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Commercial Development and Entrepreneurship Regan Professor of English: The Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) forefront of commercialization. Charles Bernstein announced the formation of two new business Moving forward, OSIʼs strategy is to Charles Bern- units: Commercial Development and Entrepre- strengthen and evolve Pennʼs commercializa- stein, a leading fig- neurship. There are three new positions in Com- tion activities by: ure in contemporary mercial Development at the Center for Technol- • Improving the overall decision making poetry, has been ap- ogy Transfer: Managing Director of Commercial process by which Penn creates its intellectual pointed the Donald Development, Director of Intellectual Property property estate T. Regan Professor and Director of Technology Licensing. • Creating an enhanced revenue stream by li- of English in SAS. censing inventions via a greater range of channels Dr. Leslie Hudson, Vice Provost for Stra- Professor Bern- • Creating investment grade technology & stein has been pub- tegic Initiatives also announced that Dr. Louis companies lishing his work for Berneman has been appointed Special Advisor, The entrepreneurship business unit will be more than three de- Strategic Initiatives, and will work with him to responsible for Pennʼs strategy to mature its cades, and he is con- design Pennʼs new entrepreneurship business technology through partnership and innovation sidered a pioneer of unit within OSI. with our faculty and to secure the opportunities “language writing,” The newly created positions in Commercial offered by external partnerships with private a movement that be- Development will be filled on an interim basis by: equity investors. Dr. Berneman will leverage gan in the mid-1970s Charles Bernstein • Dr. Lawrence J. Botticelli as Interim Man- his commercialization experience and expertise and focuses on the aging Director of Commercial Development to work directly with Dr. Hudson to shape and structures and codes • Timothy Raynor as Interim Director of In- of language. He has published three collections define the strategy and implementation plans tellectual Property of essays and over 20 books of poetry, and his for this new business unit. “Dr. Berneman is an poems have appeared in more than 350 literary • Dr. Robert McGrath as Interim Director of asset to Pennʼs technology transfer efforts and Technology Licensing magazines and anthologies in North America. I look forward to working with him as Pennʼs The Center for Technology Transfer (CTT) His recent works include the poetry collections efforts in entrepreneurship evolve,” said Dr. With Strings and Republics of Reality: 1975- is the home of Pennʼs commercialization efforts Hudson. 1995, as well as the pamphlet World on Fire. In and over the past decade has built an interna- OSI was formed in July 2003 to serve as a addition, Professor Bernstein has written libret- tionally recognized technology transfer pro- single portal for the Universityʼs commercial- tos for five operas including Shadowtime, which gram. While CTTʼs mission will remain to bring ization, corporate alliance and economic devel- was premiered at the Munich Biennale, an inter- Pennʼs discoveries to the marketplace for public opment activities. OSIʼs mission is to optimize national festival for new music theater, this past good, the efforts of the OSI Internal Advisory the Universityʼs ability to successfully transfer May and will be coming to the Lincoln Center Board have identified a series of opportunities its technology to the marketplace, foster corpo- Festival in July. to leverage CTTʼs success and bring Penn to the rate collaboration and drive economic growth. Professor Bernstein teaches courses on po- etry and poetics, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary art and performance. In ad- UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation: Vijay Kumar dition to his teaching activities, he is a driving force behind PENNsound, the Center for Pro- Dr. Vijay Kumar has been named the UPS the editorial boards grams in Contemporary Writingʼs new digital Foundation Professor in Transportation. Dr. Ku- of the following poetry archive project, www.writing.upenn.edu/ mar received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in mechanical publications: IEEE pennsound. engineering from Ohio State University in 1985 Transactions on Ro- Before coming to Penn in 2003, Professor and 1987 respectively. botics and Automa- Bernstein was a SUNY Distinguished Professor In 1987 he joined the Penn faculty in the de- tion, the Journal of and David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters partment of mechanical engineering and applied The Franklin Insti- in the department of English at the State Uni- mechanics. He has a secondary appointment tute and the ASME versity of New York at Buffalo, where he taught in the department of computer and informa- Journal of Mechan- for 14 years. During his tenure, he helped to tion science and served as Deputy Dean of the ical Design. establish the universityʼs poetics program and School of Engineering and Applied Science for He has been the served as executive editor and co-founder of five years. recipient of several the Electronic Poetry Center, an international Dr. Kumarʼs research interests lie in the area awards including poetry website. of robotics and networked multi-agent systems. the 1991 National Professor Bernstein has received fellowships He directs the GRASP Laboratory, a multidisci- Science Foundation from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Presidential Young plinary robotics and perception laboratory. Vijay Kumar John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the He is also a co-founder of Bio Software Investigator Award, Systems, a start-up company commercializing the 1996 Lindback Award for Distinguished (continued on page 2) novel software tools for the analysis of regula- Teaching, the 1997 Freudenstein Award for sig- IN THIS ISSUE tory networks. nificant accomplishments in mechanisms and 2 SENATE: SEC Agenda; Death: Dr. Aviado Sr.; Dr. Kumar is a Fellow of the American So- robotics, and the Kawamori Best Paper Award No Council Meeting; HERS Information Session; Payroll Tax Changes; Pilot: Alzheimerʼs & IME ciety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a at the 2004 IEEE International Conference on 3 Trusteesʼ Open Meetings; Speaking Out: Safety Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical Robotics and Automation. 4 Government Affairs Update and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and a mem- This Chair in Transportation, one of three UPS 6 40th Anniversary of Pennsylvania/Bahia Partnership; Fire Alarms ber of Robotics International and of the Society Foundation Chairs at Penn, is focused on trans- 7 Update; CrimeStats; Classifieds of Manufacturing Engineers. He has served on portation management as enabled by technology. 8 CCP Course Development Grants
