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Lynn Meskell: Penn Integrates Penn Pledges $100 Million to the School District of Philadelphia Knowledge University Professor Penn President University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Amy Gutmann and Philadelphia School Board President Joyce Wilkerson, and Superintendent of the School Provost Wendell District of Philadelphia William R. Hite, Jr., announced that Penn will contribute $100 mil- Pritchett announced lion to the School District of Philadelphia, representing an unprecedented commitment to the appointment of the City and its public schoolchildren. This is the largest private contribution to the School Lynn Meskell as the District in its history. University of Penn- Penn’s $100 million contribution to the School District—$10 million annually for 10 sylvania’s twenty- years—will be used to remediate environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, in Phila- sixth Penn Integrates delphia’s public school buildings. This funding will have an immediate impact, supplementing Knowledge Univer- the ongoing efforts of the City and District, and enabling them to dramatically accelerate and sity Professor. expand their response to environmental concerns in our public schools. Dr. Meskell, a “Nothing is more important than the health and welfare of our children, and few things are world-renowned ar- more crucial to a community than the safety and quality of its public schools,” said President chaeologist, is the Gutmann. “When Philadelphia’s schools and schoolchildren succeed, all Philadelphia suc- Richard D. Green ceeds. We are proud to be able to partner with our City and School District to significantly University Profes- Lynn Meskell improve the learning environment for Philadelphia’s schoolchildren in a way that will have a sor, with joint ap- long-lasting impact on the health, safety, and well-being of our entire City. This historic com- pointments in the department of anthropology of mitment by the University and Penn Medicine will help support a most critical and immediate the School of Arts and Sciences, the historic pres- need that will benefit generations of Philadelphia students, their teachers, and school staff.” ervation program and department of city and re- “All Philadelphia students deserve high quality and safe learning environments, but we know gional planning in the Weitzman School of De- that achieving this system-wide in our aging school buildings requires significant resources,” sign, and the Asian and Near East Sections of the said Mayor Jim Kenney. “I commend the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Amy Gutmann Penn Museum, as a curator. for this historic gift. It will go a long way in accelerating the District’s aggressive environ- mental remediation work. I also hope it will inspire other institutions to follow Penn’s lead. (continued on page 3) It takes all of us working together—government, business, non-profit, and philanthropy—to tackle our most pressing challenges and ensure our kids have access to great schools in every Scott L. Bok: Next Chair of Penn Board of Trustees neighborhood.” The Univer- Mayor Kenney, Superintendent Hite, and the Board of Education have embarked on ag- sity of Pennsyl- gressive environmental remediation efforts in School District buildings. The School District vania today an- currently has an estimated $4.5 billion in unmet capital needs. Since 2018, the School District nounced that Scott has fully stabilized lead paint in 54 elementary schools, completed work to certify an additional L. Bok will be- 25 schools as Lead Safe, and invested more than $23 million to complete asbestos-related proj- come Chair of the ects. The District announced in November 2019 an Environmental Safety Improvement Plan Board of Trust- that outlined new safety and inspection measures. The District approved $41 million in January ees of the Univer- 2020 for asbestos testing, abatement, project management, and other remediation resources. sity of Pennsylva- “Every student in Philadelphia deserves the dignity of a safe and welcoming school build- nia effective July ing,” said School Board President Joyce Wilkerson. “This tremendous gift will not only help 1, 2021. Mr. Bok us to ensure these safe spaces for every student, it will free us to direct our focus to investing will succeed Da- in a new and compelling vision for school facilities. I thank the University of Pennsylvania vid L. Cohen, who for this incredible gift which is an investment in all of our city’s children.” has served as chair “We are thrilled to have this very generous contribution from the University of Pennsylva- since November nia,” said Dr. Hite. “It will be a great support as we move forward to address the immediate 2009. environmental conditions in all of our schools. This will allow us to shift our focus to creating Mr. Bok, a Scott Bok 21st century learning environments for all students.” Penn alumnus, is Penn’s commitment to environmental remediation is one of many contributions that the chairman and chief executive officer of Green- University makes to the School District and the broader community to provide important hill & Co., Inc., an independent investment support to public education in Philadelphia. In partnership with the School District and the bank that he joined as a managing director in Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the University has invested more than $25 million over the past 15 years in the District’s top-performing Penn Alexander School, providing land for (continued on page 2) the school, funding for construction, and annual payments of approximately $1 million for operations. In 2013, the University deepened its commitment to the nearby Henry C. Lea INSIDE 2 Senate: SEC Agenda; Elementary School with an expanded partnership. With a Penn Graduate School of Education- From the Provost and EVP: Adhering to the City of based liaison on site serving as a partnership coordinator, 16 Penn-affiliated organizations Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Guidelines facilitate 37 district partner programs at Lea. Penn’s 12 undergraduate, graduate, and profes- 3 Council Agenda; Trustees Meetings; OF RECORD: Rules Governing Final Exams sional schools, led by Penn’s Graduate School of Education and Penn centers like the Penn 4 Deaths Museum and Penn Libraries, operate more than 500 activities in 248 schools in every catch- 5 Honors & Other Things ment area throughout the School District. 6 Penn Libraries Strategic Plan “Penn’s contribution will catalyze even more aggressive and comprehensive remediation of 7 Penn Medicine and Virtua Health: Strategic Alliance; Vagelos Laboratory for Energy environmental hazards in all our public schools,” said President Gutmann. “Philadelphia is our Science and Technology home. Education is at the very heart of all that we do at Penn, and we will continue to ensure 8 A Holiday for the Books that we are doing all that we can to support the success of public education in Philadelphia. 10 December AT PENN 13 Gifts of Involvement Our schoolchildren and teachers deserve no less.” 14 HR: Upcoming Programs; Tennis Anyone? 15 Update; CrimeStats; Garden Railway 16 Talk About Teaching and Learning ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 SENATE From the Senate Office From the Provost and EVP The following agenda is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. Any member of the standing faculty may attend SEC meetings and observe. Questions may be directed to Patrick Walsh, executive assistant to the Senate Office, either by telephone at (215) 898-6943 or by email A Message to the Penn Community at [email protected] Adhering to the City of Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Guidelines 3–3:55 p.m. EST 1. Finalize the Minutes of November 4, 2020 November 18, 2020 2. Chair’s Report We are grateful to every member of the 3. Past Chair’s Report Penn community for your patience, resil- 4. Feedback on Engaged Scholarship and Teaching Prioritization in Schools and Departments ience, and creativity as we navigate the 5. Initial Discussion of Proposed Amendments to Faculty Senate Rules global pandemic. The situation continues 6. New Business to evolve from day to day, bringing both 7. Adjourn and transition to “Bluejeans Events” platform for Town Hall Event: “What to Ex- positive news about vaccine trials and pect for Penn’s COVID-Era Spring Semester” (4:00-5:30pm EST) worrisome news about infection rates. We know that many of you have ques- All members of the Penn community (faculty, students, staff, and families, and friends of tions about the new guidelines issued Penn) are invited to participate in the 4 p.m. Seminar by registering here: on Monday by the City of Philadelphia. https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/xqahdbry These measures include the closure of indoor dining, gyms, museums, and li- braries, among other public spaces, and Scott L. Bok: Next Chair of Penn Board of Trustees restrictions on both indoor and outdoor (continued from page 1) gatherings. It is critical that every mem- 1997, shortly after it was founded. Listed on the Mr. Bok serves as a member of the Board of ber of the Penn community in Philadel- New York Stock Exchange, Greenhill focuses Directors of Greenhill and the Board of Trust- phia follow these guidelines, especial- on providing financial advice globally on signif- ees of the American Museum of Natural His- ly students living on or around the Penn cant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and tory. A strong advocate of education equali- campus. We are all in this together, and financings to corporations, partnerships, institu- ty, he is chair of the board of Prep for Prep, a we must take collective responsibility for tions, and governments. New York-based organization that focuses on lowering the infection rate in the coming “Scott is deeply committed to the mission educational opportunities for students of color weeks and months, above all during the and success of our University,” said Penn Pres- through college preparation, as well as support imminent holiday season. ident Amy Gutmann. “Scott has an extensive through college. He has also served on the board Penn research operations continue, understanding of the issues impacting the Uni- of the Chapin School in New York. as do our on-campus testing operations. versity, our faculty, staff, students and alumni. Mr. Bok first became a Penn trustee in 2005. While there is currently no change to the He brings decades of expertise in the business Following 10 years of service as a term trust- plans for the spring semester announced and financial world to bear, the firsthand expe- ee, he was elected a charter trustee in 2016. He at the end of October, we are continuing rience of being a triple Penn degree holder and currently serves as vice chair of the Board and to monitor the situation carefully in part- a double Penn parent, and I know he will pro- has been on the Investment Board since 2016. nership with local and regional public vide wise counsel to the trustees and University His committee service includes the Executive, health agencies. Designated faculty and leadership. We are very grateful that he is will- Audit & Compliance, Academic