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Gregory Pellicano: Vice President, Joseph S. Francisco: Audit, Compliance and Privacy President’s Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science President Amy Gut- On July 1, Joseph Dr. Francisco has served as atmospheric and mann and EVP Craig S. Francisco joined ocean science editor for Pure and Applied Geo- Carnaroli announced Penn as the Presi- physics, and as a member of the editorial ad- the promotion of Greg- dent’s Distinguished visory boards of the Journal of the American ory (Greg) J. Pellicano Professor of Earth Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemis- to Vice President for and Environmen- try, Journal of Molecular Structure Theochem, Audit, Compliance and tal Science, with a Spectrochemica Acta Part A and Theoretical Privacy which was ef- secondary appoint- Chemistry Accounts. He is the co-author of the fective June 22 from ment in the depart- fundamental textbook, Chemical Kinetics and his prior role as the As- ment of chemistry. Dynamics, as well as more than 600 peer-re- sociate Vice President. Having served as the viewed publications in the fields of atmospheric Mr. Pellicano, along Elmer H. and Ruby chemistry, chemical kinetics, quantum chemis- with his 33-member M. Cordes Chair in try, laser photochemistry and spectroscopy. professional staff, pro- Chemistry and Dean Dr. Francisco is a fellow of the American Greg Pellicano vide assurance and ad- Joseph Francisco of the College of Arts Chemical Society, the American Physical Soci- visory services and and Sciences at the ety, the American Association for the Advance- oversee the compliance and privacy programs for University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Dr. Francisco ment of Science and the American Academy of both the University and Penn Medicine. is an internationally recognized scholar of at- Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Na- Since joining Penn in October 2015, Mr. Pel- mospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His tional Academy of Sciences. He was elected licano has overseen and provided strategic di- work extends across chemical, earth and envi- President of the American Chemical Society rection to this important function. During his ronmental sciences. (continued on page 3) tenure, he reshaped the audit work plan to fo- John Lapinski: Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science cus on higher level, strategic risks. More spe- Professor of political science John Lapinski associate faculty direc- cifically, he has worked collaboratively across was named the Robert A. Fox Leadership Pro- tor of the Fox Program the University to address risks in the areas of fessor of Political Science and the director of and the faculty director information security, research compliance and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program effec- of the Fels Executive clinical trials management. In addition, Mr. Pel- tive July 1. A renowned expert on national elec- Master of Public Ad- licano has called attention to the risks related to tions, survey research and Congress, Dr. Lapin- ministration Program. third-party outsourcing arrangements. ski is also Director of the Elections Unit at NBC John DiIulio, the Mr. Pellicano has refined the risk-based in- News and analyzes and produces election-related Frederic Fox Leader- ternal audit planning methodology, yielding a stories through exit polls for NBC News, MSN- ship Professor of Poli- 20% efficiency by creating enhanced capacity. BC, CNBC, Telemundo and all of NBC’s digital tics, Religion and Civil In the area of privacy, he has furthered Penn’s properties. In addition, he is the founding faculty Society and current di- strong reputation by enhancing both the mon- director of Penn’s Program for Opinion Research rector of the Fox Lead- (continued on page 3) and Election Studies (PORES), which trains un- ership Program, noted dergraduates in public policy, elections research that “John Lapinski has John Lapinski Mark Kocent: University Architect and data analytics. He also currently serves as the brilliantly mentored After a wide-rang- numerous Fox-support- School of Design Teaching Awards ed undergraduate fellows while helping greatly to ing search, Mark Ko- The G. Holmes Perkins Teaching Awards are cent, was appointed as expand fellowships from 50 in 2012 to more than presented annually, based on the input of students 150 in each of the last two years. His exciting vi- the University Archi- at PennDesign, to rec- tect effective July 2. sion for both PORES and Fox is all about equip- ognize distinguished (continued on page 3) Mr. Kocent has teaching and innova- served as Penn’s Prin- tion in the classroom, INSIDE cipal Planner for the 2 From the President: Statement on Penn’s seminar or studio. Connection to Slavery; Andrew W. Mellon past 14 years, sup- These awards were Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities porting the Office of named in honor of the 3 Trustees’ June Meeting Coverage the University Ar- 4 Deaths architect and longtime 6 Grant Awards for Projects: Making a Difference in chitect in all aspects faculty member who Diverse Communities of architect selec- served as dean of the 7 Grant Awards for Projects: Dean’s Global Inquiries tion, design review, School 1951-1971 and Fund; FY2019 Postdoc Stipends; campus planning and $2 Million Grant to Train Physicians were presented at the 8 Honors & Other Things community engage- Mark Kocent school’s awards cer- 10 Associate Vice Provost for University Life; ment. He has served Executive Director of Career Services; emony by Frederick Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life on the Boards of AIA Philadelphia, the Penn De- Steiner, dean of the Sharon Hayes 11 Penn’s Strategic Collaboration with Ripple; sign Alumni Association, and as a member of the School of Design and Johnson & Johnson Gift: Undergrad Financial Aid Steering Committee of the Schuylkill River De- Paley Professor. 12 Penn Law’s Agreement with London School of Economics and Political Science Law Department velopment Corporation. He also represents Penn G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished in multiple local and regional planning initia- 13 Water Center; University City Science Center Teaching Award for Standing Faculty 14 Launch of Expanded 2018-2019 University tives and in speaking engagements at local and Sharon Hayes, associate professor of fine Catalog; Enhanced EAP; Retirement Plan Update national AIA, AICP and Society for College and arts, is this year’s recipient. She is an artist Summer Nights Concerts at Penn Museum University Planning conferences. 15 College Search Workshop for Penn Families; whose work engages multiple media, including SEPTA; Update; CrimeStats (continued on page 3) (continued on page 12) 16 Front Page Flashback ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 From the President

Statement on Penn’s Connections to Slavery Important research undertaken by undergraduate students in the Penn tution to support slavery and in administering state slavery laws. Alum- Slavery Project independent study supervised by Penn Professor Kathleen nus and professor of mathematics Hugh Williamson was instrumental in M. Brown, the David Boies Professor of History in the School of Arts and arguing for the insertion of the three-fifths clause into the U.S. Constitu- Sciences, has given us a clearer understanding of the depth and breadth of tion, which counted enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person for the Penn’s connections to slavery. This was a profoundly painful and odious purposes of Congressional representation. Penn alumnus and Trustee, part of our nation’s history. No segment of American society or institution Judge William Tilghman, was a conservative interpreter of Pennsylvania’s founded during the 18th century, including the University of Pennsylva- gradual manumission laws. Several alumni who owned enslaved people nia, escaped its scourge. Far from it. were prominent leaders or supporters of the Confederacy. Members of the Penn Slavery Project reported their findings at the As an academic institution dedicated to uncovering and conveying the end of the fall 2017 semester. As a result of their work and additional re- truth, the University is committed to advancing research that will enable search undertaken by the University, I charged Provost Wendell Pritchett, us to more fully understand Penn’s linkages to slavery. On behalf of the who holds a PhD in history from Penn, with leading a Working Group to University, I thank the Working Group, accept its recommendations, and help outline the contours of additional research that should be pursued charge Provost Wendell Pritchett and Senior Vice President Joann Mitch- and to recommend next steps. The Working Group included Senior Vice ell to partner with the Deans of the appropriate Schools to continue to illu- President and Chief Diversity Officer Joann Mitchell; Kathleen Brown, minate the University’s connections to slavery and its implications for the the Boies Professor and director of gender, sexuality and women’s stud- present and future. Specifically, for the near term, working collaboratively ies; Heather A. Williams, Presidential Professor and professor of Afri- with our relevant Schools, Penn will: cana studies; and Dorothy Roberts, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor • Support the ongoing research of the Penn Slavery Project under and the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, the the leadership of Professor Kathleen Brown; Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil • Support research—under the leadership of Professor Dorothy Rights, and professor of Africana studies. This exemplary team received Roberts and the Penn Program on Race, Science and Society—on the research support from Arielle Brown, a program manager in Penn’s Mu- impact of the medical school’s pedagogy, research and medical prac- seum of Archeology and Anthropology, and Alexis Neumann, a doctoral tices on alumni and its lingering effects on medicine; candidate in the department of history. The Working Group has now pro- • Develop a University website to serve as a portal for and reposi- vided me with its report. tory of research findings and other information; • Join the Universities Studying Slavery consortium to collaborate We now know that no fewer than 75 of the University’s early trustees with and learn from peer institutions; and owned at least one enslaved person, including Penn’s first Provost, Wil- • Encourage Penn Schools and departments to offer educational and liam Smith. For 13 years, from 1757 to 1770, the University’s trustees re- cultural programming that will inform our community about our past imbursed Ebenezer Kinnersley, Penn’s first professor of English and Ora- and foster opportunities for learning on campus and beyond. tory who also was a dormitory steward, for the work of an enslaved man We are grateful to Professor Brown and deeply proud of the work of that he owned. In this and other ways, the labor of enslaved people was the students in the Penn Slavery Project for their outstanding scholarship. used to support and care for Penn faculty and students. We know that the Their work has advanced our understanding of the ways that Penn’s early medical school’s first faculty member, Dr. John Morgan, owned at least trustees, faculty, administrators, alumni and students participated in and one slave, and that he traveled to Jamaica for fundraising from promi- benefitted from the exploitation of enslaved people. Penn will continue nent slaveholding families. We also learned that the medical school’s fac- this effort to learn still more about its past, disseminate our findings, grap- ulty, under the leadership of Dean William Horner, played pivotal roles ple with the implications for our present and work to secure an ever more in the development of racial pseudoscience based on the research of fac- inclusive future. The power of knowledge advances our common good; it ulty members such as Professor Samuel Morton and Professor Charles enables us to be stronger and wiser; and it is essential to our moving for- Caldwell as well as medical school alumnus Dr. Samuel Cartwright. ward together. Penn faculty and alumni were actively involved in framing the Consti- —Amy Gutmann, President

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities: October 15 The Wolf Humanities Center (formerly Penn Humanities Forum) 2019-2020 Call for Applications awards five one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships Application Deadline: October 15, 2018 each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are no NOTE: Applications must be submitted online through the Center’s more than eight years out of their doctorate and who are not yet ten- secure webform only. Postal and email submissions will not be accepted. ured (may not be tenured during the fellowship year). Scholars are re- Decisions will be announced in late December 2018, when applicants will quired to spend the year (late August–May) in residence at Penn. be notified by email. For the 2019-2020 academic year, our topic will be Kinship The Fel- The programs of the Center are conceived through yearly topics lowship carries a stipend of $56,225 plus single-coverage health insur- that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2019–2020 ance (fellows are responsible for coverage for any dependents) and a academic year, we have set Kinship as the topic. $3,000 research fund. Fellows teach one undergraduate course in either Scholars who received or will receive their PhD between Decem- the fall or the spring semester in addition to conducting their research. ber 2010 and December 2018 are eligible to apply. You must have The PhD is the only eligible terminal degree, and applicants must be your degree in hand or have passed your defense no later than Decem- humanists or those in such allied fields as anthropology or history of sci- ber 2018 to be eligible. Your application will not be considered unless ence. Ineligible categories include an MFA or any other doctorate such as this condition is met (i.e., you are ineligible to apply if you will defend EdD, social scientists, scholars in educational curriculum building and per- or otherwise submit your dissertation anytime in 2019). forming artists (note: scholars of performance are eligible). During their year in residence, fellows pursue their proposed re- The fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, search, are required to teach one undergraduate seminar during the year who meet application terms. and must also participate in the Center’s weekly Mellon Research Semi- Visa eligibility: International scholars outside of North America are nar (Tuesdays, noon–1:50 p.m.), presenting their research at one of those appointed under a J-1 visa (Research Scholar status). Scholars seeking seminars. to hold an H-1B visa during the fellowship year at Penn are ineligible In selecting fellows, the Wolf Humanities Center aims for a bal- (no exceptions can be made). The Wolf Humanities Center reserves anced mix of recent PhDs and more seasoned tenure-track faculty who the right to cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet this con- do not yet have tenure. Preference will be given to candidates whose dition. Applicants should consult the international programs office at proposals are interdisciplinary, who have not previously enjoyed use of their current university to confirm eligibility before applying for this the resources of the University of Pennsylvania and who would partic- fellowship. ularly benefit from and contribute to Penn’s intellectual life.

