia Cohen Hall), Irvine Auditorium and Perelman Law School and is part of Toll Public Interest Quadrangle. His close relationship with PennDe- Week. LPS: Online Bachelor’s Degree sign continued to evolve over the course of his (continued from page 1) RSVP appreciated but not required. Visit life. From 1985 to 2002, he served on the Board https://provost.upenn.edu/faculty/provost-lecture has taught online at Penn for more than 15 years of Overseers. or email [email protected] and says it has been an amazing experience. “The technology has advanced to a point now Shlomo Benartzi: Distinguished Senior Fellow BCFG Initiative where new things are possible,” said Dr. Struck, Shlomo Benartzi has been named a Distin- has also been incor- who is also chair of the Arts and Sciences On- guished Senior Fellow at the University of Penn- porated into the Pen- line Faculty Committee. “We’re not just trying to sylvania’s Behavior Change for Good (BCFG) sion Protection Act replicate what happens in a live classroom but to Initiative (Almanac September 18, 2018). of 2006, enabling ap- innovate a different kind of education around the BCFG unites a world-class, interdisciplin- proximately 15 mil- unique possibilities of an online environment.” ary team of scientists with leading practitioners lion Americans to “Teaching all-online courses has complete- in education, health care and financial services boost their retirement ly refreshed my pedagogy,” said Al Filreis, Kel- to test interventions intended to make behavior savings. ly Family Professor of English, who has taught change stick. Dr. Benartzi will focus on applied As a BCFG Dis- modern poetry online since 1995. “My students behavioral economics and financial decision- tinguished Senior are intergenerational, diverse in all ways, typi- making for lasting behavior change. Fellow, Dr. Benartzi cally geographically far-flung and often living in Dr. Benartzi is a professor and co-founder of will work with Penn communities underserved by educational resourc- the Behavioral Decision-Making Group at the Professors and BCFG es. They challenge me with intensely intellectu- Anderson School of Management, University of Co-Directors Ange- al but often nonacademic questions, bringing into California, Los Angeles. He received his PhD la Duckworth, Chris- Shlomo Benartzi being the best sort of ideas-based community.” from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate topher H. Browne In addition to the BAAS, Penn LPS Online School of Management in 1994. A behavioral Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and is launching for-credit certificate programs. Ini- economist, Dr. Benartzi works on creating digi- Wharton’s Katherine Milkman to develop part- tial offerings include programs in leadership and tal nudges that leverage technology to test and nerships and programs designed to improve communication, creative writing, and profession- scale up interventions capable of helping mil- people’s long-term financial security. Dr. Ben- al writing, with additional certificates in applied lions make better financial decisions. artzi’s extensive experience using science and positive psychology, data analytics, modern Mid- Dr. Benartzi, with Nobel Laureate Richard technology to help people make better financial dle Eastern studies and climate change sched- Thaler, pioneered the Save More Tomorrow™ decisions will be instrumental to BCFG’s en- uled to launch during the next year. Students will (SMarT) program, a behavioral program that deavors in this domain. have the option to take single courses or to earn nudges employees to increase their savings rates “Angela and I are delighted that Shlomo the certificate by completing four to five courses. gradually over time. In their original research, Benartzi, who was already a valued member of Each course is designed and developed by Penn Dr. Benartzi and Dr. Thaler found that SMarT the Behavior Change for Good Scientific Team, faculty to be highly interactive, including ongo- increased employee savings rates from 3.5 per- has taken on this new and important role,“ says ing feedback from instructors and peers. cent to 13.6 percent. The SMarT program is Dr. Milkman. “Our Initiative will benefit -im Applications for certificates and the BAAS now offered by more than half of the large re- mensely from his expertise, and I expect that he program are now open. Additional information tirement plans in the US and a growing number will make key contributions to BCFG’s strategy is available at www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu of plans in Australia and the UK. The program moving forward.” ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 3 Twenty-Five Year Club: New Members for 2018 Since 1956, Penn has celebrated a rite of passage each year for faculty and staff who meet one common requisite: they have been members of the University community for 25 years. Another 158 new members crossed the 25-year mark in 2018 and will be welcomed at the University of Pennsylvania annual 25-Year Club celebration on Thursday, October 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Houston Hall. Registration is required to attend, and guests are asked to register at www.hr.upenn.edu/25yearclub For more information call (215) 898-3463 or email [email protected] This event is presented by Penn’s Division of Human Resources. The New Bolton Center will have a separate celebration on Wednesday October 17. David Holt will speak at 4 p.m. about his cancer research at the Ryan Hospital. Cocktails will be at the Allam House from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and dinner will follow at the Alumni Hall. Guests are asked to contact Anne Drumeheller at [email protected] to register.