Policy, Com- staff should continue to work from cam- ing to make this important commitment to his pensation, Development and Nominating com- pus; most employees should continue to alma mater.” mittees. work from home. Penn Medicine faculty Current Board Chair David L. Cohen echoed Mr. Bok has also served on the Board of Ad- and employees should follow local guid- President Gutmann’s praise of Mr. Bok. “Scott visors for the School of Arts & Sciences and the ance. Students should continue to follow has been an outstanding trustee and someone Board of Governors for the Lauder Institute of the guidelines sent last week from our who has been phenomenal to work with in his Management & International Studies. He was Chief Wellness Officer and Vice Provost years on the board,” said Mr. Cohen. “Scott also deeply involved in the Making History and for University Life, particularly if you are cares passionately about Penn. At a time when Power of Penn fundraising campaign steering planning any travel for the Thanksgiving our country and higher education are facing committees. holiday. Students planning to return home many unique challenges, it is critical to have The Bok family has contributed to Penn in to complete the semester are encouraged someone with Scott’s depth of knowledge and many ways. The Bok Family Professorship in to do so now. All of us must continue to commitment as the leader of our trustees. He the Humanities in the School of Arts & Sci- wear facial coverings, wash our hands, will be a tremendous chair and will assume this ences was established in 2007 by Mr. Bok, his and maintain physical distance, the best important leadership position with the full and wife, Roxanne Conisha Bok (C’81), and the ways to reduce transmission for ourselves unanimous support of the board.” Bok Family Foundation. In 1996, as a member and everyone around us. In welcoming Mr. Bok’s appointment, Pres- of the Kelly Writers House Advisory Board, he If you are planning to travel for the ident Gutmann also lauded Mr. Cohen’s ac- and his wife created the Bok Endowed Visiting Thanksgiving holiday, please be aware of complishments as chair. “Penn is very blessed Writers Series Fund, enabling honoraria com- the newest guidance from the Pennsylva- to have David Cohen serving magnificently as pensation for a varied roster of novelists, poets, nia Department of Health, which requires board chair for over a decade. As the longest and journalists, as well as filmmakers, graphic a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours be- serving chair in recent Penn history, he has been novelists, critics and more. fore returning to Pennsylvania. If testing absolutely tireless in his commitment to Penn, A native of Michigan, Mr. Bok makes his is not available, travelers will be required and the University is so much better because of home in New York City. He holds three Penn to quarantine for 14 days. his stewardship. I cannot overstate what an ex- degrees. In 1981, he received a BSE in econom- We are enormously proud of the shared traordinary job David has done. We are most ics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA sense of purpose that we are seeing from fortunate that he will continue to serve as a val- in political science from the College. He earned every member of our community. Penn ued and respected member of our board.” his JD from Penn Carey Law School in 1984. As has thrived for hundreds of years, and we Before joining Greenhill, Mr. Bok was a an undergraduate, Mr. Bok was active with The are confident that there are better days managing director in the mergers, acquisitions Daily Pennsylvanian student newspaper and ahead in 2021. Thank you for your best ef- and restructuring department of Morgan Stan- was appointed as student liaison to the Board of forts to bring us safely to that future. ley, where he worked from 1986 to 1997, based Trustees. He was an editor of the law review at —Wendell Pritchett, Provost in New York and London. From 1984 to 1986, Penn Carey Law School. The Boks are parents —Craig Carnaroli, EVP he practiced mergers and acquisitions and secu- of son Elliot, a 2017 graduate of Wharton, and rities law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in daughter Jane, a College junior. New York. 2 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 From the Office of the University Secretary Trustees: December 10 The Executive Committee of the Uni- Agenda for University Council Meeting versity of Pennsylvania Board of Trust- Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 4 p.m. ees will meet on Thursday, December 10, BlueJeans Events 2020 (Virtual). I. Approval of the Minutes of October 21, 2020. 1 minute Executive Committee: 1-1:15 p.m. II. Follow Up Questions on Status Reports. 4 minutes Please contact the Office of the Uni- III. Update on 2020 Research Activities and Academic Instruction at Penn. 30 minutes versity Secretary at (215) 898-7005 or Open Forum. 70 minutes [email protected] with questions IV. New Business. 5 minutes regarding Trustee meetings or your atten- V. Adjournment dance plans. Open Forum Topics December 2, 2020 1. The University’s Election Day policy. Director, Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies (Emma Harris, C’21) Program, and Dr. Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Assistant 2. Universal One-Year: Extending graduate Professor of Sociology, SAS) student funding. (Isaac Rabbani, Gr’27) 5. Free speech on campus and social bias in 3. The status of transfer students: Removing the University’s framing of recent social issues. Lynn Meskell: PIK Professor institutional barriers and providing support. (Al- (Dr. Saswati Sarkar, Professor of Electrical and (continued from page 1) lan Cate, C’22) Systems Engineering, SEAS) “Lynn Meskell exemplifies Penn’s com- 4. Updating care work policies in consider- 6. The Penn Police patrol zone and the Penn mitment to bridging theory and practice and ation of remote work and dependent care respon- Police presence in West Philadelphia. (Tabatha to using multidisciplinary perspectives to im- sibilities. (Dr. Gwendolyn Beetham, Associate Scales-Lanier, SP2’21) prove human understanding,” said President Gutmann. “Her work as an internationally pre- eminent archaeologist and anthropologist has OF RECORD helped explain and document the development of civilizations across Africa and Eurasia. She has also harnessed this fieldwork to improve the The Rules Governing Final Examinations govern final examinations at the University of Pennsylva- frameworks that scholars use to model human nia. These rules are published each semester as a reminder to the academic community. culture and to strengthen the important work of For Fall 2020, all exams must be conducted online, other than for clinical courses. museums in bringing this knowledge to commu- Instructors should hold asynchronous final exams whenever possible. Resources for developing nities around the world.” asynchronous final exams, including both timed and untimed formats, can be found on the Center for Teaching and Learning website. Dr. Meskell was most recently Ely Profes- If an instructor believes that their exam must be held synchronously, the exam must be held at the sor of Humanities and Sciences in the depart- time designated on the Final Exam Schedule in order to avoid conflicts. Students who are residing ment of anthropology at Stanford University, in a time zone other than Eastern Standard Time must be provided accommodations for synchronous where she had taught since 2005, and is the AD timed exams. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University The use of remote proctoring is not permitted for courses that are normally held in person unless from 2019 to 2025. Born in Australia, she has explicitly authorized. View the Policy on Remote Proctoring. done pioneering archaeological work across the world, including research into Neolithic Tur- Rules Governing Final Examinations key and New Kingdom Egypt. Her most current 1. No instructor may hold a final examination without permission from the appropriate Dean. work explores World Heritage sites in India, nor require the submission of a take-home final 7. No classes or required class activities may be especially how heritage bureaucracies interact exam except during the period in which final exam- held during the reading period. with the needs of living communities, and the inations are scheduled; when necessary, exceptions 8. The first examination of the day begins at 9 implications of archaeological research for wid- to this policy may be granted for postponed exami- a.m. and the last examination concludes by 8 p.m. er contemporary challenges of heritage, nation- nations (see 3 and 4 below). No final examinations There will be one hour between exam time blocks. al sovereignty, and multilateral diplomacy. Her may be scheduled during the last week of classes or 9. All students must be allowed to see their final landmark institutional ethnography of UNESCO on reading days. examination. Exams should be available as soon as World Heritage, A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, 2. No student may be required to take more than possible after being graded with access ensured for a World Heritage and the Dream of Peace (Ox- two final examinations on any calendar day during period of at least one regular semester after the exam ford University Press, 2018) – awarded the 2019 the period in which final examinations are sched- has been given. To help protect student privacy, a Best Book Award from the Society for American uled. If more than two are scheduled, the student student should have access only to their own exam Archaeology – reframes the politics of preserva- may postpone the middle exam. If a take-home final and not the exams of other students. Therefore, for tion in relation to international history and global exam is due on a day when two final examinations example, it is not permissible to leave student exams practices of governance and sovereignty. are scheduled, the take-home exam shall be post- (or grades or papers) in publicly accessible areas. Dr. Meskell served for six years as direc- poned by one day. 10. Students may not be asked for their Social 3. Examinations that are postponed because of Security numbers. Instructors may not publicly dis- tor of the Stanford Archaeology Center, is the conflicts with other examinations, or because more play a student’s Penn ID or any portion of the Social founding editor of the Journal of Social Archae- than two examinations are scheduled on the same Security number, nor use names, initials or any per- ology, and has published a dozen books, which day, may be taken at another time during the final sonally identifiable information to post grades. Even explore the connections between archaeological examinations period if the faculty member and stu- when an identifier is masked or absent, grades may research and a wide range of contemporary areas dent can agree on that time. Otherwise, they must not be posted in alphabetical order, to protect stu- including ethics, class, feminist theory, and post- be taken during the official period for postponed ex- dent privacy. colonialism. She has been awarded grants and aminations. 