2 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 Coverage of Trustees Annual June Meeting Gregory Pellicano: Audit, The University of Pennsylvania Trustees’ an- the budget for FY 19: total net assets for the Con- Compliance & Privacy nual meeting was held on June 22. David L. Co- solidated University are budgeted to increase $800 (continued from page 1) hen was again re-elected as chair for the coming million to $18.6 billion ($12.8 billion Academic itoring and investigatory functions at multiple year, through June 30, 2019. Mr. Cohen, L’81, Component/$5.8 billion Health System) primarily sites at the Health System. In addition, he has has been chair since November 2009. Robert M. due to projected endowment return. worked to integrate the comparable functions of Levy was re-elected vice chair; they, along with Penn Medicine Dean Larry Jameson said the Penn’s recently acquired hospitals with his Of- the following, were elected members of the Ex- FDA approvals of gene therapy for cancer and fice. Finally, he restructured the institutional ecutive Committee for one-year terms effective blindness as well as NIH funding in excess of compliance function to enhance its effectiveness. July 1, 2018: Scott L. Bok, Lee Spelman Doty, $700 million and 1,700 clinical trials all add up Prior to joining Penn, he served as Vice Pres- Perry Golkin, James H. Greene, Amy Gutmann to a ‘biomedical revolution’ at Penn Medicine. ident and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at (ex officio), Andrew R. Heyer, Osagie O. Imaso- Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Eric Fur- Shire Pharmaceuticals. He has also held various gie, Marc F. McMorris, Julie Beren Platt, Andrew da reported that the Class of 2022 had applica- senior level risk and assurance positions at sever- S. Rachleff and Ann Reese. tions from 44,491 candidates from 84 countries. al Fortune 500 companies during his 33-year pro- These trustees were elected members of the The yield was 68 percent; 49 states are represent- fessional career. His appointment was approved Investment Board for a term of one year, effec- ed. One out of seven are first generation and one by the Trustees in June. tive July 1, 2018, and until their successors are out of six are legacies. The incoming freshman elected or appointed and qualified: David L. Co- class is 55 percent female, 15 percent internation- Joseph S. Francisco: hen (ex officio), David S. Blitzer, Scott L. Bok, al, 51 percent white, 26 percent Asian, 11 percent President’s Distinguished Professor Judith Bollinger, Perry Golkin, Amy Gutmann African American, 10 percent Hispanic and 1 (continued from page 1) (ex officio), Robert S. Kapito, Marc F. McMor- percent Native American. for 2010. Dr. Francisco was appointed a mem- ris (vice chair) and Andrew S. Rachleff (chair). The Trustees approved the establishment of ber of the President’s Committee on the Nation- A resolution of appreciation was passed for the degree of bachelor of applied arts and scienc- al Medal of Science by former President Barack Daniel S. Och, who has served as a trustee for es in LPS to benefit non-traditional students and Obama and is a former member of the Naval ten years. Another resolution of appreciation was expanding the access to a Penn education. Research Advisory Committee for the Depart- passed for Deborah Marrow, who was designated Among the many other resolutions passed by ment of the Navy. He is a past president of the an emerita trustee, effective November 9, 2018; the Trustees were the annual ones for the FY19 National Organization for the Professional Ad- she has served as a trustee since 2003. operating budgets for the University and the vancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Lloyd W. Howell, Jr., ENG’88, was elected Health System, the capital budgets, the spending Engineers. Among his other distinguished hon- to a five-year term as a Term Trustee. David Er- rule for the endowments, the intent to reimburse ors are the Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Se- tel, W’87, WG’88, was elected a Charter Trustee. capital costs with proceeds of borrowings. nior Scientist Award, John Simon Guggenheim President Amy Gutmann presented two reso- They also authorized $18.7 million for reno- Fellowship and five honorary degrees. lutions of appreciation; the first was for H. Carton vations to Ringe Squash Courts; $450 million for The President’s Distinguished Professor- Rogers III, whom she called “a leader in chart- further development and construction of the pa- ship was established anonymously in 2017 to ing the future of research libraries, both nation- vilion at HUP; $198 million for further develop- support a faculty member in the School of Arts ally and on the Penn campus.” Mr. Rogers joined ment and construction of a new Penn Medicine and Sciences whose teaching and research is fo- Penn Libraries in 1975, and in 2004 he was Radnor facility; $47 million for a parking facility cused on global topics. named vice provost and director of libraries. To at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; $46 million honor his years of commitment to innovation and for the acquisition of property at 3250 S. 76th excellence in service of the University commu- Street and the development and construction of John Lapinski: nity, in April 2018 the Penn Libraries Board of the central sterile reprocessing center for UPHS; Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor Overseers funded the endowment of the H. Car- $21.5 million for an expansion at Penn Presby for (continued from page 1) ton Rogers III Vice Provost and Director of Penn increased radiation oncology; $17.7 million for Libraries position. He is retiring after more than UPHS’s acquisition of 4040 Market Street prop- ping and empowering students and recent alumni four decades of service to Penn. erty; and the establishment and incorporation of for 21st century leadership challenges.” The second resolution of appreciation was Penn Medicine London as a new private compa- “We are delighted,” said Penn Arts and Sci- for Joan Hendricks, Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the ny limited by shares under the control of UPenn ences Dean Steven J. Fluharty, “to have John Lap- School of Veterinary Medicine since 2006, who International to develop a greater presence by the inski take the helm of the outstanding program will complete her tenure as Dean on July 31, Health System in the UK. that Bob and Penny Fox have so generously en- 2018. She was the first woman to serve as Dean Mark Kocent: University Architect dowed, and that his predecessor, John DiIulio, did of Penn Vet and hold an endowed professorship (continued from page 1) so much to make a crowning success.” Dr. Lap- there. She has served on the faculty for more than Mr. Kocent managed the creation of the Uni- inski, he added, “is a major force in national me- 30 years. In recognition of her extraordinary vi- versity’s award-winning Penn Connects cam- dia affairs and through his expertise and dedicated sion and leadership, she was designated Dean pus master plan and its subsequent 2.0 and soon service he has enriched the School and the educa- Emerita of the School of Veterinary Medicine. to be released 3.0 updates. This 30-year vision tional experiences of our students in many ways. Three appointments were approved: Mark guides the development framework of the Uni- Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor Den- Wolff as dean of the School of Dental Medicine versity’s 300-acre West Philadelphia campus nis DeTurck, the former Dean of the College of (Almanac April 3, 2018); Andrew Hoffman as with a focus on eastern expansion opportunities Arts and Sciences, added that “John’s outstand- dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine (Al- along the Schuylkill River, the evolution of the ing contributions to Penn include his service as manac March13, 2018); and Gregory J. Pellicano 40th Street corridor and the emerging Pennova- chairperson of the undergraduate program in as vice president for audit, compliance and priva- tion Works tech transfer hub. From 2006-2017 political science,” and Nora Lewis, Vice Dean cy (see front page). these plans have produced over 6 million square of the College of Liberal and Professional Stud- Provost Wendell Pritchett mentioned that feet of new development, 2.7 million square ies (LPS) commented that “Professor Lapinski Constantia Constantinou will be the new vice feet of renovated space and 30 additional acres has served in a leadership role on the LPS fac- provost and director of the Penn Libraries (Alma- of open space, with a total of $3.8 billion of cap- ulty oversight committee for many years, pro- nac May 29, 2018). ital investment in University City. viding invaluable support to advance the LPS EVP Craig Carnaroli’s financial report for Mr. Kocent holds an undergraduate degree mission of promoting access and innovation in FY18 noted that total net assets for the Consoli- in the design of the environment and a master’s educational programming. We are grateful for dated University are forecasted to increase $1.5 in city planning and urban design from PennDe- his vision and commitment.” billion to $17.8 billion ($12.2 billion Academic sign as well as a bachelor of architecture from Established in 1999, the Fox Program has re- Component/$5.6 billion Health System) primari- Drexel. His professional experience includes 20 ceived more than $32 million in support from ly due to strong operating and investment perfor- years of architectural and planning practice in Robert A. Fox, C’52, and Penny Grossman Fox, mance, and the member substitution of Penn Med- Philadelphia, including eight years with Ven- Ed’53. Past holders of the Robert A. Fox Lead- icine Princeton Health. An increase in net assets turi, Scott Brown and Associates. His 40-year ership chair have included former Penn Presi- from operations of $438 million is projected for relationship with Penn includes his design of dent Judith N. Rodin, who served as acting fac- the Consolidated University due to strong operat- the Class of 1982 Ivy Day stone located on Fa- ulty director of the Fox Program in 2001, and ing performance from both the Academic Compo- gin Hall http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/ Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology nent and the Health System. He also reported on pennhistory/ivystones/ivystones.html Martin E.P. Seligman. ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 3 Deaths

D. Walter Cohen, Dental Medicine 1979. It is presented annually to a part-time fac- Harold L. Dibble, Anthropology D. Walter Co- ulty member for excellence in clinical teaching Harold Lewis Dib- hen, dean emeritus and is named in honor of Dr. Appleton, D’14, ble, archeologist and of the University of who served as dean of the School 1941-1951. the Francis E. Johnston Pennsylvania School Dean Cohen became president of the Medi- Endowed Term Profes- of Dental Medicine, cal College of Pennsylvania in 1986, and chan- sor of Anthropology died June 29 at the cellor in 1993. He was later named chancellor (Almanac September age of 91. emeritus of the Drexel University College of 5, 2017), died on June Born in Phila- Medicine, and a former president and chancel- 10 from complications delphia, Dr. Cohen lor of the Medical College of Pennsylvania. due to cancer. He was earned his under- In 1997, Dr. Cohen established the D. Wal- 66. graduate degree at ter Cohen Middle East Center for Dental Educa- Dr. Dibble earned Penn and his DDS tion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which his undergraduate de- from Penn’s School offered an exchange program between dental gree in 1971 and his of Dental Medicine in students at Hebrew University and Palestinian PhD in 1981, both from students at the Al-Quds School of Dentistry in the University of Ari- Walter Cohen 1950. Dental Tribune Harold Dibble After a research Jerusalem, the reported in 2010. zona. He worked at the fellowship in pathology and periodontics Dr. Cohen received the French government’s Arizona State Museum before coming to Penn at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, he returned to Legion of Merit, was chair of the Pennsylvania as a lecturer in 1982. In 1985, he was hired as an Penn in 1951 as an assistant instructor. He be- Diabetes Academy and president of the Nation- assistant professor in the anthropology depart- came an assistant professor and then a full pro- al Museum of American Jewish History. He re- ment, later becoming an associate professor in fessor in 1963, the same year that he established ceived eight honorary doctorates from universi- 1990 and a full professor in 1995. He studied the the school’s department of periodontics and be- ties around the world including the University origins and evolution of human culture and cog- came its first chairman. In 1966, he was elected of Bucharest in Romania and the University of nition in the Near East, North Africa and West- president of the American Society of Periodon- Athens in Greece. ern Europe during the Paleolithic era. tists. By the time he was named dean in 1972, Dr. Cohen was chosen as the recipient of the He was among the first to use a total station he had been associate dean for two years and 2005 Paul Goldhaber Award, given by the Har- (combining a theodolite, an electronic distance he was already a nationally known investigator vard School of Dental Medicine. The award— measuring device and computer software) for in periodontal disease (Almanac December 21, given to dental scientists and educators—is in accurate 3-D spatial recording of site topogra- 1971). He served as dean until 1983. honor of Harvard’s former dental school dean. phy, archaeological layers and artifacts. Dr. Dib- In 1972, the School of Dental Medicine Dr. Cohen was honored for his outstanding na- ble (collaborating with Shannon McPherron) launched a new program to prepare those with tional and international contribution to dental also wrote the software for an early version of PhDs in biological, physical and engineering education and the dental profession. GIS (Geographic Information Systems), a pro- sciences for careers as dentists; it culminated in In 2011, he received the Isador Hirschfeld gram allowing data to be viewed on a computer the DMD degree. It was the first such program Award from the Northeastern Society of Perio- as individual layers that can then be superim- in the country to be financed by federal funds dontists in New York for his contributions to the posed with other layers, providing visualization (Almanac September 19, 1972). advancement of periodontology. In addition, the of, for instance, artifact distribution or the stra- When Dr. Cohen outlined progress and plans American Academy of Periodontology estab- tigraphy of a site. for the School (Almanac July 1973) as it relat- lished the D. Walter Cohen Teaching Award for In June 2011, National Geographic chan- ed to the future of the University, he described periodontal postgraduate students entering ca- nel’s “World’s Oldest Child” focused on his many interdisciplinary interactions and affilia- reers in education. team’s discovery of a child’s skull and parts of tions across the campus including engineering, In celebration of the 35th anniversary of its the skeleton in Smuggler’s Cave (Grotte des education, anthropology, medicine, veterinary founding, the National Disease Research Inter- Contrebandiers) dated to 108,000 years ago. medicine as well as the MBA program at Whar- change established the D. Walter Cohen, DDS Dr. Dibble served as the curator-in-charge ton. He was honored with membership in the In- Service to Science Award in 2015; he was the of European archaeology section at the Penn stitute of Medicine of the National Academies inaugural recipient. In subsequent years, the Museum and as the deputy director for curato- of Science in 1980. For many years he also had Award has been presented to an individual rial affairs. He directed Paleolithic excavations a dental practice in Center City. whose career exemplifies a commitment of ser- at Pech de l’Azé IV and La Ferrassie, both in “Dean Cohen not only shaped the future vice to science. France, and was the director of the Laboratory of Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, but he He served on the boards of the Drexel Uni- for the Study of Ancient Technology at Penn. shaped the dentistry practice worldwide . . . he versity College of Medicine, Philadelphia Uni- Dr. Dibble chaired the Penn Museum Labora- related periodontal disease to restorative dentist- versity, Gratz College, the National Disease Re- tory Committee and the Penn Arts and Sciences ry, worked to enhance the outcomes of patient search Interchange, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Committee on Undergraduate Academic Stand- oral health and changed the face of dental edu- the Philly Pops and the Hadassah Medical Or- ing and served as a member of the SAS Person- cation. He served humanity worldwide with ser- ganization. nel Committee. vice to universities and patients throughout the Dr. Cohen’s wife, Betty Ann Axelrod Cohen, Dr. Dibble was a recipient of the Society for world, including close relationships with schools preceded him in death. He is survived by three American Archaeology’s 2014 Award for Ex- in Israel and Europe,” said Mark S. Wolff, the daughters, Jane E. Millner, Amy Cohen and Dr. cellence in Archaeological Analysis and was a new Morton Amsterdam Dean of the School of Joanne Cohen Katz; five grandchildren and two 2015 Fellow of the Center for Archaeological Dental Medicine. “Individuals affecting genera- great-grandchildren. Science, University of Wollongong, Australia. tional changes touch us so rarely, but the Penn The Penn School of Dental Medicine is plan- He co-authored numerous books, including Dental community has the privilege of having ning a celebration of Dr. Cohen’s life in the fall; Using Computers in Archaeology: A Practical been touched by Walter,” Dr. Wolff added. details will be announced when they are avail- Guide, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Pech de He helped create the Executive Leadership able. l’Azé IV, Préhistoire de la Région de Rabat-Té- Program for Women in Academic Medicine and mara, The Cave of Fontéchevade and Hand- Dentistry (ELAM). Over a 16-year period, more Debbie Dawson, Cashier’s Office book of Paleolithic Typology. than 700 women graduated from the program, Debbie Dawson, a cashier in the Cashier’s He is survived by his wife, Lee; two sons, many advancing to leadership roles in dental Office since 2006 and a Penn employee for 16 Chip (Lauren Shandelman) and Flint (Jonida schools around the country. years, died June 30 from breast cancer. She was Martini); and a sister, Christine Burke. The fam- He spearheaded the Penn Experiment, which 55. ily plans to hold a celebration of Dr. Dibble’s is detailed in his 1985 book, Educating the Den- Ms. Dawson started as a temporary employ- life at the Penn Museum sometime in the fall tists of the Future: The Pennsylvania Experi- ee in Financial Services in September 2002 and with details to be announced at a later date. ment. was promoted to cashier in January 2006. Dean Cohen’s father, Abram Cohen, D’23, She is survived by her son, Richard and her (Continued on page 5) established the Joseph L. T. Appleton Award in daughter, Hannah. 