ALMANAC February 8, 2005 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 Payroll Tax Changes for 2005 SENATE From the Senate Office Please be advised that the following tax rates and limits have changed for calendar year The following is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. 2005. Among other purposes, the publication of SEC actions is intended to stimulate discussion • Social Security taxable wage base increased to among the constituencies and their representatives. Please communicate your comments to $90,000 (up from 87,900 in 2004) Kristine Kelly, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943 or by e-mail at [email protected]. • Social Security Tax maximum withholding in- creased to $5,580.00 (up from $5,449.80 in 2004) Senate Executive Committee Agenda • Philadelphia City Wage Tax for Residents–re- Wednesday, February 9, 2005 duced to 4.331% (down from 4.4625% in 2004) 2:30 to 5 p.m., Room 205 College Hall • Philadelphia City Wage Tax Non-Residents–re- 1. Approval of Minutes (1 minute) duced to 3.8197% (down from 3.8801% in 2004) 2. Chairʼs Report (5 minutes) The new tax rates are effective for all payroll 3. Past Chairʼs Report on Academic Planning and Budget and Capital Council (5 minutes) checks dated on or after January 1, 2005. 4. Update from Lee Stetson, Dean of Admissions (45 minutes) If you have any questions please contact the Guest: William Schilling, Director of Student Financial Aid payroll office by phone at (215) 898-6301 or by 5. Election of Committee on Committees (15 minutes) e-mail at [email protected]. 6. Social Responsibility Advisory Committee Update (5 minutes) —Payroll Office 7. Faculty Club Name Change (10 minutes) 8. Presidential Search Committee Proposal (10 minutes) Regan Chair: Charles Bernstein 9. New Business (continued from page 1) 10. Adjournment by 5 p.m. National Endowment for the Arts, among oth- ers. He is also a recipient of the Roy Harvey Pearce/Archive for New Poetry Prize in recog- No Council Meeting in February nition of his lifetime contributions to poetry and Dear Council Members, scholarship. He holds an A.B. from Harvard Since there are no items ready for discussion, the Steering Committee has canceled the College. Wednesday, February 16, 2005, Council meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednes- This professorship was established in 1981 day, March 16, 2005, 4-6 p.m. in Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. with gifts from Merrill Lynch & Co. and friends To place an item on the agenda for the next Open Forum, submit it to the Steering Com- of the late Donald T. Regan, HON ʼ72, former mittee Chair at [email protected] by February 23, 2005. chairman of the Universityʼs Board of Trustees —Leslie Laird Kruhly, Secretary of University Council who was an executive at Merrill Lynch before he became chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan. It recognizes a distinguished scholar in HERS Information Sessions English who has a strong commitment to under- Penn Professional Womenʼs Network, (formerly the Association for Women Faculty and Ad- graduate teaching, particularly the teaching of ministrators), and Penn HERS alumnae will host two information sessions for women interested in writing. This chair reflects Donald Reganʼs inter- learning more about the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education. The Insti- est in the English language and his belief that the tute takes place over four weeks in July and has been attended by Penn women since the programʼs development of a studentʼs use of language is one inception in 1970. The sessions will be held on: Death Wednesday, February 9 at noon and Thursday, February 10, at 4 p.m. Dr. Domingo M. Aviado Sr., Location: The ARCH Fireside Lounge, 3601 Locust Walk The Summer Institute offers women administrators and faculty intensive training in education Retired Professor of Pharmacology administration. The curriculum prepares participants to work with issues currently facing higher Dr. Domingo M. Aviado Sr., retired profes- education, with emphasis on the growing diversity of the student body and the work force. The In- sor of pharmacology, died December 2, 2004 at stitute aims to improve the status of women in the middle and executive levels of higher education the age of 80. administration, areas in which women traditionally have been under-represented. A native of the Philippines, Dr. Aviado For more information about the information sessions or HERS, contact Amy Calhoun at graduated from Pennʼs School of Medicine in [email protected], or Nancy McCue at [email protected]. The Summer Instituteʼs web- 1948. From 1948 to 1977 he was a member of site can be viewed at www.brynmawr.edu/summerinstitute/. the department of pharmacology in the School —Nancy McCue, Associate Director, of Medicine, where he retired as a professor of Housing Operations/Communications, Housing and Conference Services pharmacology. He wrote eight medical books and more than 300 medical articles in profes- sional journals on toxicology and pharmacol- Joint Pilot Study—Alzheimerʼs Disease Center Core (ADCC) and ogy. He was a recipient of numerous interna- the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME): April 30 tional awards including a Guggenheim Fellow- ship Award, the Lindback Teaching Award, and The University of Pennsylvania NIH-funded ADCC in the Center for Neurodegenerative Dis- the Oliver Memorial Award, the latter two from ease Research Center (CNDR) and the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) will join to- Penn. He also received the first Presidentʼs Tro- gether in funding three pilot projects on biomedical, epidemiological or behavioral research in basic phy for the Most Outstanding Filipino Abroad science or clinical areas each at a level of up to $20,000/year (for personnel and supplies costs, but in 1976 from then-President Marcos. He served not equipment). These one-year, non-renewable grants support pilot research projects on the etiol- as treasurer of the International Union of Phar- ogy, pathogenesis, diagnosis or management of dementia of the Alzheimerʼs type or related condi- macologists. tions. The purpose is to assist faculty in obtaining preliminary data to serve as the basis of a grant Dr. Aviado is survived by his wife, Asun- application to the NIH or other public or private agencies concerned with this important medical and cion Guevara; two sons, Carlos and Domingo; social problem. The previous yearʼs awards and application instructions may be found on the CNDR a daughter, Maria Christina Kimble; and five website www.uphs.upenn.edu/cndr/ADCCPilot.html. grandchildren. A committee representing both the Penn Alzheimerʼs Disease Center and the Institute for Medi- cine and Engineering will review all proposals and funding, depending not only on scientific merit, To Report A Death but also on the likelihood that the pilots will lead to independent investigator-initiated proposals. Almanac appreciates being informed of the Priority will be given to: deaths of current and former faculty and staff • faculty in the early stages of their career who seek to enter the Alzheimerʼs Disease research arena members, students, and other members of the • Senior faculty who intend to shift their research emphasis towards neurodegenerative diseases University community. Applications should utilize the basic NIH PHS 398 form with a limit of five pages (exclusive However, notices of alumni deaths should be of literature cited). The application submission deadline is April 30, 2005 and questions may be directed to the Alumni Records Office at Room directed to Gayle Joseph, administrator, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR), 545, Franklin Building, (215) 898-8136 or send phone (215) 662-4708 or e-mail: [email protected]. them via e-mail to [email protected]. 