11. Final exams for College of Liberal and Pro- fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the 4. Examinations that are postponed because of fessional Studies (LPS) courses must be given on National Science Foundation, the Australian Re- illness, a death in the family, for religious observance the regular class meeting night during the week of search Council, and the American Academy in or some other unusual event may be taken only dur- final examinations. No change in scheduling is per- Rome, among many others, and is an Honorary ing the official periods: the first week of the spring mitted without unanimous consent of all students Professor at the University of Oxford, the Uni- and fall semesters. Students must obtain permission in the class and the director of LPS. LPS final ex- versity of Liverpool, Shiv Nadar University, and from their Dean’s office to take a postponed exam. ams may not be administered during the last week the University of the Witwatersrand. She earned Instructors in all courses must be willing to offer a of class or on a reading day. a PhD in Archaeology from the University of make-up examination to all students who are ex- In all matters relating to final exams, students Cambridge, following a BA with First Class cused from the final examination. with questions should first consult with their Dean’s Honors from the University of Sydney, and be- 5. No instructor may change the time or date of office. Faculty wishing to seek exceptions to the a final exam without permission from the appropri- rules also should consult with their Dean’s office. gan her academic career at Columbia University, ate Dean. where she taught from 1999 to 2005, following a 6. No instructor may increase the time allowed —Wendell Pritchett, Provost two-year Salvesen Research Fellowship at New for a final exam beyond the scheduled two hours College of Oxford University. ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 3 Deaths Silvia Pierini Dunn, of Washington DC’s largest private companies, Paul Weinberg, PSOM and CHOP Religious Studies which constructed and invested in much of the Paul Morris Weinberg, a professor emeritus Silvia Pierini Dunn, an administrative co- city’s built environment, including sports arenas, CE of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medi- ordinator in the de- hospitals, mixed-use destinations and Metro sta- cine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, partment of religious tions. Under Mr. Nussdorf’s leadership, Clark died on October 15. studies, died on No- Enterprises became one of Washington’s top He was 74. vember 15 after a philanthropic corporations, donating millions of Dr. Weinberg re- long battle with lung dollars to charity each year. ceived a BS from cancer. She was 51. As a Penn Trustee, Mr. Nussdorf brought ex- Penn State in 1967 Born in Rome, pertise to the Trustees’ Audit & Compliance and and an MD from Jef- Italy, Ms. Dunn Facilities & Campus Planning Committees thanks ferson Medical Col- worked in the ear- to his background as an attorney and certified lege in 1969. He did ly 1990s at the Vati- public accountant and experience in real estate his pediatric residen- can Museums, a po- and construction. In 2004, Mr. Nussdorf was a cy and pediatric car- sition that enabled founding member of the Advisory Board of the diology fellowship at her to travel widely. Penn Institute for Urban Research, and Clark CHOP, and following In 1996, she and her Enterprises endowed a chair at Penn IUR in Mr. service in the Navy husband Rick moved Silvia Pierini Dunn Nussdorf’s honor (Almanac September 21, 2004). as a pediatric cardiol- to Philadelphia, where they started a family. The As an advocate for public education, he was a ogist, he did an addi- Paul Weinberg bilingual Ms. Dunn spent the early 2000s work- member and former Vice Chair of the Gradu- tional fellowship in cardiac morphology at Chil- ing as a freelance translator and language tutor, ate School of Education Board of Advisors. He dren’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School. primarily working with families with disabled also served as President of Penn’s Mid-Atlantic In 1977, he joined the faculty at Penn’s School of children that came from Italy for therapy. Regional Advisory Board and a member of the Medicine as a lecturer in pediatrics. The next year, In 2002, she became a part-time Italian in- Agenda for Excellence Council and the Advisory he became an assistant professor of pediatrics, and structor at Camden County College in Black- Board of the Wharton Club of Washington, DC. in 1980, his appointment moved to CHOP (in the wood, NJ. She joined Penn’s department of Mr. and Mrs. Nussdorf established the Nussdorf School of Medicine’s Associate Faculty Division, Student Registration and Financial Services Endowed Scholarship and the Melanie and Law- and later the Standing Faculty Division). He be- (SRFS) in 2014 as an administrative coordina- rence Nussdorf Endowed Scholarship for Students came an associate professor at CHOP in 1986 and tor. Four years later, Ms. Dunn moved to Penn’s in the School of Nursing. They also provided a full professor in 2002. He also held academic ap- department of Religious Studies, also as an ad- support to numerous other departments at Penn. pointments in Penn Medicine’s departments of ra- ministrative coordinator. Mr. Nussdorf was active in the Penn Alumni diology and pathology & laboratory medicine. “Working with Silvia was a pleasure,” re- community: In addition to serving as a long-time In 1991, Dr. Weinberg became director of calls her colleague Emily Romanello, academ- member of the Class of 1968 Gift Committee, CHOP’s Fellowship Training Program. He ic coordinator in Penn’s department of econom- Mr. Nussdorf was an Honorary Vice President also served as director of resident education in ics. “She brightened the day. I will never forget of the Class of 1968 and served on the Executive PSOM’s division of pediatric cardiology. Un- our bilingual phone conversations—it turned or- Committee of the Penn Alumni Board of Direc- der Dr. Weinberg’s stewardship, Penn’s pedi- dinary room reservation requests into something tors. In 2010, His service to Penn earned him atric cardiology training program became one special.” the Alumni Award of Merit, the highest award of the largest in the world. During his career, “Silvia was an integral part of our depart- presented by Penn Alumni given in recognition he trained over 100 cardiology fellows, and his ment”, says interim chair Anthea Butler, Associ- of outstanding service to the University. His wife program of study, which included one-on-one ate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Melanie also received the award in 2001. “Larry sessions, weekly pathology teaching sessions, Studies. “She was loved by students and faculty was devoted to the University of Pennsylvania and service as an inpatient and outpatient at- alike, and she was always ready to help us with from the moment he stepped on our campus and tending cardiologist, was widely praised. anything. Silvia was a ray of sunshine for us each he became one of Penn’s most loyal alumni,” said Dr. Weinberg was an expert on the morphol- day, and our days are less bright without her.” David Cohen, chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees. ogy of congenital heart disease. He published Ms. Dunn is survived by her husband Rick; “Larry was widely known and active in myriad many peer-reviewed articles and frequently lec- her children, Elzo and Giulia; her mother, Adri- causes on campus and in the Washington, DC tured nationally and internationally. He served ana Marcucci; and her sisters, Paola and Carla. A area, where he was a superb ambassador for as president of the Society for Pediatric Car- memorial will be arranged at a later date; leave Penn. He will be deeply missed by all who knew diology Training Program Directors and was a a message for Ms. Dunn’s family at https://ti- him.” In 1998, Mr. Nussdorf received the Joseph member of the International Working Group for nyurl.com/silvia-pierini-dunn. Wharton Award from The Wharton Alumni Club Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Pae- of Washington, DC. diatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Lawrence Nussdorf, Trustee Mr. Nussdorf served on the Board of directors In 1998, he won Penn’s School of Medi- Former University Trustee Lawrence (Larry) of Pepco Holdings and Leidos Holdings. He was cine’s Blockley-Osler Award for excellence in Nussdorf (W’68) died on November 13. He was active in civic life in Washington, DC, including clinical teaching (Almanac April 21, 1998). In 74. serving as a member of the executive committee the citation that accompanied that award, Vic- Born in Neptune, NJ, Mr. Nussdorf received for the Anti-Defamation League (DC chapter), a toria Vetter, Dr. Weinberg’s colleague in the a BS in economics in Trustee of WETA and the United Jewish Endow- department of pediatrics, noted that “Paul pro- 1968 from Wharton, ment Fund of Greater Washington, and a Director vides direction and leadership to the educational and later a JD from of the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation. In program; his enthusiasm and structured didac- Rutgers University 2017, The Clark Foundation established The A. tic methods captivate his audience immediate- and an LLM in tax James Clark Scholars Program in the School of ly.” In 2009, Dr. Weinberg won the Robert Dun- law from Georgetown Engineering and Applied Science at Penn. He also ning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in University. Mr. Nuss- served on the boards of the Washington Scholar- Graduate Medical Education (Almanac May 5, dorf began his career ship Fund, the public radio station WETA, and 2009). Dr. Weinberg was a member of Penn’s at Arthur Andersen, DC Prep. 25-Year Club. In 2017, he retired and took LLP, before moving Mr. Nussdorf is survived by his wife of 48 emeritus status. to Washington, DC years, Melanie Franco Nussdorf; two sons, Jed Dr. Weinberg is survived by his wife, Linda; with his wife Melanie (ENG’02, W’02, WG’03)(Sarah) and Benjamin daughter, Sarah Gratz (Ricky); siblings, Marsha (CW’71) and, in 1977, (Inna)(both C’04); five grandchildren; his brother, Flager and Michael (Michelle); and grandchil- joining Clark Enter- Andy (Rhonda) and sister, Ellie, and many nieces dren, Julia, Rena, and Eve. prises. He served as and nephews. The funeral will be private. In Larry Nussdorf In lieu of flowers, contributions in his mem- President, CFO and lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be ory may be sent to CHOP, ATTN: Dr. Paul COO at Clark Enterprises for many years before made in his memory to the Jewish Federation of Weinberg Distinguished Teaching Award Fund, becoming Chairman and CEO in 2014. During his Greater Washington or the Institute for Urban or the Joshua Martin Weinberg Memorial Fund tenure at Clark Enterprises, he helped shape one Research at Penn. of Kellman Brown Academy. 4 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 Honors & Other Things