4 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 Robert Engman, Fine Arts Vance Patrick, SP2 Robert (Bob) M. (Continued from page 4) Vance Patrick, a 33 year-old doctoral stu- Engman, sculptor dent in the School of Social Policy and Practice, Memorial donations can be made to Penn’s and professor emeri- died on June 19. Mr. Patrick attended Penn from anthropology department at https://giving.apps. tus of fine arts, died 2013 to 2016 and had been on leave pending upenn.edu/fund?program=SAS&fund=630074 on July 4 of respirato- completion of his dissertation. He lived in Mays The donations will be used to help students ry failure. He was 91. Landing, New Jersey. While at Penn, he taught and colleagues attend Paleoanthropology A native of Ar- two classes in the master of social work (MSW) Society meetings and for student archaeological lington, Massachu- program: American Racism, and Understand- research at the University of Pennsylvania. setts, Mr. Engman’s ing Social Change: Issues of Race and Gender. father died when he He had previously worked as a social worker Peter G. Earle, SAS was two years old. with the New Jersey Department of Children Peter G. Earle, professor emeritus of Ro- He learned metal- and Families. mance languages, died on June 6. He was 95. working skills from Dr. Earle came to Penn in 1963 as a teach- his stepfather, who Philip Roth, English Philip Roth, renowned novelist and former ad- er in romance languages. A professor of Span- Bob Engman was a blacksmith and ish, he was concerned with Spanish-American toolmaker. He joined junct professor of English at Penn, died in Man- literature and thought of the 19th and 20th cen- the Navy at the age of 15, serving in WWII in the hattan on May 22 from congestive heart failure. turies. He also studied and wrote about the nov- Pacific. Though he did not complete high school, He was 85. els. While he was an associate professor of Ro- he went on to graduate from Rhode Island School Mr. Roth was born in Newark, New Jer- mance languages, Dr. Earle conducted research of Design with a BFA, and then received his MFA sey. He attended Bucknell for his undergradu- in Salamanca, Spain, in preparation for a book in painting and sculpture from Yale. ate degree and then received his master’s degree to be entitled Unamuno and the 19th Century. After serving as the director of Yale’s sculp- in English from the University of Chicago. He He served on various committees at the Uni- ture program for several years, and acting as a was known for exploring themes around what versity, including on the Library Committee, the visiting critic at Penn, 1961-1962, Mr. Engman it means to be human, American and Jewish in Faculty Grievance Commision and Student Ful- left Yale for Penn in 1963 at the invitation from his works. Goodbye, Columbus, his first book, bright Awards. In 1990, he was inducted into then-Dean Holmes Perkins. From 1965 to 1983, published in 1959, earned him a National Book Phi Beta Delta, the U.S.-based honor society for Mr. Engman served as co-chair of the depart- Award. Portnoy’s Complaint, American Pastoral, international scholarship. ment of fine arts, and he was also the chair of the and The Human Stain are among his other works. In 1991, he became a professor in the Col- graduate studies program in sculpture, a posi- In 1970, Mr. Roth was hired as a lecturer lege of General Studies (now the College of Lib- tion he held until his retirement to his workshop at Penn, becoming an adjunct professor in the eral and Professional Studies), earning emeritus in Haverford in 1992. mid-1970s. He taught English for more than a status at his early retirement in 1993. Mr. Engman’s perhaps best-known sculpture decade at the University of Pennsylvania. Joel Survivors include his wife, Rebeca (nee is Triune, which was installed across from City Conarroe, former SAS dean, President Emeri- Orozco); children, Peter G. (Sandra H.), Rebeca Hall in Center City Philadelphia in 1975. Stand- tus of the John Simon Guggenheim Founda- E. (Andrew) Matter, and Thomas; sister, Nan- ing 20 feet high at the southwest corner on 15th tion, and chair of Penn’s undergraduate English cy Fortini; seven grandchildren and 13 great- Street, it took him 18 months to create. department during Mr. Roth’s tenure, recalled, grandchildren. Also well known are his trio of sculptures “Philip’s classes . . . were much in demand and created in honor of Indian yoga master B.K.S. highly regarded. Students would start lining Iyengar, After Iyengar, and two copies of After up at 4:30 a.m. during registration periods in John U. Farley, Wharton B.K.S. Iyenger, which feature interlocking disks hopes of getting into his class. Those who may John Upman Farley, former director of whose solid surfaces have been cut, stretched have expected a stand-up comic discovered in- Wharton’s Lauder Institute and emeritus profes- and molded into arcs, angles and twisting planes stead a serious man of letters who introduced sor of marketing, died on April 30 from demen- of metal. After Iyenger, a cast aluminum mobile them to Flaubert, Kafka, Dostoevsky and Co- tia. He was 82. is in Penn’s Chemistry Building; a bronze After lette, among others. He also introduced them— Born in Grove City, PA, Mr. Farley received B.K.S. Iyenger can be seen at Morris Arboretum and his departmental colleagues—to writers his undergraduate degree in Russian civilization (Almanac September 13, 1988) and a copy is in from “The Other Europe,” eastern bloc novel- from Dartmouth before going on to attend Dart- the Hirschhorn Collection in Washington, D.C. ists such as Milan Kundera and Bruno Schulz mouth’s Tuck School of Business. In 1967, he collaborated with Penn students on whose work he [was] responsible for bringing From 1990 to 1994, he served as the direc- the creation of The Peace Symbol, which stands 13 to the attention of American readers.” tor of the Lauder Institute, and he was a pro- feet tall in front of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Oth- Mr. Roth won two National Book Awards, fessor of marketing at Wharton from 1991 until er sculptures of Mr. Engman’s can be found inside two National Book Critics Circle awards, three his early retirement in 1995, at which time he the main lobby of Vagelos Labs, in Miller Plaza PEN/Faulkner Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the earned emeritus status. at HUP and in the backyard of Penn’s President’s Man Booker International Prize. Before coming to Penn, Mr. Farley had House (Almanac January 18, 2000). (Continued on page 6) taught at the Tuck School of Business at Dart- Mr. Engman designed the President’s Medal, mouth and spent 20 years on the faculty of Co- inaugurated by Penn President Martin Meyer- Check Out the New lumbia University. He served as the executive son, by crafting a three-dimensional expression Almanac Website director of the Marketing Science Institute, an of the mathematical symbol infinity at the cen- Did you know that on the new website you industry-supported research and think tank, ter (Almanac September 9, 1980). It has been can read past issues of Almanac as far back as from 1985 to 1987. In the late 1980s, he joined awarded to nobelist Lawrence Klein and Walter 1954 when it was a monthly publication for the Greenwich Associates as a partner to deliver and Leonore Annenberg. faculty? Since 1971 it has been a weekly publi- statistical research. In retirement, he received a He became a member of Penn’s 25 Year cation for faculty and staff. courtesy appointment at the Tuck School, con- Club in 1989; in 1992 he earned emeritus status. Visit almanac.upenn.edu and click on the tinuing his research on the study of firms in Chi- Mr. Engman is survived by his wife, Nancy “Past Issues” in the blue band at the top of the na and Russia. Porter; children, Anders, Kerstin, Allyn, Bevin page. You’ll view the current volume (#65) at Mr. Farley is survived by his partner, Cath- and Kelsey; four grandchildren and one great- the top, the most recent AT PENN calendars, erine Cannan; his daughters, Marilyn and Pa- grandchild; and ex-wife Margaret Engman. and Almanac Between Issues postings, which mela; and his grandchildren, Connor and Carly include crime reports for weeks Almanac wasn’t Drooff. To Report A Death published during the summer, before scrolling A celebration of his life will be held on Sat- down to view more than 60 volumes of Almanac urday, October 13, at the Andover Inn, Andover, Almanac appreciates being informed of the deaths of current and former faculty and staff issues, including those that pre-date the web. Massachusetts. For more information on this Don’t forget to use the website’s search fea- event contact [email protected] members, students and other members of the University community. Call (215) 898-5274 or ture located at the top right of the website to find email [email protected] specific content. ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 5 Deaths (Continued from page 5) Grant Awards for Projects: Making a Difference in Diverse Communities Seymour I. Toll: Law School Seymour Irving Toll, who had taught at Penn Arts and Sciences has announced the Comegys School and Penn Alexander School, Penn’s Law School, died on June 5. He was 93. 2018 funded projects for the “Making a Differ- and will cultivate new partnerships with schools A Philadelphia native, Mr. Toll graduat- ence in Diverse Communities” initiative, which across Philadelphia to bring philosophy to stu- ed from Central High School and worked on a encourages faculty to explore innovative ways dents in kindergarten through 12th grade. This dairy farm before serving in the U.S. Army as a of applying their expertise. Through a combi- initiative will take two forms: classes and clubs combat infantryman. He was injured during the nation of coursework, research and service, the where philosophy is taught as a self-standing Battle of the Bulge, honorably discharged and projects address issues of diversity and inequal- subject, as well as the integration of philoso- awarded a Purple Heart and Combat Infantry- ity at the local, national and international level. phy into existing curricula and lessons as teach- man’s Badge. He received his bachelor’s and The researchers belong to fields as wide- ers see fit. The project will include Penn under- law degrees from Yale, and went on to work at ranging as public health and policy, communi- graduates from ABCS courses, as well Penn several firms before co-founding his own firm. ty education, environmental studies, and film graduate students who are already teaching phi- From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Toll taught trial and media studies. The projects cover the entire losophy to middle and high school students. Co- advocacy at Penn’s Law School He published spectrum of humanities, social science and natu- faculty project directors include Eli Lesser, ex- more than 100 editorials and articles, many in ral science and include collaborators from other ecutive director of educational innovation in the the Inquirer and wrote two books. Penn schools. School of Social Policy and Practice, and Janine Mr. Toll is survived by his daughters, Em- In announcing the grant awards, Steven J. Remillard, associate professor in the teaching, ily (Stephen Pershing); Elizabeth (Adam Pal- Fluharty, dean of Penn Arts and Sciences, said learning and leadership division in the Gradu- lant); Martha (Daniel Becker), and Connie; and that these projects “combine the type of inno- ate School of Education. The project is in col- his siblings/in-laws Lee Toll, Zelda Edelson and vation and excellence that forms the intellectual laboration with the Netter Center for Commu- Charlotte Thurschwell; and eight grandchildren. core of Penn Arts and Sciences.” He added that nity Partnerships. Thomas Waldman: SAS he was “especially inspired by how the projects LAVA: Laboratorio para apreciar la vida Thomas Waldman, involve students in research and outreach ef- y el ambiente (continuation of “Community former staff member at forts. The combination of students and faculty, Ecology in the Galapagos Archipelago”): the School of Arts and working together in the classroom and in com- This effort, helmed by Michael Weisberg, pro- Sciences and adjunct as- munities, can have powerful results.” fessor and chair of philosophy, will build upon sociate professor in the The grant recipients are: previous project, “Community-Based Ecolo- department of history, Penn-in-Havana: Visual Culture and gy in the Galapagos Archipelago,” by growing died on July 1 at age 79. Public Art in Cuba: This project, led by Gwen- community science initiatives, such as the flag- Dr. Waldman was dolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor and un- ship observational study of sea lions, to include born in Cleveland, Ohio, dergraduate chair in the history of art depart- additional high school students and put more and earned his bachelor’s ment, introduced Penn students to the vibrant emphasis on helping them to understand the and master’s degrees NGO community arts scene of contemporary data they are collecting. In addition, the project from Columbia Univer- Cuba through support of and participation in will pilot a second community science initiative sity. He earned a DPhil the activities of the Cayo Hueso art collective with local women, which will involve teaching them to monitor the marine reserve. The team from Lincoln College, Tom Waldman in Havana. On the trip, Dr. Shaw was assisted University of Oxford. by the U.S. representative for the Callejón de will also move to the production phase on their A fellow of the Royal Hamel collective and professor of Latin Amer- Galapaguefio documentary projects. Co-faculty Historical Society and a distinguished medieval ican studies at Norfolk State University Geof- project directors include Susan Lindee, Janice scholar, he specialized in 12th-century France, in froy de Laforcade, who provided background and Julian Bers Professor of the History and So- particular on the Abbey of St. Denis in Paris and lectures and on-location guidance. Students also ciology of Science; Erol Akçay, assistant pro- its abbot, Suger. In 1983, he received a Research worked directly with artist Salvador González fessor of biology; Tim Linksvayer, associate Foundation Award from Penn for his research on Escalona, who first began to alter the urban professor of biology; Deena Skolnick Weisberg, An examination of manuscripts from the Library landscape in Central Havana through public art, a senior fellow in the psychology department; of the Abbey of St. Denis. performance and cultural exchange opportuni- Howard Neukrug, professor of practice; and He began his Penn career in 1971 as a bib- ties in the 1980s. Co-faculty project directors Karen M’Closkey, associate professor of land- liographer of rare books and manuscripts and include William Schmenner, lecturer in cinema scape architecture in the School of Design. an adjunct associate professor of history. He studies, as well as Ken Lum, professor and chair Using Virtual Reality and Digital Vid- soon discovered his affinity for fundraising and, of the fine arts department, and David Hartt, eo to Document the Post-Hurricane Maria in 1975, joined the staff of Development and assistant professor of fine arts, both from the Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico: This proj- Alumni Relations. In his role as director of Cor- School of Design. ect, led by Peter Decherney, professor of Eng- porate and Foundation Relations for the School Increasing Turnout in Off-Cycle Elec- lish and cinema studies, will visit Puerto Rico of Arts and Sciences, he oversaw the raising of tions in the City of Philadelphia: This proj- nine months after hurricane Maria hit in order gifts that contributed enormously to the estab- ect, helmed by Daniel J. Hopkins, associate to re-create the experience of individuals who lishment of scholarships, the advancement of professor of political science, looks to increase have worked in different circumstances to re- research and the creation of innovative com- voter turnout in non-presidential elections in build their environments and lives after the hur- munity-service programs. He retired from his Philadelphia. The team will generate and test ricane. The team will use virtual reality and vid- fundraising role in 2007 and continued as a vis- novel direct-mail communications designed to eo to capture these narratives. This will continue iting scholar in teaching medieval history. heighten voter turnout in off-cycle elections by work Dr. Decherney and his students completed Dr. Waldman was a co-founder of the Del- making social norms related to voting more sa- in Kenya, where they used similar techniques to aware Valley Medieval Association and helped lient. In doing so, the project will draw upon document the refugee experience. Dr. Decher- secure a grant from the Lily Foundation that en- and contribute to a growing research literature ney hopes the project will also communicate abled it to flourish. He served as the associate on voter mobilization. The project also seeks to the situation on the ground and the need for in- director of the Lilly/Pennsylvania Program. bolster the study of official, government-spon- creased aid to policymakers, non-governmen- He is survived by his brother, Ronald and sored efforts to increase voter turnout, as well as tal organization leaders, and anyone who can’t sister-in-law, Lee; his two nieces, Elizabeth close well-known gaps in political participation travel to the island. Haspiel (Joseph) and Margot Waldman (Tim along racial, economic and income lines. The “Making a Difference in Diverse Com- Lemmon); and five grandnieces and nephews, Philosophy for the Young: This project, munities” initiative is a key component of the Sarah Novack, Jacob Haspiel, Giles and George led by Karen Detlefsen, professor of philosophy School’s commitment to advance research and and Giselle Lemmon. and education, will build on existing partner- teaching around issues of diversity, inequality A Memorial Service will be held on Satur- ships with Philadelphia Futures, Benjamin B. and human well-being. day, September 22 at noon at the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, 330 South 13th Street, in Philadelphia. 6 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 OF RECORD