Michael A. Acker, Perelman and Sciences Mary T. Keough, Facilities and Sergei S. Nikonov, Perelman School of Medicine Pamela J. Erney, Executive Real Estate Services School of Medicine Paul H. Axelsen, Perelman Vice President Sherriann King, Graduate Harvey L. Nisenbaum, Perel- School of Medicine Anthony P. Esposito, School of School of Education man School of Medicine Jeffrey A. Babin, School of En- Arts and Sciences Alexandre A. Kirillov, School Anne Norton, School of Arts gineering and Applied Science Ann C. Farnsworth-Alvear, of Arts and Sciences and Sciences Marisa S. Bartolomei, Perel- School of Arts and Sciences Nathan B. Kobrin, School of Christopher Pastore, School of man School of Medicine Jeffrey Michael Field, Perel- Dental Medicine Arts and Sciences Paul Batastini, Jr., School of man School of Medicine Michael L. Kochman, Perel- Steven S. Paul, Facilities and Dental Medicine Annette Fierro, School of Design man School of Medicine Real Estate Services Marta M. Bates, School of Vet- Loretta Flanagan-Cato, School John C. Kucharczuk, Perelman Robert Persing, University Li- erinary Medicine of Arts and Sciences School of Medicine brary Nancy A. Bentley, School of Howard Paul Fraiman, School Seth Kulick, School of Arts and Ellen Peskin, Perelman School Arts and Sciences of Dental Medicine Sciences of Medicine Richard Wayne Berman, Brenda Fraser, President’s Nancy Kusik, School of Veteri- Mary Ann Pickel, School of School of Arts and Sciences Center nary Medicine Veterinary Medicine Maureen J. Bernfield, Perel- Steven Fredricks, Information Paula T. Lahann, Student Ser- Jill C. Posner, Perelman man School of Medicine Systems and Computing vices School of Medicine Michael T. Blakley, Facilities Lisa Jane Futch, Facilities and Xay Lam, Facilities and Real John T. Prendergast, Develop- and Real Estate Services Real Estate Services Estate Services ment and Alumni Relations Steven Blum, Wharton School Gale Garrison, School of Arts Ann M. Lee, Facilities and Real Abdolrahim Rajaei-Rizi, Perel- Gordon Bodnar, Wharton and Sciences Estate Services man School of Medicine School Gregory G. Ginsberg, Perel- John M. Leferovich, Perelman Elizabeth B. Rand, Perelman Kathryn H. Bowles, School of man School of Medicine School of Medicine School of Medicine Nursing Joseph V. Giorla, Facilities and Donald Lewis, Residential and Cheryl A. Randall, Facilities David J. Bozentka, Perelman Real Estate Services Hospitality Services and Real Estate Services School of Medicine Lisa A. Goodrich, Facilities Grant T. Liu, Perelman School Steven Eugene Raper, Perel- Garrett M. Brodeur, Perelman and Real Estate Services of Medicine man School of Medicine School of Medicine Antonella Grassi, School of Margaret M. Lizotte, Perelman Patrick M. Reilly, Perelman Linda Denise Burton, Perelman Arts and Sciences School of Medicine School of Medicine School of Medicine Kathryn J. Griffo, Develop- Laurie A. Loevner, Perelman James J. Riley, Perelman Barbara Cavanaugh, Univer- ment and Alumni Relations School of Medicine School of Medicine sity Library Adda Grimberg, Perelman Albert John Louie, School of Gwyn Meredith Roberts, Ara A. Chalian, Perelman School of Medicine Social Policy and Practice School of Arts and Sciences School of Medicine Erika N. Gross, Student Paul J. Marcotte, Perelman Josephine S. Rook, Provost’s Mary Y. Chin, Perelman School Services School of Medicine Center of Medicine Sung Y. Gwak, School of Engi- Ellen M. Martin, Perelman Lori Rosenkopf, Wharton Melpo Christofidou, Perelman neering and Applied Science School of Medicine School School of Medicine Kevin Ross Hardy, Perelman Christina Master, Perelman David Roush, Law School Denise E. Clifton, School of School of Medicine School of Medicine Matthew H. Rusk, Perelman Veterinary Medicine Ellena F. Hayes, Perelman Michael F. Mavracick, School School of Medicine Meryl Cohen, Perelman School School of Medicine of Veterinary Medicine Pamela L. Sankar, Perelman of Medicine Stephen Heim, Facilities and Rebecca A. Maynard, Graduate School of Medicine Christopher R. Cook, Informa- Real Estate Services School of Education Amita Sehgal-Field, Perelman tion Systems and Computing Rebecka S. Hess, School of Kevin McBride, School of Vet- School of Medicine Cynthia Cronin-Kardon, Uni- Veterinary Medicine erinary Medicine James A. Serpell, School of versity Library Thomas C. Hettinger, Informa- Helen McFie-Simone, School Veterinary Medicine Edward T. Crotty, School of tion Systems and Computing of Arts and Sciences John T. Seykora, Perelman Arts and Sciences Janet M. Hines, Perelman Annie McKee, Graduate School School of Medicine Joseph G.P. Cruz, Wharton School of Medicine of Education Doris M. Shank, Perelman School Margaret Holloday, Perelman David C. Metz, Perelman School of Medicine Andrew J. Cucchiara, Perel- School of Medicine School of Medicine Dennis A. Sharkey III, School man School of Medicine Lynn Hunter, School of Veteri- Maureen P. Miller, School of of Dental Medicine Patricia O’Brien D’Antonio, nary Medicine Arts and Sciences Trudi Sippola, Human Re- School of Nursing Michael Imbalzano, Perelman Natasha Mirza, Perelman sources Pauline V. Darden, Facilities School of Medicine School of Medicine Thomas Sollecito, School of and Real Estate Services Cynthia Jacobstein, Perelman Olivia S. Mitchell, Wharton Dental Medicine Frederick R. Dickinson, School School of Medicine School Karin Sorenmo, School of Vet- of Arts and Sciences Abbas F. Jawad, Perelman Anthony W. Montagna, Perel- erinary Medicine Dennis A. Disbrow, Develop- School of Medicine man School of Medicine Vivian Stacy, School of Veteri- ment and Alumni Relations Michael Kaplan, School of Kathleen A. Moosbrugger, nary Medicine Marcia Dotson, School of Arts Arts and Sciences Perelman School of Medicine Joseph A. Styers, Facilities and and Sciences Joann M. Kent, Wharton Vladimir R. Muzykantov, Perel- Real Estate Services Amy M. Eader, School of Arts School man School of Medicine (continued on page 5) 4 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC September 25, 2018 Penn Law’s Quattrone Center’s Grants to Penn Faculty Researching Ways to Improve Fairness of US Justice System Innovation at Penn The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of • Over-criminalization and sentencing policy; Preceding the 25-Year Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School is • Forensic science; and Club celebration on Oc- now accepting proposals to fund original research proj- • White collar crime. tober 4, Penn’s Executive ects that will generate new knowledge that can improve Proposals will be selected through a peer review Vice President Craig Carn- the US criminal justice system. The program is open to process. Reviewers will evaluate submissions using aroli will discuss Innova- all Penn faculty. several criteria, including: tion at Penn. The Annual “The Quattrone Center takes an interdisciplinary, • Relevance to the mission of the Quattrone Center; PASEF Lecture will be held data-driven and systemic approach to understanding • Project originality and innovation; at 3:30 p.m. on the second the errors in the criminal justice system and proposing • Feasibility of the research plan and appropriateness floor of Houston Hall in the solutions to enhance fairness,” said Paul Heaton, senior of methods; Class of ’49 Auditorium. It fellow and academic director of the Center. “We’re ex- • The ability of the proposed research team to con- is open to the Penn commu- cited about the possibilities this program presents to en- duct the work as described; • Potential for the research to generate real-world nity. This lecture is spon- courage new research that will prevent errors and fur- impact; and sored by the Penn Associa- ther criminal justice reform efforts.” • The