2 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC February 8, 2005 Trusteesʼ Winter Full Board Meetings: February 10-11 The Winter Meetings of Pennʼs Trustees will be held February 10-11, 2005 at the Inn at Penn. Thursday, February 10 Friday, February 11 9–10 a.m. 2:15–3:15 p.m. 10:45–11:45 a.m. Facilities & Campus Planning Committee Budget & Finance Committee Stated Meeting of the Trustees Regent/St. Marks Woodlands AB Woodlands Ballroom 10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 2:15–3:45 p.m. These meetings are open to observers Neighborhood Initiatives Committee External Affairs Committee under the “Sunshine Law.” Members of Woodlands B Woodlands CD the University may register their interest in Student Life Committee Academic Policy Committee attending, with the Office of the Secretary, Thomas Webb Richards Suite Thomas Webb Richards Suite (215) 898-7005. Speaking Out Important Safety Advisory has been “brushed under a rug” by Penn of- The University cares deeply about the On January 21, an “Important Safety Ad- ficials? welfare of our community living west of 43rd visory” from Maureen Rush, Vice President —Name Withheld Street and has supported programs that offer for Public Safety, and Valarie Swain-Cade Ed. Note: Almanac does not accept anony- valuable safety, security and quality of life McCoullum, Vice Provost for University mous letters but does have a process for with- enhancements to the community. The Univer- Life, was sent via e-mail to all faculty and holding the name of the writer. It requires that sity City Districtʼs Public Space maintenance staff (and likely students) regarding an inci- the writerʼs identity be known to two persons, staff helps to keep the neighborhoods clean, dent with a female Penn student who report- normally the editor and the chair of the Al- while the Safety Ambassadors patrol on bike ed being sexually assaulted near 40th & Pine manac Advisory Board, both of whom are and foot west to 49th Street. Additionally, Street. The incident reportedly occurred at pledged to confidentiality. This letter met the the University offers Walking Escorts (215- approximately 2:45 a.m., as the female stu- criteria for such publication. 898-WALK) and Transit Services (215-898- dent was walking home—alone—after hav- RIDE) for Penn affiliates on campus and for ing attended a party. Response those living west or east of campus. On December 28, a staff member was The University of Pennsylvania and the The Division of Public Safety sends Al- shot in the face during a robbery at approxi- Division of Public Safety care deeply about manac all Crimes Against Persons that were mately 6:20 p.m. while walking to a car near the safety and security of our students, facul- reported by the 18th District, covering the his home at 45th & Pine Street. No safety ad- ty and staff. Whether they live on campus, in Schuylkill River to 49th Street, and Market visory was distributed. No public acknowl- West Philadelphia, Center City or anywhere Street to Woodland Avenue for publication in edgement of this incident has been made by in the region, the University offers resources the 18th District Report. The DPS also sends any University officials. Yes, this incident to people in need. Almanac a report of all criminal incidents occurred during the Universityʼs holiday The Division of Public Safety provides di- reported and made known to the UPPD for break. This does not, however, “erase” the rect safety and security services for our com- the Community Crime Report. Information fact that it did, indeed, occur. Much of the munity members living within the boundar- on this assault was printed in Almanac Jan- University community reads e-mail during ies of 30th Street to 43rd, Market Street to uary 11 volume 51, number 16. In addition, break, or would have read an e-mail sent Baltimore Avenue. While it is accurate to the Philadelphia Police Detective Divisionʼs during break upon return. say that we do not extend our police patrols Captain regularly provides information on This University encourages faculty and beyond these boundaries, we do, however, crimes which occur in the community to the staff to purchase homes in the near West offer services through the Divisionʼs Special West Side Weekly newspaper. Unfortunately, Philadelphia community—including the lo- Services Department to assist community during this time period the West Side Weekly cation in which the December 28 incident members who may find themselves in need was not publishing over the holiday season, took place. of support. Through the Special Services De- therefore a notification of the crime was not This letter is in no way intended to mini- partment we offer victim support, referrals, included in any of its publications. mize the horrific impact of the crime report- court accompaniment and hospital visita- The Division of Public Safety is commit- ed to have occurred to the student. tion for community members, regardless of ted to enhancing the safety of the Penn and With all of this said, what, then, is a faculty where they live. West Philadelphia communities. The Penn or staff member (or student!) to “take away” As noted by the writer of the letter, on De- Police Department confers daily with the from the apparent (or perceived) obfuscation cember 28 there was a serious assault com- Philadelphia Police Department on all crimi- of the December 28 incident? That the Uni- mitted against a University staff member dur- nal incidents, trends and methods of opera- versity cares more for the safety of its stu- ing a robbery outside of his home in the area tion (M.O.) of perpetrators. I chair a monthly dents than faculty or staff? That only crimes of 45th and Pine Streets. The assault, which meeting at our Headquarters that brings to- against women are worthy of advisories? (As took place outside of the University of Penn- gether the Philadelphia Police, Penn Police, a woman who has been the victim of a sexual sylvania Police Departmentʼs patrol jurisdic- SEPTA Police, Amtrak Police, Postal Police, assault, I would be extremely offended by tion, is under the policing and investigative Veterans Hospital Police Departments, UCD, such a notion.) That the University does not jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Police Depart- Security Directors of Drexel, University of want a crime that occurred during a low-risk ment. Due to the status of the complainant as the Sciences, HUP, Presbyterian, and CHOP activity and time of day (versus a crime that a University staff member, and the close prox- Hospitals Security Directors, just to name a occurred when one could say “she shouldnʼt imity of the crime to our patrol jurisdiction, few. At this meeting information is shared, have been out at that time by herself”–there- a University of Pennsylvania Police Depart- projects are designed and new ideas arise by transferring blame to the victim) known ment detective was assigned to respond to the that benefit the communities we serve. by the general University public? hospital in order to acquire information from To learn about ways you can enhance your Many in the Penn community are ponder- the victim and to assist the Philadelphia Police safety and security visit the Division of Pub- ing these questions. Has this individual been investigation. Penn Police have worked dili- lic Safety at www.publicsafety.upenn.edu. afforded the same attention, concern and gently with the Philadelphia Police to pursue To request a safety and security work- care by those at Penn tasked with handling the individuals that perpetrated this horrific shop call the Special Services Department at such situations, as the individual in the Janu- crime. The Division of Public Safetyʼs Spe- (215) 898-7515. ary 21 incident? cial Services Unit has also assisted the victim —Maureen S. Rush Why do many of us believe this incident since the inception of the incident. Vice President for Public Safety