Grant Awards for Projects: Dean’s Global Inquiries Fund FY2019 Postdoc Stipends The Office of the Vice Provost for Re- The Dean’s Global Inquiries Fund, an initia- in Mumbai, focusing on the daily practices of search, in consultation with the Provost tive that encourages the collective investigation fishers and dockworkers, the research practic- Council on Research, is responsible for of global topics across the liberal arts, recently es of coastal scientists at sea, and ideological setting minimum stipend levels for post- awarded its second round of grants. and material work of urban engineers building doctoral trainees across the University. In Dean Steven J. Fluharty established the fund along the coast. By examining the life of coast- recent years, the University has adopted to advance the School’s commitment to driv- al megacities from their waters, Urban Sea will the National Research Service Awards ing global change, a key priority in the Power of examine how these spaces are inhabited in a (NRSA) stipend scale for all postdocs. Penn Arts and Sciences fundraising campaign. time of extreme ecological flux. Bethany Wig- See: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/ Dean Fluharty says that the funded projects gin, associate professor of Germanic languag- notice-files/NOT-OD-18-175.html “typify the global reach of our faculty. These es and literatures and founding director of Penn Please note that these stipend levels awardees demonstrate how Penn Arts and Sci- Program in Environmental Humanities, and An- represent minimums. Schools and depart- ences faculty are moving their fields forward by uradha Mathur, professor of landscape architec- ments may establish their own guidelines creating avenues for international collaboration ture at PennDesign, will be part of this project. as long as stipend rates meet or exceed and knowledge-sharing.” Religion and the Global Future: This proj- those established by the University. Penn The following projects were selected to re- ect is led by Steven Weitzman, Abraham M. El- investigators are also expected to comply ceive up to $50,000 to support a variety of activi- lis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages with any postdoctoral stipend guidelines ties including research, conferences, workshops, and Literature and Ella Darivoff, director of the promulgated by their sponsors, if these film screenings and course development. These Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies. It is sponsor-specified guidelines exceed the projects are inherently collaborative, forward- an effort to create a new kind of learning expe- Penn minimum stipend levels. thinking and interdisciplinary and use the tools rience for students interested in the role that re- Note: Stipends should be adjusted up- of the social and natural sciences and humanities. ligion plays in international conflict, global en- wards at the time of the annual postdoc- Trauma and the Arts, South Africa in Dia- vironmental concerns and human rights issues. toral reappointment, at the time of the an- logue with Philadelphia: Led by Carol Muller, Dr. Weitzman will develop an undergraduate nual grant renewal or at the beginning of professor of music, this project brings together course and symposium that will include glob- the NIH fiscal year. faculty and leaders in Philadelphia community al speakers from the fields of religious studies, FY2019 Minimum Stipend Levels organizations and schools as well as South Afri- international relations, and public policy. Ulti- can educators and artists. The goal is to create a mately, this project will lay the groundwork to Years of Experience Stipend culture of trauma-informed learning and instruc- create a network of scholars who study the pub- 0 $48,432 tion using drawing, dancing, singing, acting and lic policy impacts of religious studies. storytelling as a vehicle for the emotional and Active Coating Technologies (ACT) to 1 $48,804 psychological effects of trauma. In addition to Mitigate the Global Water Crisis: Zahra 2 $49,188 building an online resource for knowledge-shar- Fakhraai, associate professor of chemistry, will ing, the project will include a three-day confer- lead this effort to form an international facul- 3 $51,324 ence for all stakeholders. Involved Penn facul- ty working group to develop coatings that can 4 $53,184 ty include Herman Beavers, professor of English redirect, harvest, and purify water in environ- and Africana studies, and James Pawelski, pro- ments that lack access to safe water. In addi- —Dawn Bonnell fessor of practice and director of education in the tion to building collaborative relationships with Vice Provost for Research Positive Psychology Center. researchers from around the world, this proj- Shared Practices, Common Legacies: ect will support summer internships, located in Accessing Almanac Online Ottoman Science from a Global Perspec- Korea, for chemistry and engineering graduate Subscribe now to Express Almanac (http:// tive: This project, led by Harun Küçük, assistant students interested in developing reliable mate- www.upenn.edu/almanac/express.html) to re- professor of history and sociology of science, rials for water management. Involved Penn fac- ceive each Tuesday’s issue in your inbox before will organize an international workshop focused ulty include Daeyeon Lee, professor of chemi- it reaches your desk. Breaking news will be on Ottoman scientific texts. The workshop will cal and biomolecular engineering, and Russell posted in the Almanac Between Issues section initiate an international collaborative project J. Composto, professor of materials science and of the Almanac website and sent out to Express to translate sourcebooks of Ottoman scientific engineering, bioengineering, and chemical and Almanac subscribers. texts from a variety of languages, religious back- biomolecular engineering. grounds, and geographical areas. This endeavor addresses the lack of Ottoman sources currently $2 Million Grant to Train Next Generation of Penn Medicine Physicians in in translation and applies global history, a pro- Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program gressive methodology that sees beyond current The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. national or linguistic barriers. Oscar Aguirre- Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $2 million grant Mandujano, an incoming assistant professor of over the next five years to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Ottoman history, will join the project. (OEM) Residency Program in the department of emergency medicine at Undergraduate Seminar on Compara- Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. This grant will help train the next tive Ancient Epics: Peter Struck, professor and generation of OEM physicians. chair of Classical studies, will develop an un- “The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program dergraduate seminar in collaboration with Yale- at Penn helps address a national need: the shortage of residency trained NUS, based in Singapore, on five ancient texts: Occupational and Environmental Medicine physicians in the United Gilgamesh, Iliad, Odyssey, Ramayana, and Ae- States,” said Judith McKenzie, professor of emergency medicine and neid. Dr. Struck and Mira Seo, associate pro- OEM Residency Program Director and Division Chief. “This funding will fessor of humanities, Yale-NUS, will teach the provide critical support in helping us to continue to train OEM physicians, course on their respective campuses in spring with specific aims to further diversify the workforce and help alleviate the 2019. As part of the course, Yale-NUS students national shortage.” OEM physicians are devoted to the conservation and restoration of will visit Philadelphia and Penn students will Judith McKenzie go to the University of Pennsylvania Museum the health of the workforce and promotion of worker health, productiv- of Archaeology and Anthropology and travel ity and well-being. They diagnose, treat and prevent occupational and to Singapore for classes and visits to the Asian environmental injury and disease, are experts in prevention, exposure assessment, work fitness and Civilizations Museum in Singapore. disability evaluations, and hazard recognition, evaluation and control. OEM specialists are also versed in toxicology and disaster preparedness and emergency management. These physicians work Urban Sea: Living in Anthropogenic Wa- in various settings such as corporations, government and academia. ters: Nikhil Anand, assistant professor of an- Since the program’s inception in 1997, Penn has graduated 125 OEM residents. Dr. McKenzie thropology, will lead 14 months of field research and her team plan to train 30 more residents over the next five years. ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 7 Honors & Other Things

Regina Abrami: Aspen Institute Evanthia Anadioti and Amy Gutmann: I Have a Dream Ideas Worth Teaching Award Elizabeth Valentine: 40 Under 40 Foundation Honor Fault Lines and Foresight, taught by Regi- Evanthia Anadioti, clinical assistant profes- On June 5, Penn President Amy Gutmann na Abrami, senior lecturer in political science sor of restorative dentistry in Penn’s School was recognized at the I Have A Dream Founda- at Penn, senior fellow in Wharton’s manage- of Dental Medicine and the founding direc- tion’s annual Spirit of the Dream Gala in New ment department and director of the Lauder Insti- tor of the Advanced Prosthodontics Program, York City. Nearly 500 supporters, students and tute’s Global Program, recently received an Ideas and Elizabeth Valentine, assistant professor of alumni gathered to honor leaders who have Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute: clinical anesthesiology and critical care at HUP, made a transformative impact in building a more Twenty “exceptional courses that inspire and were both recently named as 40 Under 40 hon- inclusive America and a more equitable educa- equip future business leaders to tackle the issues orees by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The tion system. Dr. Gutmann was honored with the of our time” and “redefine excellence in business list aims to identify and recognize current and Eugene M. Lang Lifetime Achievement Award. education—and ultimately in business practice.” future leaders in various industries and in the This course provides an introduction to the community. Cynthia Otto: Companion Animal field of foresight strategy and its theoretical under- Veterinarian of the Year pinnings in environmental and security studies. It Cynthia Otto, founder and executive direc- James Corner: Honorary Doctorate tor of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, was does so in a way that is experiential, interdisciplin- James Corner, professor emeritus and chair ary and rooted in ideas of systems thinking, co- recently recognized with the 2018 Bustad Com- of the department of landscape architecture at panion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award. evolution and chaos theory, all centered on a well- the School of Design 2000–2012, was recently known global fault line: water stress. It is one of three American Veterinary Medical awarded an honorary doctorate by the faculty of Association (AVMA) Animal Welfare and Hu- Anita Allen: American Philosophical architecture of Technical University of Munich. man Animal Bond Excellence Awards spon- Association President Mr. Corner is a registered landscape architect sored and funded by Merck Animal Health. It Anita L. Allen, the and urban designer and founder and director of is presented to an AVMA member veterinarian Henry R. Silverman James Corner Field Operations. Major projects in recognition of their outstanding work in pre- Professor of Law and of his include the High Line, New York City; serving and protecting the human-animal bond. Professor of Philoso- the Race Street Pier, Philadelphia; and Chica- Dr. Otto founded the center in 2012 after be- phy and vice provost go’s Navy Pier. He has devoted the past 30 years ing inspired by her work monitoring the health for faculty, became to advancing the field of urbanism. and behavior of search-and-rescue dogs while the first black wom- serving as a first responder for the 9/11 terror- an president of the ist attacks. At the Working Dog Center, Dr. Otto Eastern Division of Casey Greene: Chan Zuckerberg provides rehabilitation, fitness and conditioning the American Philo- Initiative Big-Data Grant training to working dogs, including those in- sophical Association Casey Greene, volved in law enforcement, search and rescue on July 1. Dr. Allen is a PSOM assistant and sporting events. The center has made tre- an expert on privacy professor of systems mendous strides in advancing the human-animal law, the philosophy Anita Allen pharmacology and bond through research, education and the study of privacy, bioethics translational thera- of all facets of canine performance, as well as and contemporary values, and she is recognized peutics, has been the interaction of dogs with their handlers and for scholarship about legal philosophy, wom- awarded funding human partners. The program further enhances en’s rights and race relations. from the Chan Zuck- the human-animal bond by placing puppies with She is the first African-American woman to erberg Initiative, an area foster families. hold both a PhD in philosophy and a law degree. advised fund of Sili- Dr. Otto is also an associate professor of In 2010, Dr. Allen was appointed by President con Valley Commu- critical care in the department of clinical studies Barack Obama to the Presidential Commission nity Foundation. The and advanced medicine at Penn Vet. for the Study of Bioethical Issues, and in 2017 Initiative was created she was inducted into the National Academy of by Facebook founder Reed Pyeritz: Hero with Heart Award Medicine. She is the author of several books on Mark Zuckerberg and Casey Greene Reed Pyeritz, the privacy, law and ethics. his wife, Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician. William Smilow Pro- This award will support Dr. Greene’s work fessor in the Division Shinjae Chung: Hartwell Award on the Human Cell Atlas, a global effort to map Shinjae Chung of Translational Med- , every type of cell in the human body as a re- icine and Human Ge- assistant professor source for investigating health and disease. The netics at the Perelman of neuroscience in Initiative’s broad focus includes an emphasis on School of Medicine, the Perelman School science through basic biomedical research and has been given the of Medicine, has re- education through personalized learning. 2018 Hero with Heart ceived a 2017 Hart- The new funding is focused on develop- Award by the Marfan well Individual Bio- ing open, shared computational tools and al- Foundation. medical Research gorithms. As one of 85 one-year awards to re- The award rec- Award, which pro- searchers worldwide, he will deploy a powerful, ognizes Dr. Pyeritz’s vides financial sup- “unsupervised” machine-learning algorithm four decades of ded- port for innovative, called a variational auto-encoder, which learns ication to improving Reed Pyeritz early-stage biomedi- to identify and summarize patterns in large data heart health in the cal research with the sets without being instructed what features to 200,000 people in the U.S. living with Marfan potential to benefit look for. Dr. Greene’s aim is to simulate, predict syndrome and related disorders. Dr. Pyeritz is children of the Unit- and catalogue what happens to each cell type widely regarded as the preeminent scholar and ed States. The award Shinjae Chung contained in the Human Cell Atlas under vari- clinician for this serious genetic condition. He provides funding for ous scenarios. The resulting information will be is a major contributor to improving life expec- three years at $100,000 in direct costs per year invaluable in better explaining how biological tancy in those with Marfan syndrome from 32 for Dr. Chung’s proposal, “Remedying Sleep systems function at the cellular and organism years, when he first began researching the con- Disturbances in Autism Spectrum Disorder.” levels, enabling researchers to eventually predict dition in 1978, to a nearly normal life span for Dr. Chung, who studies the neural circuits that how the expression of every known gene might patients born today. Dr. Pyeritz is one of the underlie sleep, is one of only 12 researchers rec- change under various conditions. This endeavor founders of the Marfan Foundation and has ognized nationwide this year as a Hartwell In- is vital for providing new treatments for patients served on its Professional Advisory Board since vestigator by The Hartwell Foundation. and conducting life-saving research. its inception.