likelihood that the project could catalyze fu- tion of Senior and Emeritus The Quattrone Center anticipates funding multiple ture, follow-up on research. Faculty (PASEF). projects each academic year, with an average award size Funding proposals will be considered on a rolling of roughly $50,000 per project. basis. The Center has previously funded proposals from Penn faculty may submit a proposal online at (continued from page 4) Penn faculty in numerous schools and departments, Kathleen E. Sullivan, Perelman https://tinyurl.com/ydhws34a including Penn Law, the School of Arts and Science, Proposals should include a narrative of no more School of Medicine the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Jing Sun, Perelman School of than three pages that describes the proposed research School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medi- question and its significance, data and research meth- Medicine cine. Oriol Sunyer, School of Veteri- ods and proposed deliverable (e.g. journal article, law Proposal submissions on any topic related to the review article, dataset, etc.). The narrative should also nary Medicine Center’s mission will be considered, with particular Meenakshi Swaminathan, include a list of project personnel, projected comple- consideration given to proposals that address the fol- tion date and requested funding amount. Submissions Perelman School of Medicine lowing issues: Robert Terrell, President’s also require CVs of key personnel and a short item- • The plea-bargaining process; ized budget. Center • Measuring and improving prosecutorial quality; Margaret Mary Thomas, • Pretrial reform; For questions regarding the grant program, contact School of Arts and Sciences Paul Heaton at [email protected] Isobel Ann Thompson, Infor- mation Systems and Computing Deborah Tiller, School of Penn Dental Medicine: Training in Use of NARCAN to Opioids Education Nursing administration, but it temporarily reverses the ef- Raymond R. Townsend, Perel- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that on average 115 Americans die every fects of opioids. man School of Medicine In Pennsylvania and many other states, intra- John C. Trueswell, School of day from an opioid overdose. Yet, when an overdose emergency does occur, prompt action can save lives. nasal naloxone is available without a prescrip- Arts and Sciences tion, directly from a pharmacist. The cost will Adrian Tschoegl, Wharton That was the message to Penn Dental Medicine stu- dents at the first of a series of lectures on the only vary depending upon an individual’s insurance. School One Penn Dental Medicine student reports that Karl Thatcher Ulrich, Whar- FDA-approved nasal form of naloxone to counteract the life-threatening effects in an opioid overdose, with the health insurance she receives through the ton School School, the co-pay for NARCAN® Nasal Spray at Kathleen Valentine, Perelman part of the School’s ongoing efforts to keep students and faculty informed and engaged in addressing the a local pharmacy was $40 for two doses with shelf School of Medicine life of approximately two years. Elena N. Vasserman, Perelman opioid crisis. Approximately 150 Penn Dental Medicine stu- “Our students and faculty may have friends School of Medicine and family with opioids in the home and have con- Lada Vassilieva, School of Arts dents attended the August 24 presentation on the science and application of intranasal naloxone by cerns within the community at large. It’s impor- and Sciences tant to make them aware of the protocols for use Mariusz Wasik, Perelman ADAPT Pharma®, the manufacturers of NAR- CAN® (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray, the leading and the ease of access should they choose to ac- School of Medicine quire the spray,” noted Dean Wolff. Penn Dental Richard Paul Waterman, Whar- FDA-approved emergency treatment for opioid over- dose, to health agencies, first responders and retail Medicine is exploring adding intranasal naloxone ton School to the School’s emergency crash carts. Laura E. Weber, School of Arts pharmacies. Additional lectures are planned to ensure all DMD students as well as postdoctoral students “The ease of administration and safety of this and Sciences drug also make it particularly beneficial in allevi- Joann M. Weeks, School of and faculty members will be trained in the use of this delivery system. ating any apprehension someone may have in an Arts and Sciences emergency situation,” added Dr. Elliot Hersh, pro- Rosemary A. Welsh, Perelman “Unfortunately, this is the epidemic of our time, and it does not discriminate,” said Dr. Mark Wolff, fessor of pharmacology at Penn Dental Medicine. School of Medicine “If by chance a patient is unconscious with poor Beth S. Wenger, School of Arts Morton Amsterdam Dean of Penn Dental Medicine. “We have been teaching our students how to reduce ventilation for some other reason like an alcohol and Sciences overdose or insulin shock, the naloxone won’t Joshua R. Wetherbee, School opioid prescriptions as practitioners, but with this training, we are taking it a step further. As health- make it worse.” of Arts and Sciences Dr. Hersh has been a leader in the study of William Whitaker, School of care providers, we need to be trained on how to man- age an emergency whether our patient or not. Our non-addicting pain relievers like ibuprofen and Design naproxen sodium for postsurgical dental pain and James M. Wilson, Perelman students are out in the community, and we want them equipped to respond—one of them may save a life.” lectures extensively on the topic. “Over the past School of Medicine five years, we’ve seen a dramatic reduction in the Jerel Wohl, Law School Designed for easy delivery with a spray in the nostril, the intranasal naloxone is given right away opioids prescribed by dentists,” said Dr. Hersh, Grace Mei-Hui Wu, School of “but that is not going to help the many people that Arts and Sciences should an individual overdose with an opioid or show signs of a possible opioid overdose with are currently misusing and are addicted to these Shuwen Xu, Perelman School drugs and are at significant risk for overdose and of Medicine breathing problems and severe sleepiness or not be- ing able to respond. ADAPT Pharma® stresses that death. Our students must be prepared to deal with Deborah Zampitella, Facilities opioid overdose situations outside the School, and and Real Estate Services the spray does not take the place of emergency med- ical care, which should be called immediately after in the future, their practices, and intranasal nalox- Babette S. Zemel, Perelman one is a potential life saver.” School of Medicine

ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 5 Honors & Other Things