Speaking Out welcomes reader contributions. Short, timely letters on University issues will be accepted by Thursday at noon for the following Tuesdayʼs issue, subject to right-of-reply guidelines. Advance notice of intention to submit is appreciated. —Eds.
ALMANAC February 8, 2005 www.upenn.edu/almanac 3 Government Affairs Update
Impact of November 2004 Elections The results of the November election have had varying impacts on the University at both the federal and state levels. A summary follows:
Federal With George W. Bushʼs victory, there were several administration appoint- Department of Commerce ments and departures at many of the agencies and departments that the Uni- Carlos Gutierrez has been confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of versity works closely with or from which it receives significant funding for the Department of Commerce. Prior to his nomination, Gutierrez was research. the CEO of the Kellogg Company. Department of Education Department of Agriculture Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings most recently served as Assis- Former Governor of Nebraska Mike Johanns was sworn in as the tant to the President for Domestic Policy. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Secretary of Agriculture. Advisor to Governor George W. Bush with responsibility for developing and implementing the Governorʼs education policy. Spellings has also served as NASA associate executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards. Sec- Administrator Sean OʼKeefe recently announced his resignation retary Spellings graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in to become chancellor at LSU-Baton Rouge. A replacement has yet to political science and journalism. Her nomination has largely been welcomed be nominated. by the higher education community. Deputy Secretary Eugene Hickok recently announced his resignation from Congressional Elections—Alumni the Department. Hickok previously served as Pennsylvaniaʼs Secretary of Senator Arlen Specter, a Penn alumnus (B.A. ʼ51), was recently Education under Governor Tom Ridge. elected to his fifth Senate term. He is also the new Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over judicial Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominations. Specter is also currently the Chairman of the Senate Most recently, Secretary Michael Leavitt served as the Administrator for Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, which has the EPA. He served three terms as Governor of Utah, during which he was funding jurisdiction for the NIH as well as federal student aid. There chosen by the nationʼs governors to represent states in working with Congress is still the possibility of the creation of a new appropriations subcom- on welfare reform, Medicaid and childrenʼs health insurance. Leavitt holds a mittee for “intelligence;” the academic and biomedical research com- bachelorʼs degree in economics and business from Southern Utah University, munities have been very active in trying to convince the Senator to and was formerly the president and chief executive officer of a regional insur- remain as Chairman of L/HHS/ED subcommittee. ance firm. Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2). Representative Fattah, a Department of Homeland Security Penn alumnus (M.A. ʼ86), was recently re-elected to his sixth term, and is Pennʼs representative in Congress (Pennʼs campus is in his dis- Former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom trict). He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, hold- Ridge recently resigned. Michael Chertoff, current U.S. Circuit Judge for the ing a seat on the Subcommittee on VA-HUD & Independent Agencies, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, has been nominated as his replacement. Judge and as the ranking member on the Subcommittee on the District of Chertoff previously served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Di- Columbia. Fattah is particularly interested in expanding higher edu- vision at the Department of Justice. Judge Chertoff received his bachelorʼs cation opportunities for underrepresented students. His Philadelphia degree from Harvard University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. office is on Pennʼs campus. Department of State Representative Phil English (R-PA-3). Representative English, a Prior to her nomination and confirmation as Secretary of State, Condoleez- Penn alumnus (B.A.ʼ78), was re-elected to his sixth term representing za Rice was the National Security Advisor for President Bush. Of interest to the City of Erie and other areas in Northwest Pennsylvania. He is a the higher education community, the Department of State has a role in foreign member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and is the sponsor student and visa issues. During her confirmation hearings, Rice indicated that of legislation to expand tax incentives for higher education expenses. she will be mindful of these issues, indicating that student exchange is invalu- Representative Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN-9). Representative Ford, able and that the nation needs to reverse the trend of declining applications a Penn alumnus (B.A. ʼ92), was re-elected to a fifth term in a district of foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities. Rice has served as the comprised primarily of most of Memphis and some of its suburbs. His Provost at Stanford University, where she joined the faculty in 1981. father is a former Member of the House of Representatives as well. Department of Energy Ford sits on the House Budget Committee and the Financial Services The House confirmed Samuel Bodman as Energy Secretary by voice vote Committee, and plans to announce in the near future his intentions on on January 31. He succeeds Spencer Abraham, who announced his resignation seeking the seat of retiring Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. in November. The DOE includes an Office of Science which is a major funder Representative Vito Fossella (D-NY-13). Representative Fossella, of the physical sciences. Bodman most recently served as Deputy Secretary of a Penn alumnus (B.S. ʼ93), was re-elected to his fourth term repre- Commerce and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. He holds a B.S. in chemical senting the district comprised of Staten Island and part of Brooklyn. engineering from Cornell University, and completed his Sc.D. at Massachu- He is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and setts Institute of Technology. Bodman was an Associate Professor of Chemical Financial Services Committee. Engineering at MIT and is a former Director of MITʼs School of Engineering Representative David Scott (D-GA-13). Representative Scott, a Practice, as well as a member of the Executive and Investment Committees at Penn alumnus (M.B.A. ʼ69), has been re-elected to a second term rep- MIT. Bodman was also the Technical Director of the American Research and resenting a district near Atlanta. He sits on the House Agriculture and Development Corporation, a pioneer venture capital firm focused on technol- Financial Services Committees. ogy and innovation. His appointment has been endorsed by the higher educa- tion community.