Eva Anadioti: ACP Presidential be a part of this national effort to develop and of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu has been elected Junior Educator of the Year disseminate resources to promote excellence to the 2023 Board of Trustees as Class Repre- Penn Dental Medicine’s Eva Anadioti has in health policy practice and other social work sentative. been recognized by competency areas. I am thrilled that my colleague LSA is “an interdisciplinary scholarly organi- the American Col- Dr. Allison Werner-Lin also represents SP2 on the zation committed to social scientific, interpretive, lege of Prosthodon- task force, further demonstrating the significant and historical analyses of law across multiple tists (ACP) as this national impact our faculty have on social policy social contexts.” Each year, the LSA membership year’s recipient of the and practice.” elects a class of eight individuals to serve on the Presidential Citation Committee members will be central to de- Board of Trustees. Junior Educator of veloping and enhancing the nine social work “This year’s voting results represent a wide the Year Award. The competencies that will be included in the guide. variety of law and society scholars stretching award was presented Task force participants will share expertise with across the globe and consisting of rich and di- as part of the ACP’s their colleagues, garnering new insights to help verse interdisciplinary backgrounds, training and 50th Annual Session, enrich program curricula and help faculty mem- experience,” said current LSA President Penelope held virtually from bers conceptualize specialized practice in social Andrews. “Our incoming officers will not only November 1-7. work health. contribute to the sustainability and viability of The inaugural As the national association representing social the LSA, but also demonstrate the importance awardee for junior Eva Anadioti work education in the United States, CSWE’s of advancing the entire field of sociolegal stud- faculty, Dr. Anadioti membership comprises over 800 graduate and ies through their own personal scholarship and was recognized for her academic dentistry undergraduate social work programs, as well as achievements.” achievement and her contributions to the ad- individual social work educators, practitioners, Dr. Ossei-Owusu is an interdisciplinary legal vancement of the specialty of prosthodontics, and agencies. The curricular guide project is scholar with expertise in legal history, criminal science, and the health profession. supported in part by funding from the New York law and procedure, civil rights, and the legal “Our awards of distinction recognize out- Community Trust. profession. His work sits at the intersection of standing individuals in the College and their law, history, and sociology, and focuses on how accomplishments,” said Dr. Stephen Hudis, Shaun Ossei-Owusu: governments meet their legal obligations to pro- ACP President, when presenting the award. LSA Board of Trustees vide protections and benefits to poor people and “Traditionally, this award has gone to a more The Law and Society Association (LSA) has racial minorities. senior individual, however, personally and pro- announced that Presidential Assistant Professor fessionally, I am an advocate for elevating the next generation of educators and that is why I am Morris Arboretum: 2020 Edwin R. Golden Award for Inclusive Excellence presenting my presidential citation this year to a Morris Arboretum’s Youth Education and Guided Tours Programs have been selected by the Na- young junior educator who is having an impact tional Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) for the 2020 Edwin R. Golden Award in prosthodontics.” for Inclusive Excellence. This award was established in 1992 in honor of Edwin R. “Bob” Golden Dr. Anadioti, assistant professor of clinical for his foresight in acknowledging the need for attention to issues of cultural diversity in the Asso- restorative dentistry at Penn Dental Medicine, is ciation. the founding director of the School’s Advanced Morris Arboretum is being recognized for three innovative ways that the Arboretum models cul- Education Program in Prosthodontics, which tural diversity and inclusion in its programming: facilitating the experiences of guests with disabili- graduated its inaugural class this past summer. ties; incorporating culturally diverse programming; and increasing access by reducing economic A diplomate of the American Board of Prosth- barriers. odontics, she is also a Fellow in the American The award was presented at the C3X 2020 Virtual Conference & Expo on November 11. College of Prosthodontists and the incoming Prosthodontic Commissioner on the ADA Com- mission on Dental Accreditation. Dr. Anadioti earned her dental degree from the Dental School of Athens, completed her postdoctoral training in prosthodontics at the University of Iowa and her surgical implant training at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry. Sara Bachman, Allison Werner-Lin: CSWE Guide Committee and Task Force Sara S. Bachman, dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) and Allison Wer- ner-Lin, associate professor and faculty director of the Social Work in Healthcare Specialization at SP2, have been invited to serve on a national committee and task force that will develop com- petencies and curricular resources on health for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). To help formulate the health curricular guide, CSWE recruited social work education faculty and practice experts as a part of a national effort to increase health competence and expertise in schools of social work. Dean Bachman will serve on the curricular guide’s steering committee, and will chair the committee on Policy Competen- cies, while Dr. Werner-Lin will serve as a task force member. “Many social workers practice in health set- A camper in the ACLAMO (Latin American Community Action of Montgomery County/Accion tings,” said Dean Bachman. “I am honored to Comunal Latinoamericana de Montgomery County) summer program at Morris Arboretum.

ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 5 In this epoch shaped by environmental uncertainty, a global pandemic, and a national focus on racial justice, change is the only constant. During these unprecedented times, the Penn Libraries remains agile and responsive, bolstering the University’s mission of teaching, research, and learning, with the evolving needs of our communities at the forefront of our priorities. The world has changed dramatically since we began writing our strategic plan in fall 2019, but we are unwavering in our commitment to deliver collections and services at point of need, anytime, anywhere. Looking ahead, we must continue building our capacity to address the essential information challenges and opportunities in an ever-changing world. We must sharply increase our efforts to acquire and provide digital content, to digitize pre-existing Penn-owned collections, and to make strategic investments in technology. It is critical that we continue to reimagine our physical spaces and services in increasingly virtual environments. At the same time, we must continue and strengthen the conversations launched in spring 2020 on what we as an organization can contribute to local and national movements to address the inequities of our society. Libraries are built to serve all people—whether in brick and mortar buildings or through virtual interactions. In building deep and distinctive collections, preserving knowledge, and increasing access to it, we have the ability to inspire, to offer hope, and to change people’s lives. As we move forward with our strategic plan, we reaffirm our commitment to creating a living and learning environment that is truly transformative, safe, and welcoming for all. Thank you for your support and partnership in advancing knowledge to power Penn and better the world. —Constantia Constantinou H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost & Director of Libraries

Penn Libraries: Strategic Plan 2020-2025 After an 18-month process that entailed gathering and synthesizing in- a digital strategy to meet the evolving needs of the Penn community and formation from the University of Pennsylvania community and beyond, the become a leader in digital strategy, collections, programs, and scholarship. Penn Libraries has released a strategic plan to guide its work through 2025. Of course, “evolving needs” took on new significance over the last seven “Our extraordinary Penn Libraries are at the heart of our campus mis- months, with challenges presented by environmental uncertainty and a sion,” said Provost Wendell Pritchett. “They inspire learning for every global pandemic, and an increased national focus on racial justice. member of our community, while facilitating research and scholarship that Along with many institutions, in spring 2020 the Libraries pivoted to change the world. This rigorous strategic plan, developed with extensive provide services and resources in a largely virtual environment due to input across our campus, will help us redefine library services to meet the safety measures put in place during the pandemic. The Libraries’ leadership evolving needs of the Penn community, especially in response to the many and staff took action to address the very real and urgent need to increase changes of this year and the years ahead.” acquisition and delivery of digital content, applying creative solutions and Through vision and mission statements, shared organizational values, accelerating strategic investments in technology. They also emphasized and four core strategic priorities, the plan aligns the Libraries’ work with expert, personalized virtual support from librarians, from live chat services the Penn Compact 2022 pillars of inclusion, innovation, and impact, and to videoconference consultations. the University’s goal of advancing knowledge for good. “Yes, the world has changed since we began writing this plan,” Dr. Con- “Our strategic priorities are the compass for navigating our future,” said stantinou said. “But we are committed to providing a personal touch and Constantia Constantinou, H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost and Director of delivering collections, services, and expertise at point of need, anytime, the Penn Libraries. “With the plan in place, we will continue and expand the anywhere. We are also committed to creating a living and learning environ- work we do with our campus partners and our wider communities to inspire ment that is truly transformative, safe and welcoming for all. As the world staff and patrons and provide the tools and resources they need to thrive.” turns, we remain agile, responsive, and resilient.” The Libraries launched its strategic planning efforts in spring 2019 in Next steps? To move from plan to action, ten staff-led teams will launch collaboration with DeEtta Jones and Associates. As a first step, a Strategic projects that connect the plan’s priorities and strategies to the overall opera- Planning Steering Committee was formed with representatives from across tions of the Penn Libraries. the Libraries’ staff. Find the full strategic plan on the Libraries’ website, and follow the “Our Strategic Planning Steering Committee represented a constel- Libraries’ news blog for stories and updates throughout the coming years. lation of Penn Libraries history and expertise,” said Michael Williams, Head of Global Studies Technical Services and co-facilitator of the planning committee. “We contributed experience in collection building, metadata management, student success, research partnerships, data analyt- ics, storytelling, and above all, stewardship of our Libraries’ physical and digital spaces and care for the collections and patrons who occupy them.” Charged with designing an actionable vi- sion for the Libraries, the committee worked together to analyze trends across and beyond the library profession, examine the current state of peer and aspirational peer institutions, and convene structured conversations with Libraries staff to develop collective goals. Throughout the process, Penn faculty, stu- dents, and researchers were engaged through focus groups, presentations, and conversations on campus. During spring 2019, the Libraries also en- gaged Athenaeum21, a user-centered strategy and technology firm, to review the Libraries’ digital programs, systems, and services and offer input to the planning process. As part of the review, Athenaeum21’s principals met with Penn Libraries staff members and stake- holders across the University. They provided recommendations to the Libraries on designing The well-preserved Victorian Industrial Gothic reading room of the Fisher Fine Arts Library. 