David Asch, Gail Morrison, Matthew Breitenstein, Blanca Deep Jariwala: Nano Letters Stanley Plotkin: AAMC Awards Himes, Susan Yoon: NSF Grant Early Career Advisory Board Three faculty members in Penn’s Perelman Matthew Breitenstein, PSOM instructor of Deep Jariwala, School of Medicine have been selected to re- biomedical informatics, Blanca Himes, PSOM Penn assistant pro- ceive awards from the Association of American assistant professor of informatics in biostatis- fessor in the depart- Medical Colleges (AAMC), the professional or- tics and epidemiology, and Susan Yoon, Penn ment of electrical and ganization of all 151 accredited medical schools GSE professor in the teaching, learning and systems engineering, in the United States and nearly 400 major teach- leadership division, have received a grant of has been named to ing hospitals and health systems nationwide. $1,036,108 from the National Science Founda- the Early Career Ad- The winners of the awards will be honored at tion for the project “Professional Development visory Board for The the AAMC annual meeting, in Austin, Texas, on Supports for Teaching Bioinformatics through American Chemi- Sunday, November 4. Mobile Learning.” The project aims to help cre- cal Society’s jour- David A. Asch, ate an engaged population of informatics-in- nal Nano Letters. On formed students who are capable of critically executive director of Deep Jariwala the board, junior re- the Penn Medicine analyzing information and able to solve local searchers provide new Center for Health problems related to their health and well-being. perspectives and insights to their senior peers. Care Innovation, the Dr. Jariwala is an expert in nano- and atom- John Morgan Pro- Manuel González Canché: Nantional ic-scale devices that could have applications in fessor of Medicine Academy of Education Grant information technology and renewable energy, and Medical Ethics Manuel S. González Canché, associate pro- among other fields. Dr. Jariwala was named to and Health Policy fessor in the higher education division of Penn’s the Forbes 30 Under 30: Science list in 2017 at PSOM, and pro- GSE, has received a $70,000 grant from the Na- (Almanac December 12, 2017). fessor of health-care tional Academy of Education. The grant is for management and his project “Overcoming the Geography of Dis- Despina Kontos, Lewis Chodosh: operations, informa- advantage: A Spillovers Framework to Identify David Asch NIH Big Data Grant tion and decisions at Structural Means to Enhance Community Col- Despina Kontos, associate professor of ra- Wharton, will receive the Robert Wood John- lege Students’ Educational Outcomes Despite diology, and Lewis son Foundation David E. Rogers Award, given Their Location.” A. Chodosh, chair of for “major contributions to improving the health cancer biology and and health care of the American people.” He is Kate Kinney Grossman: associate director of a pioneer in combining economic analysis with Philly School Partnership Grant the Abramson Cancer moral and psychological theory and marketing Kate Kinney Grossman, director of the Center, both in Penn’s in behavioral economics. Teacher Education Program in Penn’s GSE, Perelman School of Gail Morrison, has been granted $182,368 by the Philadelphia Medicine, have re- the William Maul School Partnership. The award is for incuba- ceived a five-year $4 Measey President’s tion of specialized coursework and fieldwork million grant from Distinguished Pro- that supports pre-service teachers in the Urban the National Institutes fessor in Medical Teaching Apprenticeship Program to enact Proj- of Health to develop Education and for- ect Based Learning and/or use Design Thinking more effective, per- mer long-time se- approaches in their classrooms. sonalized approaches nior vice dean for for selecting tailored Despina Kontos medical education, Jorge Henao-Mejia: treatment options for is one of four recip- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant breast cancer patients. ients of the Alpha Jorge Henao-Mejia, assistant professor of Dr. Kontos and Dr. Omega Alpha Rob- pathology and lab- Chodosh aim to de- ert J. Glaser Dis- oratory medicine termine whether cer- tinguished Teacher Gail Morrison in Penn’s Perelman tain tumor-imaging Award. For decades School of Medicine, characteristics, com- she has led research, development and imple- has received the In- bined with artificial mentation of medical school curriculum chang- vestigators in the intelligence, can pro- es at Penn and across the nation. Pathogenesis of Infec- vide additional infor- Stanley Plotkin, tious Disease (PATH) mation to established emeritus profes- award from the Bur- imaging tools and ge- sor of pediatrics at roughs Wellcome netic methods for pre- Penn, will receive Fund, an independent dicting risk for breast the Award for Dis- foundation based in cancer recurrence. tinguished Research Research Triangle With this grant, Lewis Chodosh in the Biomedical Park, NC, dedicated the Penn researchers Sciences. Among his Jorge Henao-Mejia to advancing the bio- have several goals: to better capture the variety notable advances in medical sciences. Dr. of primary tumors in size, shape and molecu- the field of vaccine Henao-Mejia, who was one of 12 recipients, lar composition; to determine the value of the research and devel- will receive $500,000 over five years. imaging features in combination with molecular opment is the atten- Under the grant, Dr. Henao-Mejia will work profiling in predicting risk of recurrence; and to uated RA27/3 ru- to uncover how minute organisms in the gut perform an independent validation of their mod- bella virus vaccine, contribute to obesity and type 2 diabetes, find- el with prospectively collected data at Penn. Stanley Plotkin licensed in the Unit- ings which could pave the way for new treat- Considering that multiple types of imaging ed States in 1979 ments to reduce the growing number of people are increasingly used as part of routine clini- and now used worldwide. According to the US diagnosed with these medical conditions. cal care, the study could provide new imaging Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, his PATH awards provide support for assistant biomarkers to improve treatment decisions at a vaccine led to the eradication of rubella in the professors to bring multidisciplinary approach- minimal additional cost. US and the Western Hemisphere. Today’s well- es to the study of human infectious diseases, known MMR vaccine comprises the RA27/3 with a focus on how the microbiota affects hu- vaccine and vaccines for measles and mumps. man health. (continued on page 7)

6 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC September 25, 2018 (continued from page 6) Laura Perna: Neil C. Tomson: MIRA for Marsha Lester: ACS Award Institute of Education Sciences, Early Stage Investigators Grant Marsha Lester, Edmund J. Kahn Distin- Research for Action Grants Neil C. Tomson, guished Professor in the department of chemis- Laura Perna, the James S. Riepe Profes- assistant professor try at Penn and editor of The Journal of Chemi- sor and chair of the of chemistry, has cal Physics, will receive the American Chemical higher education been awarded the Society Philadelphia Section Award. The award division in Penn’s Maximizing Inves- was created in 1962 to honor scientific achieve- Graduate School of tigators’ Research ment, important contributions to knowledge and Education and ex- Award (MIRA) for aiding public appreciation of chemistry. The ecutive director of Early Stage Inves- award lecture will take place in the Carolyn Penn AHEAD, has tigators grant. The Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Building on Oc- received a $600,000 grant is made by the tober 16 at 6 p.m. grant from the In- National Institute Jonathan Moreno: Bioethics stitute of Education of General Medi- Lifetime Achievement Award Sciences with proj- cal Sciences, which, Describing him as “one of the world’s fore- ect partners Rob- as a part of the Na- most experts in bioethics and politics and bio- in LaSota of De- tional Institutes of Health, supports ba- ethics in national velopment Services Laura Perna Neil Tomson security,” the Amer- Group and Joshua sic research that in- ican Society for R. Polanin of the American Institutes for Re- creases understanding of biological processes Bioethics and Hu- search. Their two year project, “The Effects of and lays the foundation for advances in disease manities has award- College Aid Programs: A Systematic Review diagnosis, treatment and prevention. ed Penn Medicine and Meta-Analysis,” aims to estimate the rela- MIRA grants provide early-career investiga- bioethicist Jonathan tionships between different types of financial tors with stability and flexibility, enhancing sci- D. Moreno its 2018 