4 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC February 8, 2005 Commonwealth Congressional Elections— In state legislative election results, the Republicans maintained firm control New Pennsylvania Delegation Members of both the Pennsylvania House and Senate. In the House, the Republicans have Representative Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA-8) was elected to the a 110-92 advantage, with one seat vacant. This margin represents a loss of two seat of Congressman Jim Greenwood who retired to become the seats by the Democrats from the prior session. In the Senate, Republicans picked President of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The up one seat with the defeat of incumbent Democratic Senator Allen Kukov- 8th district is comprised mainly of Bucks County and also includes ich (D-Westmoreland). Republicans control the Senate by a margin of 29-18, a portion of Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties as well. Fitz- with three seats vacant due to incumbent Senators being elected to higher office patrick is a former Member and Chairman of the Bucks County (former Senators Allyson Schwartz, Jack Wagner and Charles Dent). With the Board of Commissioners. He has been selected to the Committee on Republican control of both houses, Governor Edward G. Rendell (C ʼ65) will Financial Services and the Committee on Small Business. face hurdles to implement his proposed budget priorities. Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13) was elected to the Alumni seat of former Congressman Joe Hoeffel, who ran unsuccessfully Of the 13 new legislators, only one is a graduate of the University. Michael against Senator Arlen Specter. The 13th district is comprised pri- Gerber (D-Montgomery) defeated incumbent Melissa Murphy Weber to capture marily of Montgomery County and also includes a portion of Phila- the 148th legislative district in Montgomery County. Gerber received his B.A. delphia County. Prior to her election to Congress, Schwartz was a from Penn in 1995. Gerber is an attorney with the law firm of Wolf Block and member of the Pennsylvania Senate as well as the Pennsylvania his father Richard Gerber (W ʼ56) currently chairs the Pennsylvania Securities State Board of Education. Schwartz has a background and inter- Commission. est in health and education issues. She has been selected to serve on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which is Philadelphia Delegation of importance to the Universityʼs development of the Postal Lands In terms of the local Philadelphia legislative delegation, one new member and our support of the Schuylkill River Development Corporation. was added. Representative Thomas Blackwell (D-Philadelphia) had defeated the While in the PA Senate, she was active in various issues of interest incumbent Michael Horsey in the Democratic primary and was elected to serve to Penn, including serving as minority chair of the Senate Education the 190th district in West Philadelphia. Blackwell is the son of the late U.S. Rep- Committee and serving on the Health Research Advisory Board for resentative Lucien Blackwell and stepson of Philadelphia Councilwoman Jannie the Tobacco Settlement funding. Blackwell (Penn is located within her district). Representative Charles Dent (R-PA-15) was elected to replace Leadership Congressman Pat Toomey who ran unsuccessfully for the prima- There were very few changes in the makeup of the top legislative leadership ry nomination against Senator Arlen Specter. The 15th district en- of the four caucuses. Of particular note is the switch in the House Republican compasses the majority of the Lehigh Valley as well as a portion of leadership, where Representative Brett Feese (R-Lycoming) becomes Chairman Montgomery County. Prior to his election, Dent was a member of of the influential House Appropriations Committee and former Appropriations the Pennsylvania Senate. He has been selected to serve on the Com- Chair David Argall (R-Schuylkill) moves over to become House Majority Whip. mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as the Commit- In the Senate, Senator Connie Williams (D-Montgomery) assumed the leader- tee on Homeland Security. ship position of Senate Democratic Caucus Administrator. Williams received Congressional Party Margins and Leadership Changes her MBA from Penn in 1980. Senator Robert Wonderling (R-Montgomery) is In the Senate, Republicans gained a net of four seats bringing the new Chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee. Won- the Senate composition to 55-44-1. Republicans also gained three derling received an M.A. from Fels in 1991. seats in the House resulting in a 232-202-1 margin. Statewide Office Elections Senate Finally, in statewide row office elections, former Senator Jack Wagner was Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) is the new Chairman of the Sen- elected as Auditor General, replacing Robert P. Casey, Jr., who was elected as ate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). the new Treasurer of the Commonwealth (replacing Barbara Hafer). Tom Cor- This committee has responsibility for reauthorizing the Higher Ed- bett was elected as the new Attorney General, replacing interim Attorney Gen- ucation Act, which will expire this year. eral Pappert. Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) is the new Chairman of the City Senate Appropriations Committee replacing Senator Ted Stevens There were no City offices on the ballot in the General Election this past (R-AK). Prior to assuming the chairmanship of the full committee, November. However, Penn students did play a significant role in voter turn- Cochran was the chair of the Subcommittee on Agriculture appro- out in Philadelphia during this past election. For a report on how Pennʼs cam- priations. pus fared in voter turnout during the election, as well as other Philadelphia uni- House versities and colleges, visit the Committee of 70 website at www.seventy.org. Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA) is the new Chairman of the The Committee of 70 is a non-profit political watchdog organization in Phila- House Appropriations Committee replacing Representative Bill Young delphia that promotes good government. The report, A Preliminary Report Card (R-FL). Prior to assuming the chairmanship of the full committee, for the Class of 2004: Collegiate Voting in the Quaker/City is available under the Lewis was the chair of the Subcommittee on Defense appropriations. “News You Can Use” section of their website.