6 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 Penn Medicine and Virtua Health: Strategic Alliance Until 2023 Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology On November 12, Penn Medicine and Virtua Health announced the renewal of their strategic alliance in cancer and neuroscience services for another three years. The collaboration, which be- gan in 2015, has enabled South Jersey residents to access comprehensive health care closer to home from a cross-disciplinary team of Penn and Virtua clinicians. As part of the alliance, the two organizations are advancing plans to open South Jersey’s first proton therapy center on the Virtua Voorhees Hospital campus. Construction began in summer 2020, with an opening date anticipated for summer 2022. From evaluation to treatment, patients will access everything they need at the new facility, including clinical trials involving proton therapy. “Over the first five years of our alliance with Virtua, thousands of patients in South Jersey have had access to the highest level of health care right in their own community,” said Kevin B. Mahoney, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. “The interdisciplinary care teams at Penn Medicine and Virtua have established a pathway for patients to access more robust, comprehensive care and treatment options. In the years to come, this ex- tended partnership will provide patients with even more access to the health care services they need.” Specifically, for cancer care, the Penn Medicine Virtua Cancer Program includes medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, microvascu- lar reconstructive surgery, and an array of support services, including nurse navigation, cancer genet- ics, and high-risk screenings. The program offers Architekten Courtesy of Behnisch locations in Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Architectural rendering of the main entry to the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and counties – most notably, the new Virtua Samson Technology at 3200 Walnut Street. View looking south from Walnut Street. Cancer Center in Moorestown, NJ and the Virtua Voorhees Cancer Center. The Penn Medicine Virtua Neurosciences The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science es and the School of Engineering and Applied Program is another way the two health systems are and Technology has received design approval Science together to solve scientific and techno- working together to ensure the highest level of care from the University of Pennsylvania Board of logical problems related to energy. It will also is available to Virtua patients and all South Jersey Trustees. The new $173 million facility at 3200 be a home for the Vagelos Integrated Program residents. Penn’s neuroscience experts provide Walnut Street will consolidate existing and in Energy Research (VIPER), an undergraduate neurosurgery, interventional radiology, and stroke emerging energy research programs by provid- dual degree program run jointly by Arts & Sci- support— including access to 24/7 imaging analysis ing 110,000 square feet of state-of-the-art labo- ences and Engineering. Steven J. Fluharty, dean to assess patients and evaluate treatment options. ratory space. The building is a key element of of the School of Arts & Sciences and Thomas “One of the best things about Penn Medicine is the School of Arts & Sciences’ strategic plan S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharma- its commitment to extending outstanding, cutting- and the University’s commitment to advancing cology, and Neuroscience, said the new Vagelos edge care to patients in communities outside of research in energy and sustainability. Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology Philadelphia,” said Daniel Yoshor, chair of neuro- The project has been made possible through aligns with a major pillar of the School’s strate- surgery and vice president of Clinical Integration gifts totaling $70 million to the School of Arts & gic plan: Energy, sustainability, and the environ- and Innovation in the Perelman School of Medicine Sciences from P. Roy Vagelos, a Penn alumnus, ment. “We have steadily built on investments in at Penn. “The neuroscience collaboration with and his wife, Diana T. Vagelos. This support in- energy science, including faculty hiring and es- Virtua is a terrific example of that commitment and cluded a 2019 gift of $50 million. An additional tablishing the Vagelos Institute for Energy Sci- it has allowed us to bring advanced neurological gift of $20 million earlier this year has allowed ence and Technology,” said Dean Fluharty. “To- care directly to patients in South Jersey. Virtua is a the building’s design to expand from six to sev- day we present a plan for a world-class facility, great partner, and we are pleased to continue this en stories. The project expansion will provide all this made possible through the continued important program for years to come.” space to accommodate continued growth of the generosity of Roy and Diana Vagelos.” The Penn Medicine and Virtua alliance not only energy research program and enable additional Dean Fluharty also acknowledged the part- impacts patient care and patient access to care, but faculty hires in the future. nership the School of Arts & Sciences has with it has also opened doors for additional education “We are so grateful to Roy and Diana for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. and training opportunities. Over the course of the their enduring support of Penn’s groundbreak- “Together, we will ensure that basic discover- next three years of this partnership, Penn Medicine ing research in the area of energy research and ies translate into impactful technologies,” said and Virtua will continue to expand its collaborative sustainable energy solutions,” said Penn Presi- Dean Fluharty. efforts in both education and patient care, while dent Amy Gutmann. “Their tremendous gener- Designed by Behnisch Architekten, the Va- exploring ways to bring even more to patients in osity and trust in Penn’s collaborative approach, gelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Tech- South Jersey, like clinical trials. bringing Penn’s world-renowned physical sci- nology includes highly functional, flexible, and “The world has changed considerably in the entists and engineers together to solve scien- efficient wet chemistry research labs and op- five years since our strategic alliance began,” said tific and technological problems related - toal tics research labs serving researchers in both Dennis W. Pullin, president and CEO at Virtua ternative sources of energy and energy use and schools. The facility also includes a comple- Health. “What remains constant, however, is our storage, is a testament to Penn leadership and ment of collaborative spaces and offices with shared commitment to providing people with the innovation in seeking a sustainable future.” a new landscaped courtyard linking the Wal- care they need and combining our resources to be The facility will house the Vagelos Institute nut Street gateway and Shoemaker Green to the an effective force for good.” for Energy Science and Technology, bringing southwest. researchers from the School of Arts & Scienc- ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 7 A Holiday for the Books Another year is in the books, and the holiday season is upon us! 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Info and to register: icaphila.org/posts/mondays-with- https://aarc.upenn.edu/events December milford/ (ICA). Grief Workshop; noon. 8 New Italian Cinema 16 WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series: Sponsored by Cinema Studies, Ital- Becoming—A Journey of Self Discov- ian Studies and New Italian Cinema ery; noon-2 p.m. A T P E N N Events. Online events. All films begin Wherever this symbol appears, more images are Men of Color (Monthly Huddle available on our website, at 6 p.m. Info and to register: https:// 17 www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/ Meeting); 1-3 p.m. All events are in EST unless noted otherwise. Sole. 25 Community Lunch Program—Open 1 Forum with AARC and PWC; noon. Brodsky Gallery: http://writing. 2 Good Girls. ACADEMIC CALENDAR upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brod- Center for Undergraduate skygallery/ 3 All My Crazy Love. Research and Fellowships (CURF) 1 Advance Registration for Spring Online events. Info and to register: Term. 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Info and to register: guage courses; 10 a.m.; online event; Fall Term ends. morrisarboretum.org/visit_hours.shtml www.gse.upenn.edu 22 Penn Museum: https://www.penn. register: https://tinyurl.com/anti-racist- museum/visit/plan-your-visit syllabi (CTL, Alice Paul Center). 3 Penn GSE Teacher Programs CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Quorum: https://sciencecenter. Advanced Russian Conversation Information Session; 5 p.m. org/discover/quorum Hour; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: 4 Friday Virtual Chats with Admis- Penn Museum Slought: https://slought.org/ [email protected] (Russian sions; 8 a.m. Also December 11, noon, Online events. 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Wharton). Online events. Open to faculty and Black Media-Makers and the Morris Arboretum staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/ Fierce Urgency of Now; brings togeth- Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty registration er Black media-makers across indus- Installation; stickwork sculpture. tries to discuss the urgency of now for Ongoing until deterioration. 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Visit these links for tinyurl.com/vanishing-chinatown info about virtual programs. (ASAM, Penn Musuem). Arthur Ross Gallery: http://www. arthurrossgallery.org/visit/schedule- 21 Mondays with Milford: The The World Wonders: Greek Votives virtual event with Penn Museum your-visit/ Botanist; online screening of rare will take place December 16. See Children’s Activities.