aid programs and student progress through post- entific productivity and the opportunity for im- Lifetime Achieve- secondary education. portant breakthroughs. ment Award. The Dr. Perna has also received a $300,000 sub- The five-year, $1.6 million grant supports award is the Soci- contract from Research for Action, funded by Dr. Tomson’s research on electrostatic effects ety’s highest honor. the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant in model compounds of metalloenzyme ac- Dr. Moreno is will support the project “Evaluating free college tive sites. The Tomson group performs synthet- programs,” which is designed to advance under- ic inorganic and organometallic chemistry as a the David and Lyn Jonathan Moreno Silfen Universi- standing of design, implementation and effects way of investigating new concepts in structure, ty Professor and a Penn Integrates Knowledge of selected state and local free community col- bonding, catalysis and materials chemistry. Dr. (PIK) professor. He is also a professor of medi- lege programs. Tomson’s research is particularly interested in cal ethics and health policy; history and sociol- energy problems and works to take advantage ogy of science; and philosophy. With appoint- of modern concepts in bonding theory to gen- Carlin Romano: Free Speech Fellow erate materials that can influence how energy ments in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine Annenberg School lecturer Carlin Roma- and the School of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Moreno from renewable sources is collected, stored and no has been named released. writes and teaches on topics related to bioethics, an Inaugural Free culture, science and national security. Speech Fellow by The society noted that Dr. Moreno is being the University of Four Penn Students: honored for his innumerable scholarly writings, California’s new Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation service to national and international commis- National Center for POST Grants sions and contributions to public discourse on Free Speech and In an effort to fund childhood cancer re- bioethics. “His career in integrating bioethics Civic Engagement searchers at early stages in their careers, Alex’s with the history of ideas, technology and pub- in Washington, Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) awarded lic affairs has led to his recognition as one of the DC. The Center, a 53 Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) key translators and interpreters of ethical issues project driven by Grants students across the country. Each student in science for policymakers and one of the lead- UC President Janet is awarded $5,000, dedicating at least eight full ing public intellectuals in the field of bioethics.” Napolitano, former weeks to the program, either joining a research Dr. Moreno is an elected member of the secretary of home- project underway in a mentor’s lab or beginning National Academy of Medicine and is the US Carlin Romano land security under an original investigation. member of the UNESCO International Bioeth- President Obama, seeks to catalyze attention This year’s students from Penn, their men- ics Committee. He has served as an adviser to to free-speech issues across the country. It will tors and the titles of their projects are: many governmental and non-governmental or- convene a major conference on such matters at Allison Hare ganizations, including three presidential com- , PSOM its Washington headquarters in early 2019. Mentor: Dr. Kristopher Bosse (co-funded missions, the Department of Defense, the De- Mr. Romano’s fellowship, which comes partment of Homeland Security, the Department with Love Your Melon) with a $20,000 honorarium, invites him to “Validating GPC2 as an Immunotherapeutic of Health and Human Services, the Centers for visit a University of California campus of his Disease Control, the Federal Bureau of Inves- Target in Medulloblastoma” choice in the fall to deliver two lectures on free Sabina London, SAS tigation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute speech, engage in a public debate with a UC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In Mentor: Dr. Yael Mossé (co-funded with faculty member on a key public issue and con- Northwestern Mutual) 2008-2009 Dr. Moreno served as a member of duct a Town-Hall conversation after the screen- President Barack Obama’s transition team. His “Targeting SHP2 in Receptor Tyrosine Ki- ing of a film involving freedom of expression. nase-driven Neuroblastomas” next book, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven Mr. Romano, who has been involved in several but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the free-speech controversies in his career, will vis- Kavitha Muralidharan, PSOM Transformation of American Healthcare, co-au- it the University of California, Irvine, site of its Mentor: Dr. Vinodh Pillai thored by Penn President Amy Gutmann, will be own prominent free-speech clashes in the past “Predicting Cytokine Release Syndrome Be- published in 2019. decade. fore Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy in B The award will be presented October 19 at As part of the project, Mr. Romano is also Lymphoblastic Leukemia” the American Society for Bioethics and Human- writing a four-part series, in his role as Critic- Alberto Guerra, PSOM ities’ annual conference in Anaheim, California, at-Large of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mentor: Dr. Yael Mossé following which Dr. Moreno will deliver an in- under the general rubric, “When Free Speech on “ALK as an Immunotherapeutic Target in vited lecture. Campus Becomes ‘Unacceptable.’” Neuroblastoma” ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 7 Human Resources: Upcoming October 2018 Programs

Professional and Personal Penn Family Day; 10/13; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; up 12:30-1:30 p.m. Of course some of us want to Development Programs to four free tickets. The 26th Annual Penn Fam- live in the big house with the grand chandelier, Open to faculty and staff. ily Day welcomes faculty, staff and postdoctor- pool, and three car garage. So it’s no shock that Register at http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/ al scholars to Shoemaker Green and the histor- if we were to consider a nursing home or assisted Penn Perks; 10/3; 12:30-1:30 p.m. You love ic Franklin Field to enjoy games, sports, science, living community for ourselves, we would want the benefits you gain by working for Penn. But cultural activities and more as we celebrate Penn a place that has all the bells and whistles—not a there is a good chance there are even more ben- community. Order your tickets by October 8 at dingy nursing home like many of us have come efits than you knew existed! Be prepared to be www.hr.upenn.edu/familyday or the Penn Athlet- across. Although, even with nursing homes, surprised and delighted by more than 100 “hid- ics Ticket Office in Weightman Hall, 235 South looks may be deceiving. This seminar will ad- den benefits” we will reveal in this session. We’re 33rd Street. You can get up to four free tickets for dress options for senior living communities, what sure there is something that will make your day. the tailgate party and football game. Additional to look for when choosing a long-term care com- Join us for this invaluable treasure hunt! tickets are $8 each. munity and resources available to help identify TED Talk Tuesday: Why You Think You’re Stress Management; 10/16; 12:30-1:30 p.m. It the best fit for your family. Right, Even When You’re Wrong; 10/9; 12:30- is natural to become stressed when the demands Let’s Talk about Breastfeeding; 10/23; 12:30- 1:30 p.m. Perspective is everything, especially