—Carol R. Scheman, Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs
ALMANAC February 8, 2005 www.upenn.edu/almanac 5 The 40th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania/Bahia Partnership Dance Celebration, presented by Dance Affiliates and Penn Presents, is pleased to join with Partners of the Americas, www.partners.net, in celebrating the Pennsylvania/ Bahia Partnership in conjunction with DanceBrazil. Partners of the Americas—found- ed in 1964 as the people-to-people component of the Alliance for Progress—was cre- ated for the purpose of linking the United States with Latin American and Caribbean countries in partnerships. Pennsylvania and Bahia, Brazil have been linked to focus on a range of projects, including cultural exchange, emergency preparedness, agriculture and environmental issues, sports, public outreach and youth development. Bahia, Brazil Celebration: February 15 5:30 p.m.: Dinner/Lecture, tickets: $15 A buffet dinner in the Annenberg Center lobby provided by Zócalo Restaurant will be followed by Brazilian desserts, soft drinks, Brazilian soda and coffee served (BYOB). A lecture on Bahian culture will be given by Dr. Ken Dossar, C ʼ71, and director of Temple Universityʼs Bahia program. Dr. Dossarʼs exhibition of photographs of Ba- hia, Brazil—Spiritual Mothers from Bahia—will be on display in the lobby, as well as baianas, beads and other Bahian articles. The exhibition of photos is being previewed prior to its installation at the African American Museum. 7:30 p.m. Dance Celebration presents: DanceBrazil in the Zellerbach Theatre, show tickets: $30-$45, discounts for seniors, students, Penn faculty/staff and alumni. Drawing its inspiration from the state of Bahia, DanceBrazil blends Afro-Brazilian dance and music traditions such as Capoeira, Samba and Candomblé with contemporary dance. Under the direction of choreographer-founder and Master Capoeirista Jelon Vie- ira, this virtuosic company of dancers, singers and musicians presents spontaneous and awe-inspiring performances with live music. An additional performance of DanceBrazil will be held on February 16 at 7:30 p.m. Contact the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for tickets & information, (215) 898-3900 or visit www.PennPresents.org. DanceBrazil blends Afro-Brazilian dance and music traditions with contemporary dance.
Penn Fire Alarms—Lessons Learned from Seton Hall University A number of columns were published in The pull station and/or making a phone call from a ing to temporarily “zone-out” fire alarm system Daily Pennsylvanian recently about “false” fire safe location to the Division of Public Safetyʼs detection devices and thus activating these de- alarms plaguing residential house occupants at PennComm Center by dialing 511 on a campus vices from heat or smoke generated in the reno- Penn. These articles report the failure of occu- phone or (215) 573-3333 on an off-campus or vation process. pants to evacuate residential buildings upon ac- cell phone, and evacuating every time a fire At other times, a fire alarm can be classified tivation of fire alarms because previous alarms alarm sounds. An additional responsibility for as a malfunction of the system. Malfunctions have proved to be unfounded. Lessons from a residential occupants is to monitor all types of occur because a fire alarm system functions tragic and deadly residential occupancy fire at cooking to make sure smoke is not produced in for reasons other than the purpose for which it Seton Hall University on January 19, 2000 com- amounts sufficient to activate smoke detectors was designed. For example, surges or drops in municates sufficient reasons why it is important connected to the building fire alarm system. a City of Philadelphia water main pressure or to evacuate to the prescribed designated area for The University is ultimately responsible to surges of electricity from a lighting storm could a residence building every time a fire alarm ac- install, test, maintain and certify fire alarm sys- cause a fire alarm system to activate without any tivates. tems and to investigate the cause of all fire alarm smoke or fire present. Penn works constantly A CBS 48 HOURS television program en- activations across campus. If a fire alarm system to engineer the appropriate solutions to avert titled “Campus Insecurity” aired on April 3, is activating for reasons other than the purpose these types of activations once identified. In any 2001, reporting on the fire at Seton Hall as one for which it was designed, the University has the event, living in a large community such as Penn of its topics. The primary lesson communicated responsibility to correct the issue immediately. subjects us all to the behavior of others; how- by a portion of this program is that a number of The Division of Public Safetyʼs Department of ever, this should not influence us from respond- unfounded fire alarms were transmitted in the Fire and Emergency Services works constantly ing responsibly and safely in accordance with a residence hall earlier in the evening and when with Facilities and Real Estate Services in re- building evacuation procedure when a fire alarm the “real” fire alarm sounded in the early hours ducing and eliminating the nuisance type of fire is activated. of the morning, some students delayed evacua- alarms that disrupt the lives of the occupants in Immediate Reaction tion or did not evacuate at all. Three freshmen residential housing. This responsibility is a ma- The Penn community has the right to experi- died and the majority of this portion of the pro- jor task that requires constant attention because ence a campus atmosphere that is absent from gram reported on the pain received from se- every building on campus has a fire alarm sys- frequent nuisance fire alarms. Nuisance alarms vere burns and the protracted rehabilitation of tem with multiple detection devices inside of it. are not conducive to learning or living; howev- a student that delayed evacuating the building. False Alarms vs. Accidental Alarms er, one should never fail to respond to the sound This student delayed his evacuation because the The headline for an article printed in The Dai- of a fire alarm. Your safety depends on reacting previous alarms that evening were unfounded. ly Pennsylvanian on November 16, 2004 read immediately. To report fire alarm issues during When he did evacuate, it was accomplished “Stouffer renovations prompt false fire alarms.” business hours call the Department of Fire and through searing heat, smoke and flames. He This headline and article requires clarification; Emergency