8 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 Pablo Tebas, Danish Saleheen: Mingyao Li, Sharon Xie: American Fulbright Awardees National Clinical Research Penn’s Class of 2018 includes 19 Fulbright Statistical Association Fellows Award recipients: 17 undergraduates, two grad- Achievement Awards Mingyao Li and Sharon Xie, both biostat- Two researchers from Penn’s Perelman uate students and seven PhD candidates. isticians from Penn’s Center for Clinical Bio- The Fulbright Program is the U.S. govern- School of Medicine are among the recipients of statistics and professors of biostatistics in the the 2018 Clinical Research Achievement Award ment’s flagship international educational ex- department of biostatistics, epidemiology and change program. Penn’s applicants are support- from the Clinical Research Forum, which recog- informatics have been elected fellows of the nizes the ten most outstanding clinical research ed by the Center for Undergraduate Research American Statistical Association, the largest and Fellowships (CURF). accomplishments in the United States during the professional organization for statisticians in preceding 12 months. Study/Research Grants: the United States. ASA Fellowships are limited Kevin Berry, a PhD candidate in architectur- Pablo Tebas, a professor of infectious dis- each year to one-third of one percent of the or- eases, was recognized for the first trial of a Zika al history in the School of Design, will conduct ganization’s membership. research in Germany. vaccine in humans, which proved safe and ef- Dr. Li was se- fective in a test population. Petra Creamer, a PhD candidate in art and lected for outstanding archaeology of the Mediterranean world, will Danish Saleheen, an assistant professor of contributions to sta- epidemiology, was recognized for his research pursue research in Germany. tistical genetics and Lacy Feigh, a PhD candidate in history, will on the ramifications of genetic variation in hu- genomics, as well as mans on searching for new heart disease drugs. conduct research in Ethiopia. scientific discoveries Alisa Feldman, SAS’18, will be conducting Wendy White: GC Impact Award in the genetics of car- an ethnographic study on in vitro fertilization Wendy White, se- diometabolic disease and infertility in Israel. nior vice president and age-related macu- Amber Henry, a PhD student in anthropol- and general counsel lar degeneration. Dr. ogy and Africana studies, will conduct her re- for the University of Li was also cited for search in Colombia. Pennsylvania, was her editorial and other Ari Lewis, SAS’18, will be pursuing her one of three 2018 professional contribu- master’s degree in international film business at tions to the field. GC Impact award Mingyao Li the University of Exeter and the London Film winners recognized An expert in sta- School. by The Legal Intel- tistical genetics, bio- Brian J. Liu, SAS’18, will research China’s ligencer. This award informatics and computational biology, much of soft power campaign in Africa. acknowledges chief Dr. Li’s work includes developing methods and Meghana Nallajerla, SAS’18, will conduct re- legal officers who, tools to find new ways to identify and character- search on intergenerational trauma among Tamil through their effec- ize genetic changes that lead to complex diseas- families who survived civil war in Sri Lanka. es. Dr. Li’s collaborative research also reveals Kristina Nielsen, a PhD candidate in anthro- tive leadership, had Wendy White significant accom- new insights into Alzheimer’s disease, as well pology, will pursue research in India. plishments in 2017. Ms. White advises and rep- as gene therapy for rare diseases. Kristen Pearson, SAS’18, will analyze ar- resents the entire University as well as the Uni- Dr. Xie was se- chaeological textiles in Mongolia from an an- versity of Pennsylvania Health System. The lected for excellent thropological perspective, using macro- and mi- award recognized her for her support of cutting- and sustained statis- croscopic textile evidence to better understand edge innovation over the past year, specifically tical collaborative the society and ecology of mobile pastoralists in her leadership and hard work that contributed and methodological ancient Inner Asia. greatly to the success of the FDA-approved CAR research in the area Sara Ray, a PhD candidate in history and the T-cell therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, of neurodegenera- sociology of science, will conduct her research a first for this kind of therapy, developed at Penn. tive diseases, exem- in the Netherlands. The award also noted Ms. White’s thought lead- plary mentoring of Kate Sohn, SAS’18, will travel to South Ko- ership on a range of complex issues at Penn, in- biostatistics graduate rea to conduct research on understanding the di- cluding academic freedom, sexual harassment, students and medical verse experiences of Korean breast-cancer sur- Title IX compliance, and the UPHS expansion researchers, leader- vivors as they make the transition from patient to a new hospital and the Pennovation Center. ship and development to survivor. of outstanding biosta- Drew Starling, SAS’13 and a PhD candidate 2018 Penn Prize for Excellence in tistics core facilities Sharon Xie in history, will conduct research in France. Teaching by Graduate Students with national impact Sharonya Vadakattu, SAS’18, WH’18, will The Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by in neurodegenerative disease research and for analyze a home-visitation pilot program in São Graduate Students recognizes the profound im- service to the profession. Paulo that seeks to improve child neurodevelop- pact of graduate students on education at Penn. Dr. Xie currently serves as principal investi- ment and holistic maternal-child health. Nominations come directly from undergradu- gator of a NIH R01 grant-funded study that aims Christopher Yao, SAS’17, will earn a mas- ate and graduate students. The prizes have been to find new statistical methods for measuring ter’s degree from Penn’s Perelman School of awarded annually since 2000 when then presi- dementia risk in Parkinson’s disease and related Medicine and will study epidemiology and etiol- dent Judith Rodin established the award. There neurodegenerative diseases. She is also the prin- ogy of cleft lip and palate birth defects in China. are ten selected each year. This year’s recipients cipal investigator of the biostatistics and data English Teaching Assistant Grants and the are: management core for three NIH-funded neuro- countries to which they are headed: Juan Pablo Ardila (History) degenerative disease research centers/program Joshua Jordan, SAS’18—India Suneal Bedi (Legal Studies) project grants: the Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Jodi Marcus, SAS’18—India Mark Bookman (East Asian Languages and the Morris K. Udall Parkinson’s Disease Re- Amanda Nart, SAS’18—Colombia Civilizations) search Center of Excellence, and the frontotem- Farah Otero-Amad, SAS’18—Argentina Evelyne Brie (Political Science) poral lobar degeneration program project grant. Haley Rugh, SAS’18—Germany Lauren Brumley (Psychology) Dr. Xie’s current research is aimed at devel- Reece Sisto, SAS’18—Colombia Tabea Cornel (History & Sociology of oping novel statistical methods for missing data, Julia Slater, SAS’17, GSE’18—Mexico Science) measurement error problems, and lifetime data Karis Stephen, SAS’18—Malaysia Tajah Ebram (English) analysis in response to problems arising in re- Sarah Tang, SAS’18—Malaysia Julia Kahn (Neuroscience) search of neurodegenerative diseases, and also David Thai, SAS’18—Vietnam Haley Pilgrim (Sociology) to advance better understanding of the progres- Shirin Vetry, SAS’18—Colombia Alexis Rider (History & Sociology of sion of neurodegenerative diseases. Science) (Continued on page 10) ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 9 Sharon Smith: Associate Vice Provost for University Life & Other Things Honors Sharon Smith, Executive Director of Student incidents involving Intervention Services, has been named Associ- students. (Continued from page 9) ate Vice Provost for University Life. Since June SIS works close- 19, she has been a member of VPUL’s Central ly with the Offices Penn Med: Digital Innovation Award Resource Management Team (CRMT) report- of Counseling and Penn Medicine received the Enterprise ing directly to Vice Provost Valarie Swain-Cade Psychology Ser- Award for Digital Innovation from Philadelphia McCoullum. vices (CAPS), Stu- Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) “Sharon works tirelessly across campus on dent Health Service, for the creation of Penn Life Gained, a first-of- behalf of undergraduate, graduate and profes- the Chaplain’s Of- its-kind mobile app for bariatric surgery patients sional students facing complex personal, aca- fice, Special Servic- that launched December 2017. The award is demic, familial and health challenges,” Dr. Mc- es in the Division of given to an organization that applies new or ex- Coullum said. “I am so pleased to recognize the Public Safety, and isting technology in an innovative way to solve depth and breadth of her commitment with this 12 schools on short- a problem or advance goals. expanded leadership position.” term and long-term Bariatric surgery patients are often asked to “I am honored to take on these new respon- case management of track steps and exercise, record caloric and wa- sibilities,” Ms. Smith added. “Crisis interven- critical situations. In Sharon Smith ter intake, monitor sleep time, and alter diet, in tion is true collaboration, and I am privileged this role, Ms. Smith has consulted with senior addition to managing their clinic appointments to work with so many caring and compassionate administrators, Deans, faculty, staff, alumni, and evaluations while on the road to bariatric people in VPUL and across campus.” families and community members in a shared surgery, which can be overwhelming. Penn Life Ms. Smith has worked at Penn since 1987 mission to serve students in crisis. Gained, built using Apple CareKit, a software serving in leadership positions in PENNCAP, The Student Intervention Services team has framework designed to help people actively New Student Orientation and Open Expression. grown in recent years in response to the complex- manage their own medical conditions, will help She helped create the mission and framework of ity of individual emergencies and institutional re- collate all of the patients’ health information for Student Intervention Services (SIS) and in 2002 sponses. Ms. Smith will continue to oversee her them in one place. she became SIS’ founding director. SIS leads the three-person team of an Associate Director, Case Patients in the Bariatric Surgery Program University’s response to emergencies and critical Manager and Outreach Coordinator. who have an iPhone will be able to download the app via the App Store and log in using a Barbara Hewitt: Executive Director of Career Services unique code that they receive from the clinical team. Once fully enrolled, patients can sync in- Barbara Hewitt has been named Executive ployers and 13,000 formation from any other app that they use. As Director of Career Services. Dr. Hewitt, cur- interviews a year, a partner-app to Penn Life Gained, Penn Medi- rently Senior Associate Director, will assume and helped imple- cine and Medable, an app and analytics platform her new position in August after the retirement ment innovative for healthcare, created a second clinician-facing of longtime Career Services Director Patricia technology to aid and app, which allows the care team to monitor the Rose. streamline students’ patients’ health data in real-time, by syncing the “Barb demonstrated clearly that she has the job searches. two applications. Penn Life Gained can eas- experience and vision to lead Career Services Prior to Penn, Dr. ily monitor the patient’s pre- and post-surgery through this important transition,” said Vice Hewitt worked in ca- progress, help personalize clinic visits based on Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade reer centers at Dick- data collected from the app, assign “to-do’s” McCoullum. “Her extensive relationships with inson College, the and manage personalized care plans, as well as employers and the campus community make her College of Wooster spot areas of concern. a valuable asset for Penn.” and Shippensburg “I’m incredibly excited to continue to work University. Correction: Power 100 with Penn students, alumni, staff and faculty in Dr. Hewitt earned Barbara Hewitt In the Honors & Other Things column in the my new role,” Dr. Hewitt added. “I look for- her Doctor of Educa- May 29 issue, the piece about the Power 100 ward to further building upon the already strong tion in Higher Education Administration from should have also included Penn Trustee Janet services provided by the office in the future.” Penn, writing her dissertation on the Effects Haas, who was number 17 on that list. Dr. Haas Dr. Hewitt has worked for Career Servic- of Academic Achievement, Extracurricular In- practices palliative medicine at the Abramson es since 1998, being promoted from a Career volvement, and Work Experience on Entry-Lev- Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital which Counselor in the College of Arts and Sciences el Employment of College Graduates. She holds is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health to Senior Associate Director overseeing place- a Master of Science in counseling from Ship- System. She is vice chair of Patient Care for the ments for Wharton undergraduates. She over- pensburg and a bachelor’s in psychology and Penn Medicine’s Power of Penn Campaign. Al- saw a campus recruiting program with 400 em- Spanish from Dickinson. manac regrets the inadvertent omission. —Eds. Jazmyn S. Pulley: Director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Jazmyn S. Pul- versity Life. “She is looking forward to working Interfraternity Council (25 male chapters, two ley was named Di- with our vibrant Penn Greek student and alumni co-ed chapters, average of 51 members/chapter), rector of the Of- community members to ever further promote ac- and the Panhellenic Council (eight female chap- fice of Fraternity cess, inclusion and service. We are delighted to ters, average of 175 members/chapter). and Sorority Life at welcome her to Penn and to VPUL!” At Columbia, Ms. Pulley oversaw advising, Penn effective July “I am very excited to be joining the Fra- recruitment, and programming for 1,800 stu- 9. A longtime mem- ternity and Sorority Life staff at the Universi- dents in 28 chapters. She led a staff restructuring, ber of Zeta Phi Beta ty of Pennsylvania,” Ms. Pulley added. “I have oversaw a strategic planning process and guid- Sorority Inc. and the worked many years to be able to do this work ed a review of Greek policies. Ms. Pulley pre- former associate di- and I am elated to have the opportunity to work viously served as assistant director of fraternity rector of fraternity with Penn staff, faculty, alumni and most impor- and sorority life at Pennsylvania State Universi- and sorority life at tantly, students to make the institution and sur- ty and assistant director for student activities at Columbia Univer- rounding community a better place.” East Stroudsburg University. She began her ca- sity, Ms. Pulley has Penn’s fraternity and sorority system is com- reer working in Greek Life at Lehigh University Jazmyn Pulley national leadership prised of 49 recognized chapters with 2,900 and Temple University. experience in the members and 32 chapter houses—including 24 Ms. Pulley frequently presents at regional and Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. owned and operated by the University in con- national Greek life events on risk management, “Jazmyn comes to us as a colleague passion- junction with Campus Apartments. The Greek hazing and sexual assault prevention. She re- ate about the nurturing of community in univer- system includes three governing councils: Inter- ceived both a master of arts in counseling in high- sity sororities and fraternities” said Dr. Valarie cultural Greek Council (seven male and seven fe- er education and bachelor’s in political science Swain-Cade McCoullum, Vice Provost for Uni- male chapters, average of 13 members/chapter); and sociology from the University of Delaware.