on time and energy have become too great. This 1:30 p.m.; free. This interactive conversation is when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are can happen both at home and at work, and can led by Diane Spatz, director of the lactation pro- you a soldier, prone to defending your view- severely limit productively and effectiveness. gram at CHOP, professor of perinatal nursing point at all costs, or a scout, spurred by curios- This workshop shows the physiological stages and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition ity? In this video screening and discussion, Julia of stress development, and its harmful effects on at the School of Nursing. This event is a great Galef examines the motivations behind these two the body. It also addresses the defining symptoms opportunity for expecting, new and experienced mindsets and how they shape the way we inter- and different sources of stress. This useful infor- parents on campus to get help with breastfeed- pret information. mation is incorporated with helpful stress reliev- ing challenges, ensure a smooth transition back How EAP Services Help Supervisors Sup- ers and imagery techniques. to work and academics while sharing helpful tips port their Employees Webinar; 10/11; 11 a.m.- The Challenges of Infant Sleep; 10/16; noon- with one another. If you are currently breastfeed- noon and 3-4 p.m. This webinar focuses on the 1 p.m. Becoming a parent is one of the greatest ing, pumping and/or bottle-feeding, pregnant, role of the supervisor in the EAP referral pro- joys you will experience, but often the accom- formula-feeding or just curious about breast- cess. The training reviews the basics of the panying sleep deprivation is one of the greatest feeding, come join us for this conversation. This EAP, including making referrals, techniques struggles. Our workshop with Dr. Melisa Moore, event is co-sponsored by Family Resource Cen- for reaching out to employees with support and a clinical psychologist and board certified sleep ter and the Division of Human Resources and is dealing with the different reactions employees expert at CHOP, can help. She will share with open to Penn staff, faculty, student, post docs and may exhibit when they are approached. It also you the common causes of pediatric sleep issues their partners. Lunch will be provided. covers obstacles to a successful confrontation and different solutions that we can use to shape Penn Healthy You Workshops and Programs and the dangers of enabling. the foundation of a healthy sleep routine for our Open to faculty and staff; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Work-life Workshops and Events little ones. This workshop is tailored for parents Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration and caregivers of infants, toddlers and children Open to faculty and staff. Be in the Know Biometric Screenings; Start Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration under five. This event is co-hosted by the Fam- ily Center and the Division of Human Resources, this year’s Be in the Know campaign and sign up Managing Emotional Health at Work Webi- for a free and confidential biometric screening, nar; 10/2; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Managing Emotion- open to all Penn families. Lunch will be provid- ed. Please register in advance. which measures your blood pressure, blood sugar al Health at Work will help you to develop an (glucose), and non-fasting total and high-densi- awareness of emotional issues and their impact Balancing Work-Family-Life; 10/17; 12:30- 1:30 p.m. Balancing your work and home life can ty lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol. You may also in the workplace. This webinar reviews stressors choose to fast to include low-density cholesterol that impact employee’s behavior and work per- seem impossible in our busy world. Feelings of guilt and turmoil are stirred by demands of work (LDL) and triglyceride results. Get started today formance as well as what leadership should look and earn up to $300 this campaign year! for, and how to supportively confront those con- and home, and the lack of personal time and time cerns for a successful outcome. for family and friends. Through open discussion, 10/9; Dental, Evans Building; Financial Freedom: Strategies for Reducing this workshop outlines how to work toward at- 10/11; Nursing, Claire Fagin Hall; Debt and Saving More; 10/9; noon-1 p.m. This tainable personal and professional goals, while 10/15; Houston Hall; reducing stress levels. It also offers effective 10/16; New Bolton Center, Kennett Square; workshop, presented by Vanguard, covers basic 10/17; Irvine Auditorium; rules of thumb to help participants improve their workday tips for reducing discomfort and guilt, 10/18; Tse Center Hutchinson Gym; financial lives and is intended to help the broad and successfully “keeping it all together.” 10/22; Houston Hall; population of working Americans who feel they Mindfulness; 10/17; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Mindful- [CANCELLED] 10/23; DAR, FMC Tower; are headed in the wrong direction financially. ness is “paying attention, on purpose, in the pres- 10/25; Irvine Auditorium; Guided Meditation; 10/9 and 10/30; 12:30- ent moment, non-judgmentally,” said Jon Kabat- 10/26; LGBT Center; 1:30 p.m. Practice mindful breathing that focuses Zinn. Mindfulness practice develops awareness 10/29; Pottruck Center; your attention on the present moment with kind- of your present thoughts and feelings to help you [CANCELLED]10/30; Hoover Lounge, Vance ness, compassion and awareness. Self-massage manage different situations. In this once-a-month Hall; and gentle mindful movements that promote re- experiential workshop, you’ll see how mindful- 10/31; FRES Left Bank laxation and reduce stress may also be included ness can help you become more engaged and ef- Gentle Yoga; 10/16 and 10/30; noon-1 p.m. in the workshop. No experience necessary. fective both at home and in the workplace. No Let your body reward itself with movement! Join How to Nominate a Staff Member or Team for prior meditation experience necessary. us for this Gentle Yoga session and explore the a Models of Excellence Award; 10/9; 12:30-1:30 New and Expectant Parent Briefing; 10/18; natural movements of the spine with slow and flu- p.m. Do you work with someone who shows spe- 12:30-1:30 p.m. This is an introductory re- id moving bends and soft twists. During this ses- cial initiative or demonstrates outstanding lead- source briefing designed for expectant parents sion, you will flow into modified sun salutations ership? Have you noticed that a colleague or and those who are new to parenting or child care. that loosen those tightened muscles and joints of team excels at fostering workplace collaboration Participants will learn about local and universi- the lower back, neck, shoulders,and wrists. And or shows an especially deep commitment to ser- ty childcare and parenting resources including as an added bonus, you’ll get a workout in the vice? If so, then recognize them as a Model of breastfeeding support and the nursing mothers process. Mats and props will be provided. Excellence. The Selection Committee depends program, childcare locators, back-up care, adjust- Bodycombat; 10/26; 11 a.m.