Services at (215) 573-7857 or (215) spoke of how fortunate he was to be alive de- Penn does not have a false alarm issue on cam- 573-3333 on off-business hours. We in Fire and spite the extensive physical and psychological pus. A false fire alarm is an alarm transmitted by Emergency Services will be happy to work with scarring that he received from his burns. a person with malicious intent without products you to enhance the safety of our community. A Shared Responsibility of combustion present. The University has very —Maureen S. Rush, Every member of the Penn community has few, if any, false alarms per year. Many times, Vice President, Public Safety a role to play in ensuring the safety of students, accidental alarms are the cause of non-emergen- faculty and staff from the life hazards, property cy fire alarm activations. Accidental alarms can —Ted Bateman, Chief, destruction and business interruption that can be be induced by the residential occupant by not Fire and Emergency Services caused by even the smallest of fires. Along with attending to or overcooking food. Another rea- Division of Public Safety other members of the Penn community, students son for an accidental alarm is contractors failing —Gene Janda, Deputy Chief hold the shared responsibility of immediately to properly notify the Division of Public Safety Fire and Emergency Services reporting the occurrence of a fire. This can be Communications Center (PennComm) of work Division of Public Safety accomplished by pulling a manual fire alarm being performed on a fire alarm system or fail- 6 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC February 8, 2005 The Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble Get On Board Express Almanac offers two West African Sign up to receive e- drum and dancing mail notifi cation when performances at the we post breaking news Penn Museumʼs 16th between issues. Send an Annual Celebration of e-mail to listserv@lists. African Cultures on upenn.edu with “subscribe e-almanac Saturday, February 12.
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department Community Crime Report Suite 211 Nichols House 3600 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 About the Crime Report: Below are all Crimes Against Persons and Crimes Against Society from the Phone: (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX: (215) 898-9137 campus report for January 24-30, 2005. Also reported were 14 Crimes Against Property (including 13 thefts E-Mail: [email protected] and 1 act of vandalism). Full reports are on the web (www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n20/creport. URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac html). Prior weeksʼ reports are also online. —Ed. 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 January 24-30, 2005. The University The University of Pennsylvaniaʼs journal of record, opinion and Police actively patrol from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue and from the Schuylkill River to 43rd Street in news is published Tuesdays during the academic year, and as conjunction with the Philadelphia Police. In this effort to provide you with a thorough and accurate report on needed during summer and holiday breaks. Its electronic editions public safety concerns, we hope that your increased awareness will lessen the opportunity for crime. For any on the Internet (accessible through the PennWeb) include HTML concerns or suggestions regarding this report, please call the Division of Public Safety at (215) 898-4482. and Acrobat versions of the print edition, and interim information may be posted in electronic-only form. Guidelines for readers and 01/24/05 11:08 AM 3549 Chestnut St Complainant struck in head contributors are available on request and online. 01/25/05 12:06 AM 3400 Spruce St Credit card taken and unauthorized charges made 01/26/05 7:58 PM 4000 Pine St Male robbed/2 males Arrested EDITOR Marguerite F. Miller 01/28/05 11:51 PM 300 41st St Complainant robbed/Arrest ASSOCIATE EDITOR Margaret Ann Morris ASSISTANT EDITOR Natalie S. Woulard STUDENT ASSISTANTS Jontae McCoy, Carrie Teresa, 18th District Report Daniela Toleva, Sarah Yanes ALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD: For the Faculty Senate, Martin 13 incidents and 9 arrests (including 7 aggravated assaults, 5 robberies and 1 homicide) were reported between Pring (chair), Helen Davies, Lance Donaldson-Evans, Lois Ev- January 24-30, 2005 by the 18th District covering the Schuylkill River to 49th St. & Market St. to Woodland Ave. ans, Charles Mooney, Joseph Turow. For the Administration, Lori 1/24/05 8:30 AM 4636 Sansom St Aggravated Assault/Arrest N. Doyle. For the Staff Assemblies, Michele Taylor, PPSA; Omar 1/24/05 10:26 AM 200 43rd St Aggravated Assault Mitchell, WPSA; Varvara Kountouzi, Librarians Assembly. 1/24/05 11:00 PM 3549 Chestnut St Aggravated Assault The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented 1/25/05 8:00 AM 4514 Walnut St Aggravated Assault students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The Univer- 1/25/05 4:45 PM 4001 Walnut St Robbery/Arrest sity of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, 1/26/05 1:00 PM 4001 Walnut St Robbery/Arrest sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, color, national or 1/26/05 7:48 PM 4000 Pine St Robbery/Arrest ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam Era Veteran 1/27/05 12:00 PM 4901 Chestnut St Aggravated Assault/Arrest or disabled veteran in the administration of educational policies, 1/27/05 3:25 PM 4701 Locust St Robbery/Arrest programs or activities; admissions policies; scholarship and loan 1/29/05 2:25 AM 4600 Chestnut St Aggravated Assault awards; athletic, or other University administered programs or em- 1/29/05 11:41 PM 300 41st St Robbery/Arrest ployment. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be 1/30/05 2:25 AM 1300 48th St Homicide/Arrest directed to Jeanne Arnold, Executive Director, Offi ce of Affi rmative 1/30/05 10:40 AM 538 51st 2nd St Aggravated Assault/Arrest Action, 3600 Chestnut Street, 2nd fl oor, Philadelphia, PA 19104- 6106 or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD). ALMANAC February 8, 2005 www.upenn.edu/almanac 7 CCP Course Development Grants: April 1 The Center for Community Partnerships announces course development grants to promote The criteria and format for submitting Academically-Based Community Service (ABCS) courses that integrate research, teaching, proposals to all four of the above programs learning and service. Over 150 courses (from a wide range of disciplines and Penn schools) have are: linked Penn undergraduate and graduate students to work in the community. The grants support Criteria: University faculty to develop new courses or adapt existing courses that combine research with 1. Academic excellence school and community projects. 