10 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 3 How Caregivers Can Secure 3 Beginning DaVinci Resolve 16; 1 nursing.upenn.edu/research/ the Future of Their Dependent with p.m. innovation/amplify-nursing-podcast/ Special Needs; noon. Case in Point; https://podcasts. 8 Intro to Video Editing with apple.com/us/podcast/case-in-point/ 10 Grow Where You are Planted; iMovie; 2 p.m. id969189587 12:30 p.m. 9 Understanding Image Permis- Energy Policy Now; https:// The Benefits of Mindfulness; 7 p.m. sions; noon. kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy- 15 policy-now Podcast Editing Basics with HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops 10 Future of the Business World; Online events. Open to faculty and Audacity; 1 p.m. new episodes available monthly; staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/ 11 Japanese Stab Binding; 2-4 p.m. https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/ registration category/podcasts/ 16 Canvas 101 for Faculty and Staff; Vinyasa Yoga; noon. Momentum 2020: The Power of 4 1 p.m. Penn Women; https://pennmomentum. 7 Nutrition Cooking Demonstra- Penn Museum libsyn.com/ tion; noon. Online events. Info and to register: No Stupid Questions; https://pod- Penn Museum’s At Home Anthro Live: https://www.penn.museum/ casts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stupid- Mosaic Making virtual event will take place 8 Bodypump; noon. The Deep Dig: Understanding questions/id1510056899 on December 15. See Children’s Activities. New Wellness Program and Plat- 3 10 Greek Vases-Part 4; 6:30 p.m. Office Hours; https://pennto- form Demo by Virgin Pulse; noon. day.upenn.edu/subtopic/office- Holiday Garden Railway Nights; Museum Insider; Laura Hicklin; 5 Chair Yoga; noon. 15 hours?page=0 enjoy Morris Arboretum’s Holiday Gar- 16 10 a.m. OMNIA; https://soundcloud.com/ den Railway lit up and decorated for 17 Barre; noon. omniapenn the season; 4:30-7:30 p.m.; tickets: $15/ School of Social Policy and Poem Talk; https://jacket2.org/ Yoga; noon. Practice member adult; $8/member child; http:// 21 Online events. Info and to reg- content/poem-talk morrisarboretum.org/ (Morris Arbore- Institute of Contemporary Art ister: www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2- The Daily Pennsylvanian pod- tum). Saturdays and Sundays through Online events. Info and to register: events/2020-12/ casts; https://www.thedp.com/ December 27. Also see Exhibits. https://icaphila.org/ section/podcasts MSW Student Advising Drop In 12 Ancient Alcohol After Hours: Tour 1 The Global Cable; https://tinyurl. and Wine Pairing; discover the role of 4 Mindfulness at the Museum with Hour; noon. Also December 8, 15, 22. com/globalcablepodcast Shesheena Bray; noon. wine in human history and have a fun 3 NPL Grant Writing Workshop; 6 The Media at Risk Podcast; drink; 7-9 p.m.; online event; tickets: 11 Mindfulness at the Museum with p.m. https://www.ascmediarisk.org/ideas/ $10; https://tinyurl.com/alcohol-dec-12 Kate Johnson; noon. podcasts/ (Penn Museum). 7 MSW Part-Time Social Hour Tradeoffs; episodes air every 18 Mindfulness at the Museum: Check-in; 7 p.m. other Wednesday; https://tradeoffs.org/ Restorative Contact with Gabrielle TALKS Revlock; 6:30 p.m. MEETINGS Wharton Business Radio; visit https://businessradio.wharton.upenn. 1 What Happened in the U.S. Liberal and Professional Studies University Council Open Forum; edu/shows/ for a full list. Elections?; Tariq Thachil, CASI; John Online events. Info: www.upenn.edu/ 2 Lapinski, political science; 9 a.m.; lps-events 4-6 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; info: Work-Life with Adam Grant; https://secretary.upenn.edu/univ-council. https://www.adamgrant.net/worklife Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl. 1 Fels Institute of Government Virtual com/lapinski-thachil-dec-1 (CASI). Information Session; 9:30 a.m. 3 WXPN Board Policy Meeting; 2 “Smart” Biodegradable Polymer Master of Environmental Studies p.m.; online meeting; info: tess@xpn. READINGS & SIGNINGS at Nano and Micro Scales for Medical org. Applications; Thanh Duc Nguyen, Virtual Café; noon. 3 Book Launch: Crunch Time; WPPSA December Meeting; noon; Aliya Hamid Rao, London School of UConn; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom meet- 3 Master of Science in Applied 17 ing; info: [email protected] Geosciences Virtual Café; noon. includes guest speaker the Rev. Charles Economics; noon-2 p.m.; Zoom meet- Howard, Vice President for Social ing; register: https://bit.ly/3eHWPsV (MEAM). Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Erotic Encounters in A paixão Information Session; noon. Equity & Community; online meeting; (Sociology). info: [email protected]. segundo GH; Dana Khromov, Hispanic Bachelor of Applied Arts and 7 Between the Lines: The Battles and Portuguese Studies; noon; Zoom Sciences Virtual Information Session; in the Desert & Other Stories; José meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ 6 p.m.; info: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn. MUSIC Emilio Pacheco; part of Between the khromov-talk-dec-1 (LALS). edu/events. Also December 10, 5:30 Lines book club; 5:30 p.m.; tickets Special Considerations for Ethics p.m. 3 Milford Graves: A Music-Color- (includes 3 meetings): $5; https:// in Short-Term Global Health Training Penn LPS Online Certificate in ing Deal; listen to musical performanc- www.penn.museum/calendar/510/ Programs; Megan Doherty, Center Creative Writing Virtual Information es by current and former Penn students between-the-lines (Penn Museum). for Global Health; Paul Lu, clinical Session; 6 p.m.; info: www.lpsonline. and de-stress with a Milford Graves- Also December 14, 28. medicine; noon; Zoom meeting; join: sas.upenn.edu/events. inspired coloring book; 7 p.m.; info: https://zoom.us/j/98216476818 (Medi- icaphila.org/events/milford-graves-a- Kelly Writers House Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/ cal Ethics & Health Policy). Morris Arboretum mind-coloring-deal/ (ICA). Biomechanical & Biochemi- Info: http://www.morrisarboretum.org/ calendar 17 Sullivan Fortner; lively solo cal Contributions of Matrix Metal- 2 Trees and the Law; Gilbert High, piano concert combining sounds from 1 Writers House Salon; Sophia loproteinases in Joint Pain: Models, High, Swartz LLP; 1 p.m.; online different eras of jazz; 7 p.m.; online DuRose, Jamie-Lee Josselyn, Carmen Mechanisms & Patients; Meagan evnet; tickets: $25. event; tickets: https://annenbergcenter. Maria Machado, Rowana Miller, and Ita, bioengineering; 3 p.m.; Zoom Al Filreis; 6:30 p.m. Natural Design for the Mid- org/event/sullivan-fortner (Annenberg meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom. 3 us/j/92269228349 (BE). Atlantic States: An Intensive Virtual Center). 8 Stories from the Deep; student Course reading; 6 p.m. The Cradle of Words: Language ; Larry Weaner, New Directions World Café Live and Knowledge Making in Early in the American Landscape; Ian Caton, For a list of online concerts, including Narrative Collage; student read- Latin America Wood Thrush Native Nursery; 1-4:30 9 ; Valeria López Fadul, weekly “Free at Noon” performances, ing; 6 p.m. Wesleyan University; 4:30 p.m.; online p.m.; online events; register: $150. visit https://xpn.org/events/free-at-noon Also December 4. 10 Mournings We Collect For One event; join: https://upenn.zoom. Another: Whatever Sky Awaits Us; us/j/7391452355 (History). 5 Winter Wellness Walks; 1 p.m. ON STAGE student reading; 6 p.m. First Tuesday Lecture Series-Han- Saturdays through March. dle with Care: Get Ready for Your Foal; 10 Martha Graham Dance Company; Penn Libraries an iconic dance company presents an SPECIAL EVENTS Michelle Abraham, Vet; 6:30 p.m.; Online events. Info and to register: evening of solo pieces and duets; 7 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl. https://guides.library.upenn.edu/work- online event; tickets: https://annenberg 1 Penn Bookstore 2020 Gift Cata- com/abraham-talk-dec-1 (Penn Vet). shops center.org/event/martha-graham-dance- log; 25% off in store and sitewide at Secondary Lymphedema in Can- https://upenn.bncollege.com/ using the 2 Making Your Photos Better with company-961 (Annenberg Center). cer Survivors; Jie Deng, Nursing; 8 1 code THEBIG25 or enjoy free ship- a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https:// Photoshop; 2 p.m. ping on all catalog and on-line orders PENN PODCASTS tinyurl.com/deng-talk-dec-2 (PSOM). 2 Library 101 Drop In; 3 p.m. Also now through December 18 using code From Acute HIV Infection to December 16. Amplify Nursing; available every PENNSHIP; http://www.upenn.edu/ Treatment Interruption: HIV-Specific other Wednesday; https://www. bookstore/catalog (Bookstore). Immune Memory Generation, Persis-

ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 11 Contriving Scarcity in Early Korley, University of Delaware; 3 Modern Art and Law; Shira Bris- p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@ man, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom seas.upenn.edu (CBE). meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom. The Life and Death of Turbu- us/j/99905925385 (History of Art). lence; Nigel Goldenfeld, University of 7 Family Background, Exam Per- Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 4 p.m.; formance, and Career Mobility in the Zoom meeting; info: https://www. Qing Civil Service, 1830-1912; Cam- physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & eron Campbell, Hong Kong University Astronomy). of Science and Technology; noon; The Pathos of Chosenness: Who Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl. Are the Jews if Not Exceptional?; com/campbell-talk-dec-7 (PSC). Todd Gitlin, Columbia; 5 p.m.; Zoom Interplay of Receptor Tyrosine meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ Kinase Activation at the Cell Surface gitlin-talk-dec-9 (Katz Center). and Environmental Mechanics; Shalini Activ-ISM; Alma Du Solier, land- Low-Nam, Purdue; noon; online event; scape architect; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: [email protected] (PSOC). register: https://tinyurl.com/du-solier- Research and Rapidly Evolv- talk-dec-9 (Landscape Architecture). ing Care During a Pandemic; Nuala 10 Pharmacogenomics for Epide- Meyer, HUP; noon; Zoom meeting; miologists: The Case of Azathioprine; Livestream Martha Graham Dance Company through Annenberg join: https://zoom.us/j/98084534828 Cecilia Chung, Vanderbilt University; (Medical Ethics & Health Policy). 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: Center on December 10. See On Stage. Penn PhD Colloquium: Where Are https://blue jeans.com/368827150 tence and Recall; Lydie Trautmann, Microsoft Research; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom They Now?; Ilinca Iuraşcu, University (CCEB). Oregon Health and Science University; meeting; info: https://economics.sas. of British Columbia; 1 p.m.; Zoom Television and the Afghan Culture noon; BlueJeans meeting; join: https:// upenn.edu/events (Economics). meeting; info: [email protected] Wars: Brought to You by Foreigners, primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live- Not Dreaming and Other Tech- (Germanic Languages & Literatures). Warlords, and Activists; Wazhmah Os- event/xqbzwhrb (Microbiology). niques of the Body: Trains, Technology Mechanism of Threat Control in man, Temple University; noon; Blue- Exploiting the Singh Center’s and Nation in Socialist Cinema; Na- Humans; Lynn Hasher, University of Jeans meeting; info: https://www.asc. Nanoscale Characterization Facility in thaniel Isaacson, NC State; 4:30 p.m.; Toronto; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; upenn.edu/news-events/events (ASC). Condensed Matter Research; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl. info: https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/ Genus Integration, Abelianiza- Eric Stach, MSE; 3 p.m.; Zoom meet- com/isaacson-talk-dec-3 (CEAS). calendar/month/ (Psychology). tion and Differential Characters; Ivan ing; join: https://tinyurl.com/stach- Epictetus, Caesar, and the A Coxiella Burnetii Secreted Contreras Palacios, Amherst College; talk-dec-2 (Physics & Astronomy). Animals; Kate Meng Brassel, classical Protein Inhibits Host NF-kB Signaling; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https:// Monetary Policy and Mortgage studies; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; Natasha Lopes Fischer, BGS; 4 p.m.; upenn.zoom.us/j/91890239234 Pricing; Alessandro Gavazza, London register: https://tinyurl.com/brassel- online event; info: yevgenig@pen- (Mathematics). School of Economics; 3:30 p.m.; talk-dec-3 (Classical Studies). nmedicine.upenn.edu (Microbiology). 11 Ciclo de Encuentros Virtuales Zoom meeting; info: https://econom- Fels Public Policy in Practice This Land is My/Our/Their Land; Chocó, Colombia, Historia y Ter- Speaker Series ics.sas.upenn.edu/events (Economics). ; Richard Cordray, Jared Farmer, history; Bethany Wiggin, ritorio; Daniel Ruiz-Serna, Harvard Track-Triggering at CMS for Consumer Financial Protection Bu- Germanic Languages and Literatures; University; 1 p.m.; Spanish-language the High-Luminosity LHC; Louise reau; 5:30 p.m.; online event; register: 4 p.m.; online event; register: https:// talk; online event; info: farnswor@sas. Skinnari, Northeastern University; 4 https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ tinyurl.com/farmer-wiggin-dec-7 upenn.edu (LALS). p.m.; online event; info: https://www. public-policy-practice-richard-cordray (Penn Lightbulb Café). physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & (Fels Institute). Regulation and Regulatory 14 Genetic and Structural Char- Astronomy). Authority During a Public Health acterization of the Kingella kingae 4 MSD-AAD Meet the Building Lipopolysaccharide; Center for Africana Studies Experts Lecture Series Emergency; panel of speakers; 4:30 Nina Montoya, ; Zhu Pei, PSOM; 4 p.m.; online event; info: Faculty Research Colloquium; Shaun Studio Zhu-Pei, Beijing; 9 a.m.; Zoom p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: master@ Ossei-Owusu, Penn Law; Elizabeth [email protected] meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ law.upenn.edu (Penn Law). (Microbiology). Hinton, Yale; 4:30 p.m.; online event; zhu-pei-dec-4 (Graduate Architecture). A Book History of the Novel; info: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/ Center for Africana Studies 15 Measuring the Effects of Co- Priya Joshi, Temple University; 5:15 workers on Wages; events (Africana Studies). Faculty Research Colloquium; Ramah p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://pen- Jianhong Xin, You Want a Confederate McKay, HSS; Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, nmaterialtexts.org/about/events/ (Penn economics; noon; Zoom meeting; info: Monument? My Body Is a Confederate University of the Witwatersrand; noon; Libraries). https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events Monument; Caroline Randall Williams, online event; info: https://africana.sas. (Economics). author; 6 p.m.; online event; registra- 8 Clinical Endpoints for Evaluating upenn.edu/events (Africana Studies). Efficacy in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials; Penn Dental tion: $5; https://tinyurl.com/williams- “Hitler did not achieve his power talk-dec-2 (Penn Museum). Devan V. Mehrotra, Merck; 3:30 p.m.; Info and to register: https://www. by a coup d’état”: Race, Risk and BlueJeans meeting; join: https://blue dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ Genetic Ancestry and Race- American Religious Groups’ Views 3 jeans.com/885381327 (CCEB). Total Site Optimization: Expand- Based Medicine in 2020; Adam Bress, of Hitler in 1935; Melissa J. Wilde, Welfare Comparisons for Biased 3 University of Utah; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans sociology; Meghan Garrity, political ing the Horizons. Hard and Soft Tissue Learning; Yuhta Ishii, Penn State; 4 Manipulations to Enhance the Final meeting; join: https://bluejeans. science; noon; Zoom meeting; info: p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://eco- com/368827150 (CCEB). https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events Outcome; Samvel Bleyan, dentist; 6 p.m. nomics.sas.upenn.edu/events Diagnosis and Treatment of My Own Flesh and Blood: Strati- (Sociology). (Economics). 7 fied Parental Compassion and Law in Notes on Bioconservative Femi- Transverse Problems; Chun-Hsi Korean Slavery; Sun Joo Kim, Harvard nism: Femonationalists, White Slaves 9 Making the Switch: Cytomegalo- Chung, orthodontics; 6:30 p.m. virus Latency and Reactivation; Felicia University; noon; Zoom meeting; and Adult Human Females; Sophie 10 Beyond Basics-Chairside CAD/ register: https://tinyurl.com/sun-joo- Lewis, Alice Paul Center visiting Goodrum, University of Arizona CAM Materials and Esthetic Solutions; kim-dec-3 (Korean Studies). scholar; noon; virtual event; register: College of Medicine; noon; BlueJeans Gisele Neiva, University of Michigan; The Rhetoric of Waste and the https://tinyurl.com/lewis-talk-dec-4 meeting; register: https://primetime. 6 p.m. Politics of Human Disposability from (GSWS). bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbz- whrb (Microbiology). 17 Block Allografts: A Viable Alterna- the Americas to the Arab World; Hana The Model Minority Myth: Its tive to Autogenous Block Grafts; Cecil Masri, Annenberg; noon; Zoom meet- Impact on Academic Stress and Mental Bio-Inspired Pathways to Ma- nipulating Architecture and Mechanics White, periodontist; 6 p.m. ing; register: http://asc.upenn.edu/ Health Help-Seeking Attitudes; Tiffany in Polymeric Materials; LaShanda cargc2021 (ASC). Tieu, ASAM Fellow; 1 p.m.; Zoom Between Heritage and De- meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ struction: The Case of Murujuga tieu-talk-dec-4 (ASAM). Petroglyphs; José Antonio González Swarming Bacteria as Novel Zarandona, Columbia; 12:30 p.m.; on- Active Biomaterials–Insights Into line event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ the Collective Mechanics, Particle zarandona-talk-dec-3 (Penn Museum). Transport and Morphological Adapta- tion in Swarming Bacteria From In- December Who Gets a Second Chance? Ef- fectiveness and Equity in Supervision Silico Experiments; Arvind Gopinath, of Criminal Offenders; Evan Rose, University of California Merced; 2 p.m.; online event; info: kathom@seas. upenn.edu (PICS). A T P E N N

12 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 Gifts of Involvement An array of gifts appropriate for ardent aficionados and advocates of animals, archaeology, anthropology, art, arboreta, athletics and academia.