-noon. This on the content of the nominations to make its de- ing to new schedules and flexible work options, fiercely energetic cardiovascular workout- pro cisions. Therefore, nominations submitted should among other topics. This session will also cover gram is inspired by martial arts and draws from be as detailed and descriptive as possible in or- Penn’s time away policies including short-term a wide array of disciplines such as Karate, box- der to convey a nominee’s exceptional perfor- disability (STD), parental leave and related sick ing, Taekwondo, Tai Chi and Muay Thai. Tone mance and award worthiness. Be sure to attend leave policies. and shape muscles while burning major calories! this workshop and learn about how best to write It is Not The Fountain in the Lobby: What to your nomination. look for in a Long Term Care Community; 10/22; (continued on page 9) 8 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC September 25, 2018 “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(continued from page 8) MLK Community Involvement Recognition Awards: November 1 October Wellness Walk: Breast Cancer The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Awards will be presented Awareness; 10/26; noon-1 p.m. October is Breast to five individuals in the following areas: Cancer Awareness month. We are asking every- • Community Award presented to two residents (youth and/or adult) of the greater Philadelphia one who can to show their support by wearing community involved in community service and/or working for social justice efforts. pink. It can be a pink hat, shirt, socks, jewelry, • Community Award presented to a faculty or staff of the Penn community involved in commu- scarf, etc. The more pink the better. So grab your nity service and/or working for social justice efforts. coworkers and join us as we take advantage of the • Community Award presented to a Penn student involved in community service and/or work- great benefits walking produces, while we also ing for social justice efforts. remember those who are still on their journey to • The Rodin Education Award presented to a Penn faculty, staff, student or Philadelphia resident recovery, honor those who are no longer with us who demonstrate significant contributions in community service and/or working for social justice and celebrate those who have survived! Meet the efforts through the advancement of education and educational opportunities in Philadelphia. Center for Public Health Initiatives staff at noon The awards will be presented as part of the University’s commemoration of the MLK holiday in front of College Hall by the Ben Franklin stat- during the Interfaith program. We seek your help in nominating individuals whose work most merits ue, and walk a one- or two-mile route around recognition. Please share this information with others in your families, communities, schools, de- Penn’s campus, returning to College Hall. Bring partments and organizations so that we may identify those most deserving of this award. your water bottle and don’t forget your sneakers! Nomination forms may be submitted through November 1, 2018. Electronic submissions at: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/award.htm are preferred but not required. If you prefer sending by mail, Get Your Flu Shot on Campus please send to the African American Resource Center, attn: Colleen Winn, 3643 Locust Walk, Phila- Penn faculty and staff can prepare for the flu delphia, PA 19104-6230. Should you have any questions, please contact the African-American Re- season with a free influenza vaccine on-campus source Center at (215) 898-0104 or [email protected] at one of these convenient clinics. 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ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 9 Penn Convening to Promote Teacher Research, Advance Social Justice On Saturday, October 6, local educators are invited to participate in an annual day of learn- ing, reflection and joy as school, community and University-based researchers share promis- ing practices for advancing writing and literacy from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in Houston Hall. Another tip in a series provided by the Offices of Information Systems & Computing Sponsored by the University of Pennsylva- about race in classroom. He will engage educa- and Audit, Compliance & Privacy nia’s Philadelphia Writing Project (PhilWP) tors in thinking expansively about their responsi- and Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP), bility as educators to help students become “bet- Protecting Student Record this year’s Celebration of Writing and Litera- ter citizens, thoughtful scholars and empathetic Information cy will feature a keynote presentation by James neighbors.” The day will also include featured As we begin the new academic year, Forman, Jr., Pulitzer prize-winning author of sessions facilitated by Penn GSE professor Ger- it’s important to know about FERPA, the Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment ald Campano and Maria Ghiso, authors of Part- Family Educational Rights and Privacy in America. Mr. Forman’s talk will build on a nering with Immigrant Communities, which re- Act. FERPA is a federal law that provides teacher seminar he led on the criminal justice cently won NCTE’s Russell Award; and Noah certain rights to students and imposes cer- crisis at the Yale National Initiative’s summer Tennant (Principal, Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia tain obligations on University faculty and program in July. He will be joined by TIP Fel- Charter School) Patty Cruice and Martha Rich- staff regarding the privacy of “education low Matthew Menschner, Kensington Creative mond, Penn GSE Mid-Career graduates who records,” or student record information, and Performing Arts High School teacher, who will discuss the writing process for their chap- including limitations on sharing informa- will share a curriculum unit he wrote on racism ters in the recently published Teachers College tion with parents and guardians. in the criminal justice system while enrolled in Press book Repositioning Educational Lead- At Penn, FERPA’s requirements are Mr. Forman’s seminar. The audience will be in- ership: Practitioners Leading from an Inquiry incorporated in our Policy on the Con- vited to think about what educators can do to Stance. Local middle and high school student fidentiality of Student Records: http:// make a difference and contribute to change. winners of the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v56/ Matt Kay, SLA English teacher and author Awards will be featured in a special lunchtime n25/confidentiality.html The policy states of Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful launch of the 2019 awards program. in general that University faculty and Race Conversations in the Classroom will open Register online at https://tinyurl.com/ staff may not disclose personally identifi- the day sharing what he has learned from over y9v36wz8 able information from a student’s records a decade of leading meaningful conversations except with the student’s written consent. One important exception allows for Celebrating the Korean Harvest Festival at Morris Arboretum: September 29 sharing with school officials with -“le Celebrate traditional and modern Korean culture at Morris Arboretum on Saturday, September gitimate educational interests”—in other 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Discover this Asian country’s way of life through music, dance, food sampling words, where the information would be and garden tours that highlight Korea’s native plants. helpful in the performance of official du- Experience Korean arts by entertainers from the Korean Traditional Music of Philadelphia and ties. This allows Penn faculty and staff to by two University of Pennsylvania student groups; all with a unique expression of the nation’s soul. access the student information they need • 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., Korean Traditional Music of Philadelphia, drum and dance performances, to perform their jobs. including the Five Drum Dance and the Fan Dance In general, you may not share student • 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Penn DuRe, a traditional drum troupe of Penn students records with parents or guardians. There • noon & 2 p.m., Penn Sori, a capella singing group of Penn students are some exceptions, including when In between music sets, learn about plants that are native to Korea on a 45-minute tour of the 92- there is a health or safety emergency, in acre botanical collection. 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ALMANAC September 25, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 11 TALK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING

Leading Discussion Sheila Murnaghan

When I first started teaching discussion-based courses, I felt satisfied ginning with willingness to tolerate a stretch of silence if no one speaks if I could just keep the students talking throughout the entire class time. up, making it clear that I am not going to let them off the hook. The wide- But a conversation with a more experienced colleague reminded me that ly used approach of breaking a class into smaller groups to tackle a set part of the point of being a teacher is knowing things that the students of questions and report back is a reliable way of getting a higher level of do not and that I was not really doing my job if I didn’t convey some of participation. When students are required to lead a discussion themselves that knowledge, no matter what the format. Ever since, I have thought of they often develop a more active appreciation of the value of jumping leading discussion as a balancing act between encouraging and honoring in and venturing an idea even if it is not fully formed, something many students’ responses to the material we are studying and making sure they thoughtful students, especially women, are unwilling to do. This is some- come away with some of the understanding that I have developed over thing I also try to address in one-on-one conversations. I will encourage many years in the field. It is a challenging, unpredictable form of teach- the most reluctant to make a bargain with themselves that they will speak ing, in which success cannot be guaranteed through even the most careful once each session or come to class armed with a particular point they are planning, but exhilarating when it goes well. committed to bringing up. Of course it helps the overall discussion if ev- Planning plays an important role in generating discussion that is truly eryone has been thinking of points they will want to make as they prepare. instructive, but it has to be balanced by flexibility. I try to go into a class I have never been drawn to the online discussion threads that many teach- with a set of ideas in mind that I hope will emerge but also aware that get- ers set up in advance of class meetings (they diminish the element of sur- ting that to happen will require making spontaneous decisions and seiz- prise that makes discussions interesting and force the last students who ing opportunities in the moment. The deadliest times are those in which post into novelty for its own sake), but I find it very helpful to ask every I realize I am trying to get the students to say something that they simply student to email me a brief comment on the assigned reading a few hours are not inclined to. Sometimes it is best just to come out and admit that, before we meet. This means they do arrive with something to say and it identifying the point I was hoping they would make and openly provid- tells me a lot about what is on their minds, so that I can meet them where ing the information or perspective I want them to take away. Sometimes they are as I figure out where to start. I can turn the fact that they didn’t make my point into another question. Deliberately framed questions, along with the other strategies I’ve de- “Aren’t any of you bothered that classical Athens, a society that valued scribed, will get most students to say something, but that is, of course, freedom for its citizens, was so repressive in its treatment of the other cit- only the beginning. The experience I want students to have involves for- ies that it dominated?” mulating and articulating an idea, but also having that idea extended and Formulating effective questions—and reformulating them as needed refined through what I and the other students have to say in response. —is obviously key. I try to ask questions that are concrete but genuinely Sometimes that means that I enter into a brief dialogue with a particular open-ended, often starting with a particular passage in a text we are read- student, asking them to clarify their point, bringing up something from the ing and flagging some feature that I think is puzzling in itself and raises reading I think might complicate or contradict it. But that should not go on larger issues. “Why is Antigone being so mean to her sister when she is for long without the other students being involved. Ideally, someone else risking her life for the sake of her brother?” It is helpful if the subject mat- will jump in; if it makes sense to do so, I may simply ask whether or not ter lends itself to questions about which I myself am in doubt, to which the other students agree or encourage one of them to relate the most re- the students’ opinions are an appropriate answer, or for which they have cently made point to something they themselves said earlier. I am always at least as much expertise as I do. “Are there any features of classical trying to dramatize my conviction that their initial thoughts are interesting Athenian society that we would benefit from adopting?” “Where do you in themselves and worth testing and developing. see the influence of Homer’s Odyssey in contemporary popular culture?” If the chemistry in the group is right and the discussion takes on a life “What did you find most surprising about the Odyssey when you read it of its own, I am glad to see that, but I still provide some grounding to the this time?” Specific and pragmatic questions work surprisingly well to students’ thinking. I usually end the session by summing up what I myself open up large and abstract issues. Asking which texts I should include and took away from their conversation. Or I might do that as a way of opening which I should omit the next time I teach a course has led to some great fi- the next class and setting the agenda for a discussion that integrates what nal discussions summing up the important themes of the semester. emerged the last time with whatever new material we are looking at. That One of the biggest challenges comes from the fact that not all students is one way of providing the structure that is essential if students are going are eager to participate in class discussion. This may be because of shy- to develop a deeper understanding of any topic through discussion. Once ness or self doubt, but sometimes a student’s previous education has not that structure is in place, it is equally essential to maintain flexibility so especially encouraged the idea that what they themselves think is relevant that they can work from their own insights, articulating their ideas, build- to learning. I do not find it productive to put students on the spot by call- ing on those ideas, filling in the gaps and making new connections in dia- ing on them without warning, but I am always trying other strategies, be- logue with a teacher and with each other.

Sheila Murnaghan is The Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek in the School of Arts & Sciences.

This essay continues the series that began in the fall of 1994 as the joint creation of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Lindback Society for Distinguished Teaching. See https://almanac.upenn.edu/talk-about-teaching-and-learning-archive for previous essays.

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