10 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 Penn’s Strategic Collaboration with Ripple: Accelerating Innovation in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency The Wharton School and the School of En- Garrett, Dean of the Wharton School. “The Rip- University faculty and students, and the partner- gineering and Applied Science at the University ple Project will transform the way our students ship between Ripple, the Wharton School and of Pennsylvania announced the launch of The and faculty look at blockchain and its potential Penn Engineering makes major strides in fulfill- Ripple Project at Penn. This joint-school ef- to change the world. We are thrilled to welcome ing that demand. fort is supported by the blockchain-based glob- Ripple’s collaboration as we prepare future lead- “Academia has traditionally been a critical al payments leader Ripple under its recently ers who will shape the future of how this dynam- driver of technical innovation. The University announced University Blockchain Research Ini- ic technology is developed to transform fields as Blockchain Research Initiative is an acknowl- tiative. The goal of this strategic collaboration is diverse as finance, logistics and healthcare.” edgment of the vital importance of the unique to support academic research, technical devel- To harness the initiative of students, the in- role universities will play in advancing our un- opment and innovation in blockchain, crypto- sights of new research and the power of the derstanding and application of cryptography currency and distributed ledger technology. Penn network in this field, the Ripple Project and blockchain technology. It also speaks to the Ripple’s financial donation to the University will also provide learning opportunities both in- reality that university graduates will fuel a con- will support cross-disciplinary faculty research, side and outside of the classroom. Ripple will tinually evolving and maturing financial mar- financial aid for graduate students and a broad support student-organized events, such as the ketplace and workforce,” said Eric van Milt- range of educational programs. The Ripple Proj- Penn Blockchain Conference, which brings to- enburg, SVP of Global Operations at Ripple. ect will enable faculty research at both Wharton gether the Penn and Philadelphia blockchain “Much of the enthusiasm and activity to date and Penn Engineering to unlock the full poten- communities; the development of new curricu- around blockchain is disconnected from real use tial of blockchain to inform the creation of truly lar offerings that bridge business and technol- cases that result in clear benefits to businesses valuable solutions in the marketplace. ogy; and events, workshops and lectures that or civil society. While Ripple won’t dictate re- As the field emerging around blockchain has promote engagement between industry, students search parameters, we are excited to play a role grown, so has the demand for professionals with and faculty. in helping to support faculty and student-led an understanding of the technology and its ap- “Blockchain is a major point of intersection projects that explore increasingly useful appli- plications. The Ripple Fellowship will support between business and engineering. We plan to cations of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.” select MBA-MS candidates each year in a new- research a broad range of topics in in this field, Ripple and Penn are hopeful that the part- ly established Wharton-Engineering dual-de- ranging from privacy to smart contract design to nership will engage students and faculty from a gree program, prioritizing students working on regulatory questions to creating trust in decen- wide range of academic fields and backgrounds blockchain or cryptocurrency. tralized environments,” said Kevin Werbach, to produce interesting research and technical “Here at Penn, there is tremendous excite- associate professor of legal studies and business developments that will add value to the global ment and initiative around blockchain among ethics at the Wharton School. blockchain ecosystem. faculty and students,” said Vijay Kumar, the Penn is among the 17 initial leading glob- Ripple provides one frictionless experi- Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engi- al universities engaging with Ripple through ence to send money globally using the power of neering and Applied Science. “By collaborating its University Blockchain Research Initiative, blockchain. By joining Ripple’s growing, global with Ripple, we will answer crucial questions which was launched to prepare the next genera- network, financial institutions can process their about blockchain’s capabilities, applications tion of leaders in fintech. Each university deter- customers’ payments anywhere in the world in- and security, and we will develop a deeper un- mines its own research topics and areas of focus. stantly, reliably and cost-effectively. Banks and derstanding of the many emerging protocols In addition to financial resources, Ripple has payment providers can use the digital asset XRP built over blockchain. This level of knowledge also committed to collaborating with universi- to further reduce their costs and access new is key to the technology’s future success.” ty partners by providing strategic guidance and markets. With offices in San Francisco, New “Blockchain represents the fusion of tech- technical resources to the University as need- York, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Singa- nology and finance spanning schools and dis- ed. Demand for learning, research and project- pore and Sydney, Ripple has more than 100 cus- ciplines well beyond Wharton,” said Geoffrey based experience is at an all-time high among tomers around the world.

Johnson & Johnson Gift: Undergraduate Financial Aid and Nursing/Wharton Impact Scholars Loan Program The University of Pennsylvania is pleased initial distribution of son has been a critical supporter of Penn Nurs- to announce a gift of $1 million from Johnson & financial aid over the ing and the nursing profession for many years, Johnson to the School of Nursing and the Whar- next seven years. and their latest investment demonstrates how ton School. This investment launches the Nurs- “Healthcare is strategically they think about their role in im- ing/Wharton Impact Scholars Loan Program, a personal—it impacts proving health care. These students are future program that will increase the number of health all of us. And we be- leaders who will advance science and deliver care leaders with expertise in both business and lieve we have a re- solutions, shape policy and practice and engage clinical care by offering financial aid and pro- sponsibility to advo- communities to promote health, particularly in viding underserved communities with greater cate for this dynamic medically underserved communities.” access to health professionals. profession. We need “We are so pleased that Johnson & Johnson The Nursing/Wharton Impact Scholars Loan more people with a has provided this fantastic opportunity to Whar- Program will provide forgivable loans to stu- passion to serve oth- ton and Penn Nursing,” said Wharton Dean dents pursuing the rigorous five-year dual de- ers, a spirit of inge- Geoffrey Garrett. “Alex Gorksy’s vision and gree through the Nursing and Health Care Man- nuity and a relentless commitment, both to our exceptional students agement (NHCM) program, which awards drive for innovation. and to communities without adequate health ser- undergraduate degrees from Penn Nursing and They’re out there, and Alex Gorsky vices, is a real inspiration. The Impact Scholars the Wharton School. NHCM students complete this scholarship will help Loan will empower us to attract and retain even a demanding schedule of clinical placements Penn find them and continue to nurture and sup- more of the best and brightest nursing business and academic classes, which prepares them to port them,” said Alex Gorsky, WG ’96, Chair- leaders, each of whom will make a huge differ- become transformative practitioners and lead- man and CEO, Johnson & Johnson. “Our stu- ence to public health throughout their careers.” ers. Limited financial aid beyond the standard dents are tomorrow’s leaders. And by investing fourth year of study can prevent completion of in them, we will continue to improve human the program. health.” Syncing Penn’s As part of its ongoing commitment to ad- There are currently about 3,960 federally- Academic Calendar vancing health and wellbeing, Johnson & John- designated Health Professional Shortage Areas Review the next three years of Penn’s son saw an opportunity to devote resources across the U.S. with approximately 46 million Academic Calendars at almanac.upenn. to these future leaders and impact the future residents. Medically underserved communities edu/penn-academic-calendar to sync the of health care. The Impact Scholars Loan, for and populations, both adults and children, typi- academic term of your choice to your fifth-year students, is forgivable in exchange for cally suffer higher health disparities than those personal calendar. Syncing is compatible graduates working with underserved communi- with access to health professionals. with Google, Exchange, Apple, Yahoo ties or populations for a one- to two-year period. Antonia M. Villarruel, the Margaret Bond and Outlook calendars. Twenty-five NHCM students will receive this Simon Dean of Nursing said, “Johnson & John- ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 11 PennDesign 2018 Teaching Awards (continued from page 1) video, performance and installation, in an ongo- how I approach the discipline. His emphasis on per Hewitt Design Museum, collaborations with ing investigation into specific intersections be- rigor and process combined with an eye for the several acclaimed artists and multiple award- tween history, politics and speech. Ms. Hayes individual style and strength of each student and winning residential and commercial projects. has had solo exhibitions at Andrea Rosen Gal- their goals has been inspiring for me. I feel chal- Currently Gradient is working on a number lery, New York; Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin; lenged every day in studio but deeply motivated of larger projects including boutique hotel in Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; to work my hardest for every meeting —each crit Brooklyn and a large residential tower in Jersey and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina with him feels like an opportunity for real per- City. Mr. Krone earned his bachelor of architec- Sofía, Madrid. Her work was included in the sonal growth. I can’t overstate my satisfaction ture from the University of Florida. He received 2013 Venice Biennale, as well as exhibitions at with how he pushes us to get the most out of our his master’s degree from Columbia University the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solo- studios.” Another student said, “Eric has con- Graduate School of Architecture, where he was mon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and sistently pushed me to create the best work. He the recipient of the McKim Prize for Excellence numerous museums and venues in Europe and was always available outside of class time and by in design and the Sol Kaplan Traveling Fellow- the Americas. Ms. Hayes is a recipient of a Gug- email. He even went so far as to send me resourc- ship. He teaches graduate studio courses, in- genheim Fellowship (2014), the Alpert Award in es and inspiration on his own time and volition.” cluding recent design studios entitled Co/Habi- Visual Arts (2013), an Anonymous Was a Wom- tation and Perpetual Motion. He also teaches in an Award (2013), and a Louis Comfort Tiffa- G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished the Integrated Product Design program at Penn. ny Foundation Fellowship (2007) among oth- Teaching Award, Non-Standing Faculty A student said, “Ben was invested in each er awards. She earned master of fine arts from Ben Krone, a lec- individual project and encouraged and pushed the University of California, Los Angeles, and a turer in architecture, is each student to go above and beyond in each bachelor of the arts from Bowdoin College. Ms. this year’s recipient. He project. Through him, we learned the strength Hayes also attended the Whitney Museum of is the founder of Gra- of a potent design concept and how this gets American Art Independent Study Program. Ms. dient, a design studio translated into a building’s form and use. This Hayes teaches both graduate and undergradu- whose work focuses on skill and the methodology of Ben’s approach is ate studio courses, including video and perfor- procedural approaches something that will be remembered and carried mance, as well as interdisciplinary courses such to manipulating surface throughout my design career.” Another student as Across Forms: Art & Writing. systems and bridging said, “Excellent architecture professor, probably One student said, “Sharon Hayes is a bril- the gap between archi- one of the best professors I’ve ever had. Very liant artist and a deeply committed and thought- tecture, product design encouraging, insightful and involved in making ful teacher. Her syllabus is incredibly inclusive and graphic art. His past sure each student succeeds.” and opens up the field of performance and con- achievements include an ceptual art while remaining deeply rigorous. She Ben Krone installation for the Coo- takes her students work very seriously and gives attention and feedback so generously. What an honor to get to study with her!” Another student Penn Law’s Agreement with London School of Economics and said, “Sharon has continually gone above and Political Science Law Department beyond as an educator. The amount of time and The University of Pennsylvania Law School “Through these Penn Law students LSE Law will work she puts into her classes, studio visits, one- and the London School of Economics and Po- influence the legal profession, government and on-one meetings and critiques is endlessly in- litical Science Law Department have signed academia in the U.S. This agreement is forged at spiring (not even accounting for how much la- an Agreement that will facilitate a program for a time when these transnational partnerships are bor