2. Integration of research, teaching and Proposals should be submitted by faculty to one of the four programs listed below. The pro- service posal format and deadline is identical for all programs (see below). A particular proposal can be 3. Partnership with schools, community submitted to only one program, but faculty can submit more than one proposal. Information is groups, service agencies, etc. provided below to help applicants judge which program provides the best fit for the proposed 4. Focus on Philadelphia, especially course. If you have further questions about matching your proposal to one of the programs, West Philadelphia please contact Katie Ziemba at [email protected]. Grants will be for no more than $4,000 5. Evidence as to how the course activ- per project. These funds can be used to provide graduate and undergraduate support, course sup- ity will involve participation or interaction port and/or summer salary ($4,000 is inclusive of E.B. if taken as salary). with the community as well as contribute The programs are: to improving the community 1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Partnerships (STEM) 6. Evidence as to how the course activi- 2. Community Arts Partnership (CAP) ty will engage undergraduate and/or gradu- 3. Program in Universities, Communities of Faith, Schools and Neighborhoods (PUCFSN) ate students in real-world problem solving 4. Center for Community Partnerships Course Development Program research opportunities 7. Potential for sustainability 1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Partnerships (STEM): This program, fund- ed by the National Science Foundation, engages math, science and engineering undergraduate Format: and graduate students in developing and implementing hands on and inquiry-based math and 1. Cover Page science in West Philadelphia classrooms. 1.1 Name, title, department, school, * Dennis DeTurck, Principal Investigator, Professor, Mathematics Department, mailing address Dean of the College 1.2 Title of the proposal * Christine Massey, Director, Pre-College Research and Education and PENNLincs, 1.3 Amount requested Institute for Research on Cognitive Science 1.4 Specific program to which you * Cory Bowman, Associate Director, Center for Community Partnerships are applying 1.5 100-word abstract of the pro- 2. Community Arts Partnership (CAP): Funded by the William Penn Foundation, the Com- posal (include a description of how munity Arts Partnership (CAP) advances academically-based community service by Penn hu- the course will involve interaction manities faculty and students in collaboration with West Philadelphia community-based organi- with the community and benefit the zations and community artists to create and expand community arts programs at West Philadel- community) phia public schools and in the community. 2. A one-page biographical sketch of * Ralph Rosen, Chair of CAP Faculty Committee, applicant Professor and Graduate Chair, Classical Studies Department 3. A two-to-four-page mini-proposal * Carol Muller, Chair of CAP Faculty Committee, Associate Professor, Music Department 4. Amount of the request and budget * Ira Harkavy, Principal Investigator, Associate Vice President and An original and five copies of the pro- Director, Center for Community Partnerships posal should be submitted to the Center for Community Partnerships, 133 S. 36th 3. Program in Universities, Communities of Faith, Schools and Neighborhood Organiza- Street, Suite 519, Philadelphia, PA 19104- tions (PUCFSN): PUCFSN, supported by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, is a collaborative pro- 3246. Alternatively, you can e-mail the gram between the University of Pennsylvania, communities of faith, public and private schools, proposal to Katie Ziemba at ziemba@sas. and neighborhood organizations operating throughout West Philadelphia. In particular, PUCFSN upenn.edu. The due date for all programs focuses on three areas our partners have identified of particular concern (children, youth and is April 1, 2005 by 5 p.m. education; technology; and health). Program leaders seek to break down long-standing barriers and create jointly determined and mutually beneficial action-oriented partnerships that address —Dennis DeTurck, Co-Chair, community needs. Faculty Advisory Board, * Ann Matter, Chair of PUCFSN Faculty Committee, Center for Community Partnerships, Brownlee Professor and Chair, Religious Studies Department Dean of the College * William Gipson, Co-Principal Investigator, Chaplain of the University * Ira Harkavy, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Vice President and —Ira Harkavy, Director, Center for Community Partnerships Associate Vice President and Director, Center for Community Partnerships 4. Center for Community Partnerships Course Development Program: Funded by the Center for Community Partnerships, this program will allow faculty to develop new and substan- —Bernett L. Johnson, Co-Chair, tially restructured undergraduate and graduate level courses that engage students in real world Faculty Advisory Board, problem solving projects in conjunction with schools and community organizations located in Center for Community Partnerships, West Philadelphia. Senior Medical Officer HUP, * Dennis DeTurck, Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, Center for Community Partnerships, Senior Associate Dean of Community Dean of the College Outreach and Diversity * Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Director, Center for Community Partnerships —Francis E. Johnston, Co-Chair, * Bernett L. Johnson, Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, Center for Community Faculty Advisory Board, Partnerships, Senior Medical Officer HUP, Senior Associate Dean of Center for Community Partnerships, Community Outreach and Diversity Professor Emeritus, * Francis E. Johnston, Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, Anthropology Department Center for Community Partnerships, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department * Albert J. Stunkard, Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, Center for Community —Albert J. Stunkard, Co-Chair, Partnerships, Professor of Psychiatry Faculty Advisory Board, Center for Community Partnerships, Professor of Psychiatry
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