goes into her own artistic practice). She is Penn Law JD students to spend the fall semester more important now than ever before.” simultaneously thoughtful, critical, generous, of their third year enrolled in LSE Law’s LLM Professor Conor Gearty, professor of human supportive, kind and challenging. I’ve continu- (Master of Laws) program. rights law at LSE and director of its LLM pro- ally witnessed her take more and more onto her The Study Abroad Program agreement, gramme, welcomed the new partnership, saying plate, without sacrificing us as students.” signed by Penn Law Dean Ted Ruger and head “There is an excellent fit between our two law of LSE’s Law Department Jeremy Horder, was schools and I look forward to many years of mu- G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished facilitated by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Penn’s tual co-operation between our two institutions. Undergraduate Teaching Award associate dean for international programs, and We especially look forward to seeing the first of Eric Bellin, lec- states that each year Penn Law will send up to the Program’s Penn students at LSE where we turer and PhD candi- three law students to LSE Law, where they will can assure them a very warm welcome.” date in architecture, is complete the Michaelmas term between Sep- Apart from the partnership with LSE, Penn this year’s recipient of tember and December. Law offers opportunities for study abroad at the award for undere- The LSE courses in which Penn Law students Hong Kong University, Waseda, Tsinghua, Sci- graduate teaching. This will participate will be in a broad range of fields ences Po and ESADE, providing students who award rotates each year including arbitration, human rights, internation- choose this path a deeper knowledge of foreign between architecture al law, corporate, commercial and financial law. law and developing comparative strength. and fine arts. “Students selected to study at LSE Law will Located in the heart of London, LSE Law’s Eric Bellin’s re- have the opportunity to build global peer net- LLM offers the highest quality of teaching in search deals primarily works while studying at one of the most pres- small group seminar settings provided by lead- with 19th through 20th tigious academic institutions in the UK, in the ing international and UK academics. Their ap- century histories and heart of London,” said Dean Ruger. “This agree- proach to the teaching of law combines views theories of architectur- ment offers students a course of study in law and experiences from different disciplinary tra- Eric Bellin al detailing in France, from different perspectives, jurisdictions, and ditions and jurisdictions, ensuring that what stu- Britain and Ameri- disciplines, while providing an unique opportu- dents learn at LSE Law is relevant to legal study ca. Other research interests include: histories nity for our students to engage with peers from all and practice in any jurisdiction. of construction, architectural technology, post- over the world and a faculty with a well-deserved Penn Law traces its history to 1790 when war ‘humanism’ in architecture, and design edu- global reputation for excellence.” James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of cation. He earned a master of science in archi- Jeremy Horder, Head of the Law Department Independence, framer of the Constitution, and tectural pedagogy and a master of architecture and Professor of Criminal Law wrote: “This is a member of the first U.S. Supreme Court, de- from the University of Florida, where he also historic agreement for the LSE Law department. livered first lectures in law at what is now the earned a bachelor of design. He teaches both We are delighted to be entering into partnership University of Pennsylvania to President George graduate and undergraduate architecture cours- with the world-renowned Penn Law. We antici- Washington and members of his Cabinet. Today es, including a recent graduate research studio pate a long and fruitful relationship, furthering the hallmarks of the Penn Law experience are entitled Drifting Symmetries: Towards a new excellence in both research and study abroad.” a cross-disciplinary, globally-focused legal edu- botanic infrastructure. “Penn Law students will enjoy an unparal- cation and vibrant intellectual community. Penn A student said, “Eric’s mentoring in the archi- leled intellectual experience at LSE Law and will Law prepares graduates to navigate an increas- tecture studio so far has been transformative to remain inspired throughout their legal careers ingly complex world as leaders and influential by LSE scholars,” said Dr. de Silva de Alwis. decision-makers in the law and related fields. 12 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018 Leveraging Penn’s Expertise to Meet Challenges in the Water Sector “There is a lot of discussion right now practitioners in the applied field of water and the The newly around the idea of a human right to water,” Mr. technology and science and global interests of launched Water Cen- Neukrug says. At the conference, they had peo- the students and faculty at Penn,” he said. ter at Penn, led by ple representing disadvantaged communities Currently, the Center staff are reaching out Professor of Practice from Philadelphia, Detroit, Flint, and elsewhere, to faculty and students whose work already in- Howard Neukrug, all coming together with water utility managers tersects with water in some way to create a com- aims to open an in- and politicians to ask what we can do to address pendium showcasing the University’s strengths novation pipeline fo- these issues. and areas for growth. Already, Mr. Neukrug is cused on water. The focus of the gathering, organized in making use of his considerable network in the Bridging the gap conjunction with the Mayors Innovation Proj- water sector to identify partnerships and oppor- between researchers ect, Clean Water for All, and American Rivers, tunities for learning. and practitioners, the is a crucial one, but Mr. Neukrug has many oth- Working with Penn’s Netter Center for Water Center aims er irons in the fire. After “retiring” from near- Community Partnerships and the City of Phil- to serve as a region- ly four decades in the water utility sector, he adelphia, the Water Center is helping establish al hub of water ex- joined Penn’s faculty and began teaching cours- a STEM curriculum at Cobbs Creek Environ- pertise. mental Education Center, where new laboratory Howard Neukrug es on the 21st-century water sector and on wa- With utility costs ter and urban sustainability. He quickly saw the space as well as the site’s stream and construct- on the rise, many potential to do more to leverage the expertise of ed wetland offer opportunities for high school low-income families struggle to pay their bills, Penn’s faculty—and the enthusiasm of its stu- and perhaps also college students to test new- often making difficult choices about where to dents—to effect change and innovation when it found water expertise. Building on Mr. Neu- allot their limited funds. Though not typically came to water. Thus the idea for the Water Cen- krug’s consulting work in Pittsburgh and the seen as social-service agencies, city-run utilities ter was born. Lower Susquehanna River, the Water Center are contending with how to ensure customers Now, the Center has two paid staff in addi- will look for ways to improve watershed health have access to crucial resources, such as water, tion to Mr. Neukrug, two volunteers, and a slew and sustainability, from both an environmen- while continuing to operate sustainably. of partnerships with organizations across the tal and financial point of view. And emerging In July 2017, Philadelphia became the globe. The Center marked a soft launch in ear- partnerships on two projects based at Bartram’s first city in the country to offer an income- ly May with a meeting focused on coastal re- Garden in Philadelphia and led by scientists and based Tiered Assistance Program, whereby low- silience that brought together individuals from engineers from organizations, The Partnership income residents pay a reduced water bill and, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local and for the Delaware Estuary, a freshwater mus- in some cases, receive forgiveness for past-due regional coastal managers. Several Penn faculty sel hatchery, and the Massachusetts Institute of bills. But places like Detroit and Flint, Michi- and students joined in the discussions. Technology, a floating science lab, are shaping gan, as well as well as many other U.S. cities, “I learned so much about where things up as opportunities for Penn students to engage face ongoing challenges when it comes to ac- stand,” Mr. Neukrug said. “It’s clear that there’s with the Water Center’s work. cess to clean, fresh, affordable water. a need to apply the work that so many schools As summer began, the Center began gearing At a conference held at Penn in May, stake- at Penn are conducting in terms of coastal resil- up for October’s American Water Summit, to be holders came together to unpack the challeng- ience, climate change, infrastructure financing held in Philadelphia for the first time. The meet- es still faced when it comes to affordable water. and urban planning.” ing, with a theme “Inspiring Innovation,” will Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, as Penn is not the first institution to create a wa- bring together the world’s experts and top leaders well as community leaders from around the na- ter center—the University of Michigan and Co- in the water industry to touch on a variety of is- tion, spoke at this event, one of the initial efforts lumbia University, among others, have well- sues, including the water-energy nexus, improving of the Water Center at Penn. It is an initiative established entities—but Mr. Neukrug sees a infrastructure, and planning for future challenges, launched by Penn Professor of Practice Howard unique opportunity for Penn to create a regional such as climate change. A key partner in the con- Neukrug, the Center’s inaugural director and the hub of expertise on water issues. ference is the Global Water Leaders Group, for former commissioner and CEO of the Philadel- “I see the Water Center as something of a which Mr. Neukrug serves as senior advisor. phia Water Department. think tank, forming a connection between the “The idea for the group is that the best inno- vators in the world should be working together to create new innovations,” Mr. Neukrug said. University City Science Center: Ignite Innovation Campaign; “And I see a lot of opportunity, working with Support from Penn and Wexford Science &Technology our colleagues throughout the School of Arts The University City Science Center launched novation in Greater Philadelphia—and contin- and Sciences, as well as the School of Engi- a $3 million Ignite Innovation campaign, as it ue making a positive impact in the world,” said neering and Applied Science, the School of De- prepares to move into new headquarters at 3675 Curtis M. Hess, Interim President and CEO of sign, Wharton and the Perelman School of Med- Market Street. The campaign is off to a strong the Science Center. icine to start talking about how to meet some of start with support totaling $1.1 million from the “The University of Pennsylvania is proud to these needs and create some of these ‘uninvent- University of Pennsylvania and Wexford Sci- support the Science Center. By fostering a fertile ed technologies.’” ence & Technology, LLC. and thriving innovation ecosystem, the Science Part of the beauty, and the challenge, of the Such support helps the Science Center con- Center plays an integral part in driving econom- Water Center’s mission, is the vast reach of the tinue to inspire ideas, innovators and early-stage ic activity in our region,” said Craig R. Carn- water sector, encompassing everything from companies through the expansion of program- aroli, Penn’s EVP and chairman of the Board of the technology that makes drinking water safe ming in its new location. Ignite Innovation fund- the Science Center. “The growth and develop- to consume to the societal values that govern ing will directly support the Science Center’s ment of the Science Center’s programs will help where a city should spend its tax revenue. ability to scale and impact the entrepreneurial retain talented students and researchers in Phil- But Mr. Neukrug said Penn is up to the chal- ecosystem through Quorum, Greater Philadel- adelphia, enabling start-ups to grow, scale and lenge. “Everywhere I go and everyone I talk to phia’s gathering space for the innovation ecosys- contribute to the vitality of our region.” on campus, the concept of having a water cen- tem, and FirstHand, the Science Center’s STEM “Supporting Quorum, the largest gathering ter has a different meaning,” Mr. Neukrug said. program for middle and high school students. space in Philadelphia dedicated to promoting “It’s going to take a lot of interaction, different Funding will allow Quorum to continue to of- collaboration and entrepreneurship in the re- researchers working on different pieces and then fer its free signature programming that the start- gion’s innovation ecosystem, is essential to the coming back together to connect. I’m excited.” up community has relied on as a “go-to” source success and continued growth of uCity Square. for thought leadership, advice and connections. We are delighted to make this philanthropic in- Syncing Penn’s And FirstHand will be able to expand its nation- vestment in the Science Center,” said James Be- Academic Calendar ally-recognized STEM-focused programming to rens, Founder and CEO, Wexford Science & Review the next three years of Penn’s Aca- more students at more schools in Philadelphia. Technology. demic Calendars at almanac.upenn.edu/penn- “Thanks to Wexford and the University of Additional support for the Ignite Innovation academic-calendar to sync the academic term Pennsylvania’s support, we are able to equip campaign comes from Knoll and their dealer of your choice to your personal calendar. Sync- scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs and stu- partner CFI, recognized as Quorum’s furniture ing is compatible with Google, Exchange, Ap- dents with the resources they need to spur in- sponsor. ple, Yahoo and Outlook calendars.

ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 13 Part-time and Temporary Launch of the Expanded 2018-2019 University Catalog Retirement Plan Eligibility Update The Office of the University Registrar and the Next Generation Student Systems (NGSS) Effective July 1, 2018, part-time and tempo- program are proud to announce the second edition of the University Catalog, which was re- rary University employees who work the mini- leased on May 21. In addition to a revised course listing and updated information about un- mum required hours (1,000) will be eligible to dergraduate programs and policies, the 2018-2019 Catalog includes a complete list of gradu- participate in Penn’s Basic and Matching Plans. ate programs and policies at the PhD and research master’s level. The Retirement Allowance Plan (RAP) is Presented in a mobile-friendly display, the Catalog is a searchable, secure site that of- closed to any new participants. If you are a par- fers prospective and current students, as well as other members of the Penn community and ticipant in the RAP as of July 1, 2018, you will the general public, information about academic opportunities and degree programs at Penn. remain in that Plan and continue to accrue a The Catalog has replaced the online Course Register and provides a listing, by subject, of benefit for the years in which you work 1,000 course offerings across the campus at all levels of education, as well as the Pennbook, a col- hours or more. lection of University policies relating to student life. Visit www.hr.upenn.edu/retirement for de- Since the launch of the first edition last year, the Catalog has received 280,000 unique tails about Penn’s retirement savings plans. visitors from more than 200 countries. On the day after the launch of the new edition, the Catalog received nearly 2,000 unique visits, an increase of more than fifty percent over the prior comparable date. Your Enhanced Penn Many people contributed time and effort to this project. We would like to thank the core Employee Assistance Program team, including staff members from the Office of the University Registrar, Office of the Pro- As part of the University’s commitment to vost and the NGSS Project Team. We are also grateful to the many members of our graduate the wellbeing of faculty and staff through all of groups and programs who worked collaboratively to create this Catalog. life’s phases, Penn now offers enhanced Em- The Catalog can be found at https://catalog.upenn.edu ployee Assistance Program (EAP) services pro- We welcome your thoughts and feedback about the Catalog at [email protected] vided by Health Advocate. —Margaret Kip, Acting University Registrar The EAP is a timely, no-cost, confidential —Rob Nelson, Executive Director for Education and Academic Planning, support for you and your family designed to Office of the Provost help you better balance the demands of work —Matthew Sessa, Executive Director, Student Registration and Financial Services and life. The EAP services cover you, your spouse, dependent children, your parents and parents-in-law. Summer Nights Concert Series at Penn Museum Penn’s EAP services now include: Kick back, relax and enjoy a some of Philadel- August 8: West Philadelphia Orchestra is an • Access through phone, video and app- phia’s best live bands Wednesday evenings in the eclectic ensemble made up of some of Philly’s fin- based technologies Penn Museum’s beautiful outdoor Stoner Court- est and wildest musicians. The West Philadelphia • Availability of telephonic counseling yard. The eighth annual Summer Nights Concert Orchestra offers up music that is rooted in Eastern • Timely scheduling of routine EAP Series brings an eclectic lineup of performances. European folk traditions and blended with free counseling appointments The galleries stay open, with an optional guid- jazz, punk, and blues among other genres. • Multi-language capabilities ed tour at the set break. Outside, the Pepper Mill Concerts will be held throughout August and You can contact an EAP counselor by tele- Café offers light foods and beverages. in early September as well. phone 24/7 or by email. Counselors will help Upcoming performers include: Admission is $10 general admission; pay- you learn coping skills for stress, depression, July 18: Conjunto Philadelphia is a musical en- what-you-wish for PennCard holders, Penn parenting issues, substance abuse, and other semble based in this area performing the music of Medicine and CHOP employees with ID, and temporary setbacks. In addition, work-life spe- Pre-Revolutionary Cuba. The group’s main aspi- children under 6 years old; free for Penn Mu- cialists can help you locate support resources. ration is to maintain the authenticity of the music seum Members. Call, email, or webchat for short-term prob- lem resolution with a counselor or get a referral while performing it in a way that pays homage to VIP Summer Nights Experience! Cuba’s deep and treasured musical history. for long-term support and help with: Host your staff or clients, college Alum- • Stress, anxiety, depression, and other July 25: Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble is a ni group or family and friends at the Summer emotional challenges Pennsylvania-based group inspired by the early Nights Concert Series for an evening of music, a • Coping with change or grief 20th-century tradition of the community mandolin tour of the galleries and more. In addition to the • Personal and work relationships concert. The group lays down original tunes and music and entertainment, groups of 10 or more • Financial planning, debt management, arrangements, as well as selections of jazz, swing, also receive exclusive benefits: and legal issues bluegrass, old-time, folk and world music. • Reserved tables and priority seating • Manager consultations August 1: Magdaliz And Her Latin Ensemble • Pre-purchased drink tickets Crisol, Spanish for ‘melting pot,’ is an ensemble • Pre-concert private Happy Hour and games To contact Penn’s EAP services: that has been performing in this and surround- in Stoner Courtyard call 1-866-799-2329, ing areas since the 1997. This group (below) is • Private guided tour of the Penn Museum email [email protected], or dedicated to the interpretation of a variety of galleries visit http://www.healthadvocate.com/upenn folk and traditional music genres from Cuba, To reserve your group’s spot at Summer Nights, Learn more about the benefits and services Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela and contact the Group Sales Department at (215) 746- available to you through Penn’s partner, Health other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. 8183 or [email protected] Advocate, at the Health Advocate and EAP Ori- entation at 11 a.m. to noon on July 17. Register online for this free information session at www. hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration For questions related to the Penn Employee Assistance Program and the full range of faculty and staff work-life benefits, contact worklife@ hr.upenn.edu —Division of Human Resources

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How significant are good 8/4 Nature Play; unstructured fun in nature; grades, extracurricular activities, essays, test scores, and interviews? What should a prospective 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; free w/ ad- student look for in a college? Workshops on Wednesday, August 22 will discuss these questions mission. and more with Penn faculty and staff and their families, whether students plan to apply to Penn or elsewhere. The program will run from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Claire Fagin Hall, School of Nursing, 418 EXHIBITS Curie Boulevard, and will feature Eric J. Furda, C’87, Dean of Admissions, as well as Penn Admis- sions staff who will lead discussions and exercises. Penn Student Financial Services and Tuition Now Benefits information will also be readily available. Edith; a sequel and new work by Colin To register for the August 22 program, go to Klockner, curated by Meredith Sellers; Esther https://key.admissions.upenn.edu/register/FacStaff2018Wkshp Klein Gallery. Through July 28. If you have questions, please contact [email protected] 16th Century Books; the Thomas Evans Col- lection; Penn Dental Library. Through July 27. City Travelers, SEPTA Users, Penn Commuters The SEPTA Travel Center @Penn lo- FILMS cated in the Penn Bookstore is now the go-to destination on campus to purchase International House (I-House) a SEPTA Key, the transportation author- Lightbox Film Center ity’s new fare mechanism now that tokens $9; $7/students, seniors; free/members. have been retired and are no longer sold. Info: http://inhousephilly.org/ This is the first such machine that SEPTA has installed outside of the kiosks in place Shows at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. at certain transit stations and sales offices. 7/19 Film Title Poem + Poemfields Nos. 2 & 5. At this time, SEPTA has not an- 7/26 Newsreel ‘68: Program 1. nounced any changes for organizations 7/27 Cold Water. like Penn that offer programs allowing employees to have their monthly transpor- tation fees deducted from their pay and re- ceive a monthly pass by postal mail. AT PENN Deadlines Additional information about the SEP- The Summer AT PENN calendar is on- TA Key card program may be found at line. The deadline for the September AT PENN www.septa.org calendar is Monday, August 13. SEPTA Project Impacts Penn Commuters August 4-19 SEPTA will enter the second phase of its multi-staged infrastructure reconstruction project for a two- week period in August. There will be NO TRAIN SERVICE to/from University City Station from Sat- urday, August 4 –Sunday, August 19. During this time, patrons using the Airport, Media-Elwyn, and Wilmington-Newark rail lines can expect service substitutions or adjustments while this project work is Almanac Schedule conducted. SEPTA passengers are advised to allow extra time getting to and from their destinations or This mid-summer issue of Almanac be- consider alternative transportation options. Visit www.septa.org for the latest schedule information. gins Volume 65 which will resume weekly SEPTA will release additional infrastructure publication with the August 28 issue. The project updates at www.septa.org/arsenal/index. deadline for that issue is Monday, August html During this period, commuters who drive 20. The deadline for the September AT 3910 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor and park in the area can expect additional traffic Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 PENN, which will be in that issue, is Mon- congestion in University City. The Division of Phone: (215) 898-5274 or 5275 day, August 13. In the interim, weekly crime Public Safety offers periodic traffic advisories. FAX: (215) 898-9137 Alma- Email: [email protected] reports are posted each Tuesday on You are strongly encouraged to monitor SEPTA URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac nac’s website at https://almanac.upenn.edu/ communications for detailed information as this past-issues and other projects progress. The University of Pennsylvania’s journal of record, opinion and news is published Tuesdays during the academic year, and as needed during summer and holiday breaks. Its electronic edi- tions on the Internet (accessible through the Penn website) include The University of Pennsylvania Police Department HTML, Acrobat and mobile versions of the print edition, and interim Community Crime Report information may be posted in electronic-only form. Guidelines for readers and contributors are available on request and online. About the Crime Report: Below are the Crimes Against Persons or Crimes Against Society from the EDITOR Marguerite F. Miller campus report for July 2-8, 2018. Also reported were for 5 crimes against property (1 disorderly conduct, 2 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Louise Emerick thefts and 2 other offenses) with 2 arrests. Full reports are available at: https://almanac.upenn.edu/sections/ ASSISTANT EDITOR Alisha George crimes Prior weeks’ reports are also online. –Eds. STUDENT ASSISTANT Joel Lee This summary is prepared by the Division of Public Safety and includes all criminal incidents reported and made known to the University Police Department between the dates of July 2-8, 2018. The University Police actively patrol from Market St to Baltimore Avenue and from the Schuylkill River to 43rd St in conjunc- ALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD: For the Faculty Senate: tion with the Philadelphia Police. In this effort to provide you with a thorough and accurate report on pub- Martin Pring (chair), Sunday Akintoye, Christine Bradway, Daniel lic safety concerns, we hope that your increased awareness will lessen the opportunity for crime. For any Cohen, Al Filreis, Cary Mazer. For the Administration: Stephen concerns or suggestions regarding this report, please call the Division of Public Safety at (215) 898-4482. MacCarthy. For the Staff Assemblies: Jon Shaw, PPSA; Marcia Dotson, WPPSA; Rachelle R. Nelson, Librarians Assembly. 07/07/18 9:21 AM 3600 Sansom St Complainant pushed by known male The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks tal- ented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis 18th District of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, Below are the Crimes Against Persons from the 18th District: 7 incidents (2 assault, 3 domestic assault and creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, 2 robberies) with 1 arrest were reported between July 2-8, 2018 by the 18th District covering the Schuylkill veteran status or any other legally protected class status in the River to 49th Street & Market Street to Woodland Avenue. administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or ath- letic programs, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this 07/02/18 9:59 AM 4013 Walnut St Domestic Assault policy should be directed to Sam 07/04/18 1:49 PM 4806 Market St Robbery/Arrest Starks, Executive Director of the 07/05/18 12:36 PM 4832 Spruce St Domestic Assault Office of Affirmative Action and 07/05/18 1:37 PM 4832 Spruce St Assault Equal Opportunity Programs, 421 07/05/18 11:52 PM 4600 Walnut St Robbery Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104- 07/07/18 9:54 AM 3600 Sansom St Domestic Assault 6205; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice). 07/08/18 9:08 PM 414 S. 48th St Assault

ALMANAC July 17, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 15 Front Page Flashback Here’s a look at news published in Almanac at this time of year, over the past four decades. Prior to March 1971, Almanac was a monthly publication. See www.upenn.edu/almanac for more Penn history from the past 64 years. This issue begins Almanac’s 65th year of publishing. July 2008: School Collaboration Robert Ghrist: Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor At a press conference June 18, 1998, President Judith Rodin an- President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ronald Daniels are pleased nounced a series of initiatives with the University City public schools to announce the appointment of Robert Ghrist as the seventh Penn including an agreement with the School District and the teachers’ union Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective September 1, 2008. to create a “demonstration school” for students from Pre-Kindergarten Dr. Ghrist, one of the world’s leading applied mathematicians, will through eighth grade on land owned by Penn, the former Philadelphia be the Andrea Mitchell University Professor. His appointment will be Episcopal Divinity School at 42nd and Spruce Streets. jointly shared between the department of electrical and systems See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v45/n01/071498.html#school engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the department of mathematics in the School of Arts and Sciences. July 1988: “Rob Ghrist is a singular math and engineering sensation whose SAS Dean: Hugo Sonnenschein of Princeton infectious love of teaching and groundbreaking research in robotics, The new Dean of the School of topological hydro-dynamics, and other fields will make him a great PIK Arts and Sciences is Dr. Hugo Son- Professor and a huge hit with Penn students and faculty alike,” said nenschein, a 48-year old professor President Gutmann. “Penn is the perfect environment for him to pursue of economics from Princeton. his innovative and integrative scholarship and for stoking his passion for The appointment, effective July literature and music, which, incidentally, runs the gamut from Dante to 1, 1988 was approved by the Trust- Mozart to Frank Zappa. We look forward to welcoming Rob into the ees at the stated meeting June 18, Penn family.” 1988. Dr. Ghrist has produced a widely influential body of work that The new dean “is coming at applies mathematical methods to real-world engineering challenges, an especially challenging time,” especially in robotics and wireless sensor networks. He specializes in President Sheldon Hackney said. topology, a branch of mathematics that provides tools to visualize “The strength and reputation of the abstract spaces—for example, finding gaps in a security network, or University as a whole is inherently automating robotic movement across a factory floor. linked to the success of the School “Rob Ghrist embodies the PIK program’s highest aspiration to of Arts and Sciences. Over the past integrate knowledge across disciplines,” said Provost Daniels. couple of years the School has built See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v55/n01/Ghrist.html a great deal of momentum, so ex- pectations are high and a sense of Charles Howard: University Chaplain future directions is widely shared The University of Pennsylvania has appointed Charles L. Howard, C by the faculty. Dr. Sonnenschein is not only a top-flight economist and ’00, as University Chaplain, effective July 1, 2008. The teacher but a perceptive academic leader who sees clearly what needs to be announcement was made last month by Provost Ronald Daniels and done and is enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with the faculty.” Associate Provost Vincent Price. See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v35pdf/n01/071288.pdf Rev. Howard has served as interim chaplain since February and as as-sociate chaplain since 2005. He succeeds William Gipson, who Acting Dean of Medicine: Arthur Asbury became associate vice provost for equity and access in January 2008. The search for a Dean of the School of Medicine has been extended, “We are truly fortunate that the most outstanding candidate, at the and Dr. Arthur Asbury of neurology took office July 1, 1988 as Acting end of our comprehensive national search, proved to be a spiritual leader Dean. Former Dean Edward Stemmier stepped down to concentrate on his with such an impressive history of devotion and service to Penn,” responsibilities as Executive Vice President of the Penn Medical Center. Provost Daniels said. “Chaz will be a chaplain of vision, compassion, See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v35pdf/n01/071288.pdf wisdom and accessibility, qualities that he has already amply demonstrated to all of us in the Penn community.” Chairs for Five SAS Faculty See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v55/n01/Howard.html Five longtime members of the School of Arts and Sciences have been appointed to named professorships old and new. See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v35pdf/n01/071288.pdf July 1998: SEAS Interim Dean: Dr. Eduardo Glandt July 1978: Dr. Eduardo Glandt, chemical Paul F. Miller, Jr., Named Chairman engineering’s Russell Pearce and Paul F. Miller, Jr., was elected chairman of the board of trustees at the Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor- meeting of the full board Friday, June 9, 1978. Miller, a senior partner of ship, has been named Interim Dean Miller, Anderson and Sherrerd, an investment management firm in Bala of the School of Engineering and Cynwyd, succeeds Donald T. Regan, chairman of Merrill Lynch and Com- Applied Science. pany, who has served as chairman for the last four years. He takes office on August 15, See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v25pdf/n01/071578.pdf 1998 to succeed Dr. Gregory Far- rington, now president-elect of Le- News Briefs: Union Contracts Ratified high University. The University and the Inter- See:https://almanac.upenn. national Brotherhood of Team- edu/archive/v45/n01/071498. sters Union Local 115 ratified a html#eduardo contract Friday, June 2, 1978 following the return to work of At Sansom Common, The the housekeeping unit January 9, Bookstore Opens 1978. The 302 housekeepers had A new chapter in Penn Book- been terminated from their posi- store opens tomorrow, July 15, tions on August 7, 1977. Accord- 1998 as the Bookstore opens for ing to George Budd, director of business in Sansom Common—a “soft” opening, with a grand-opening personneland labor relations, the gala to follow on September 10, 1998, said Marie Witt, Interim Vice Presi- terms of the contract, which ex- dent for Business Services. pires July 31, 1979, include a five Penn built and owns the facility, which combines the “best elements of percent salary increase August 1, a full-service academic bookstore with the amenities of a Barnes & Noble 1978 and a two percent increase superstore,” she added. February 1, 1979. See: https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v45/n01/071498.html#book To read more: https:// almanac.upenn.edu/archive/ v25pdf/n01/071578.pdf 16 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC July 17, 2018