Alluring Art: Give the art counts on educational classes and excursions; virtual season performances: https://tickets. fan in your life a chance to get Seasons newsletter; admission privileges to over annenbergcenter.org/gift/add.aspx up close and personal with art- 300 gardens and arboreta through the American Support West Philly Businesses: Do- ists and their works by purchas- Horticulture Society; discounts for local gar- nate to local businesses and organizations in ing a membership to the Arthur den centers and priceless memories of visiting need through University City District’s West Ross Gallery or the Institute of the garden in every season. Memberships start at Philly Forward campaign. Choose who to di- Contemporary Art. Friends of $65 and can be purchased online at http://www. rectly support below. Can’t decide? Donate to the Arthur Ross Gallery will be morrisarboretum.org/membership.shtml or by UCD, who will split 100% of funds equally invited to openings, will receive calling (215) 247-5777 ext. 205. among all participating businesses and organi- free admission to film series for selected exhibi- zations. Learn more at https://www.westphilly tions, will be given symposium and publication forward.com/ discounts and will receive updates via e-newslet- Sweet Sounds: Give the gift of a mem- ter. The Arthur Ross Gallery presents art from a bership to Penn’s member-supported radio sta- wide range of media, periods, cultures and tradi- tion, WXPN 88.5 FM, by pledging a donation at tions. Information: https://tinyurl.com/rossfriend Detection Dogs: Shop through Superfit https://xpn.secure.force.com/donate. Member- Members of ICA will have the chance to at- Canine to get the latest Penn Vet Working Dog ship levels begin at $5 per month, with a variety tend members-only exhibition previews with Center merchandise, with a portion of proceeds of thank you gifts attached to certain amounts. artists and curators. ICA has championed artists supporting the Working Dog Center’s mission, Members will receive a discount at many lo- and exhibited artwork for more than 50 years. at http://capable-canine.com/shop/ cal businesses and institutions with their XPN Membership is free for current Penn students Member Card. and $25 for non-Penn students. Non-student memberships begin at $50, with additional ben- efits available at each level. Details are available at https://icaphila.org/support/

Green Greetings: Send a holiday eCard through Penn Business Services this year and promote sustainability while sending your wish- The department of music at Penn established es. The newly redesigned website include holi- the Friends of Music to enhance and promote day cards with scenes from Penn. Choose your student and professional musical performances Book Drive: Help build an elementary cards at https://cms.business-services.upenn. across Penn’s campus. Friends receive concert school student’s home library with a book from edu/ecard2/welcome/ mailings and an annual newsletter along with in- the Mirrors Collection! This hand-picked col- vitations to special student and professional per- lection, created by the Penn Libraries’ Commu- Literary Lovers: Friends of the Kelly Writers House help sustain seminars, readings, formances sponsored by the department of mu- nity Engagement Program, focuses on social sic. Become an Individual Friend starting at $50. justice, health, and emotional literacy, high- webcasts and podcasts. Friends are acknowl- edged on the Writers House website and receive Information: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ lighting stories that reflect students’ lived expe- friends-music riences. Get ideas for your own holiday gifts or a copy of the Writers House Annual, which ac- contribute to the book drive to support students knowledges their gift. Membership levels begin in West Philadelphia! More information: https:// at $40 and go up to $2,500. Information: http:// tinyurl.com/Fallmirrors2020 writing.upenn.edu/wh/support/become.php Give the gifts of ad- E-Card Website Redesign Botanical Beauty: Morris Arboretum of- Marvelous Museum: The University’s e-Card website, fers great holiday gifts, starting with a Morris venture and discovery with a full year’s mem- overseen by Business Services, under- Arboretum membership. Members of the Morris bership to the Penn Museum. Members enjoy went a full redesign just in time for the Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Com- unlimited general admission; access to exclu- holiday season! The new site offers ex- monwealth, receive free admission all year long; sive exhibition previews and special events; a panded functionality, allowing users to a 10% discount in the Shop and Café and dis- subscription to Expedition magazine; and dis- send cards to multiple recipients at one counts in the Museum Shop (15%) and the Pep- time, while still personalizing the recipi- per Mill Café (10%). To select the right mem- ent’s name as it will appear on their card. bership for a loved one, call (215) 898-5093 Penn Bookstore Catalog Users can also choose how they would or visit https://www.penn.museum/give-join/ like to receive information about e-Card The Penn Bookstore is pleased to membership present the 2020 Gift Catalog! Choose activity once a message is sent, either from a broad selection of merchandise Save the Stages: The mission of the Na- finding out in real-time who has opened a that proudly displays the Penn brand. In tional Independent Venue Association (NIVA) card, or receiving a “daily digest” of card addition to apparel, find truly unique col- is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of in- performance directly to their inbox. lectibles. Take advantage of either of two dependent live music venues and promoters In addition to its expanded functional- special promotions: Save 25% off SITE- throughout the United States, including World ity, the site debuts over 10 new cards, in- WIDE starting November 27 through Cafe Live. Tell your legislators to save inde- cluding many new animated options, all December 1 (Use code THEBIG25) or pendent music venues and donate to benefit the with musical backgrounds. Business Ser- enjoy FREE SHIPPING on all catalog NIVA Emergency Relief Fund at https://tinyurl. vices has also introduced a new section to and on-line orders now through Decem- com/saveourstagesNIVA the e-card site – the “Zoom Background” ber 18 (Use code PENNSHIP). Let your category allows users to choose from and Penn Pride be a gift this winter season! download 6 different campus scenes and For faculty and staff members on cam- custom Penn-branded images, allowing pus, enjoy 25% off in-store from No- you to display your Penn Pride on your vember 27 through December 1 (some next Zoom meeting or get-together. We exclusions apply, including technology, Stage Spectacular: Treat loved ones to encourage you to visit www.upenn.edu/ textbooks, and gift card purchases). live performances streamed from the Annenberg ecards to explore these new options and Center theatres. Gift certificates, available in features and start sending today. any amount, are redeemable for all 2020-2021

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Professional and Personal Penn Healthy You Workshops • Fill out Attestation Forms to get credit for Development Programs Open to faculty and staff. Register at certain completed Bonus Actions Open to faculty and staff. Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration. • Create a personal challenge and invite http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/ Vinyasa Yoga; 12/4; noon-1 p.m. Vinyasa players to join Assertiveness Skills; 12/2 12:30-1:30 p.m. Yoga is a unique sequence of postures aimed at • Connect devices and apps that will sync to You may experience situations when you need to strengthening the mind-body connection. Its hall- the platform be assertive to complete a task, goal or project. mark is the emphasis on the connection between There will also be a Q&A section at the end In this class, we will identify personal blocks to breath and body. With roots in multiple forms of the demonstration in which participants can assertiveness, identify both assertive and non- of classic yoga—including ashtanga vinyasa submit questions via the chat feature. assertive language and behaviors, and learn ways yoga—this class will allow you to stretch and Chair Yoga; 12/16; noon-1 p.m. Plenty of to use assertiveness in everyday situations. strengthen your body and clarify your mind. This people turn to yoga for exercise, but striking a Conflict Resolution; 12/3; 12:30-1:30 p.m. method encourages vitality, strength, and healing pose isn’t for everyone. If you’ve been tempted During this course, we will learn the different as we work with the body as a whole. No previ- to try it but don’t know where to start, it’s time types of conflict, learn to use several tools to ous experience or knowledge of yoga is required. to try chair yoga. Chair yoga is a more moderate help us address conflict in healthy and productive Nutrition Cooking Demonstration; 12/7; form of yoga that’s done while sitting in a chair ways, learn how to reap the benefits of conflict, noon-1 p.m. Join Corporate Wellness Nutri- or using a chair for support. You get the same and finally how to mitigate its risks. We’ll also tion (formerly Family Food) for a live cooking benefits of a regular yoga workout (like increased practice using these tools together so that we can demonstration via Zoom! Learn healthy cooking strength, flexibility, and balance) but don’t have all become more confident in handling disagree- methods while observing a tasty recipe being to master complex poses. Chair yoga can even ments within our team and in our personal lives. prepared by chef and Registered Dietitian, Emma better your breathing and teach you how to relax Your Career @ Penn; 12/4; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Donnelly. your mind and improve your wellbeing. Ready Navigating Your Career at Penn has been de- Bodypump; 12/8; noon-1 p.m. A toning and to give it a try? Join us for a free Chair Yoga veloped to assist staff in building their careers conditioning class with weights that is for every- workshop. And don’t worry about your experi- at Penn by helping to connect your skills and body! It’s perfect for anyone who wants to add ence or flexibility—chair yoga can be modified abilities with career opportunities. The session strength training into their aerobic workout. You for all levels! This workshop will be led by Judith will be facilitated by Penn HR. Topics include: won’t know if you don’t go. So meet the chal- Glass from UPHS. Increasing Your Marketability at Penn and Inter- lenge and reap the rewards! Barre; 12/17; noon-1 p.m. A unique, high nal Job Strategies. New Wellness Program and Platform Demo energy, no-to-low impact class that combines How to Make Yourself Indispensable; 12/8; by Virgin Pulse; 12/10; noon-1 p.m. Join us for barre work, lightweights, and cardiovascular 12:30-1:30 p.m. Indispensable employees per- a virtual live demonstration of the new Virgin work with continual fat burning motion. Central form with a mindset that drives them to think, Pulse wellness platform! During the demonstra- to the workout are toning and resistance exer- act, and behave differently. In this seminar, you’ll tion, Virgin Pulse Client Success Manager Emma cises for the lower body, legs, torso, and arms learn how to: take ownership of your responsibili- Doyle will walk participants through many to sculpt muscles and elongate the appearance ties and results, take initiative to go above and aspects of the platform, showing you how to: of your body. beyond what is expected of you, expand your • Enroll and set up your Virgin Pulse account, Yoga; 12/21; noon-1 p.m. This class is great sphere of influence, perform well under pressure, including the mobile app for people who are just starting out with yoga adapt to changing situations, and avoid being • Create your user profile, plus set your topics or anyone who is looking for a class targeting replaceable. and interests flexibility. Come to a yoga practice that con- Work-life Workshops • Review the dashboard page, including daily centrates on the fundamentals, where you can Open to faculty and staff. Register at cards and support options when you need focus on strength, flexibility, and balance, with www.hr.upenn.edu/registration. assistance an emphasis on good body alignment and stress How Caregivers Can Secure the Future of • Explore Virgin Pulse programs, including relief through breathwork. Whatever your level Their Dependent with Special Needs; 12/3; noon- challenges, tracking options, Journeys, of yoga experience, this practice allows you to 1 p.m. This workshop addresses such critical and more meet yourself where you are and finish feeling issues as protecting government benefit eligi- • Review Be in the Know 2020-2021 cam- great in mind and body. bility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), paign activities, including the Health Check —Division of Human Resources Special Needs Trusts, ABLE Accounts, and the and all Bonus Actions importance of a will. Grow Where You are Planted; Penn Tennis Center Update 12/10; 12:30- Dear Penn Tennis Center Members, 1:30 p.m. There may be times when we wish things were different at work and/or in our I am writing to share an update regarding tennis activity at Penn based on the new Philadelphia city guidelines that were announced on November 16. home life. Sometimes it’s time for a change, December 20 and other times it isn’t. How do we know when Outdoor tennis activity will remain open through , weather permitting. Effective to accept things as they are, or when a change immediately, our staff will monitor the hourly forecast and adjust the operating hours as needed. in perspective is needed? Do your employees If the weather is under 40 degrees and winds over 15 mph, we will not be open for outdoor tennis activity and notify the cancellation of any reservations or lessons. want to be promoted faster, or are they restless? Saturday, November 21 This seminar explores the typical flow of human In addition, effective this upcoming , all group programming will be sus- reactions and responses, and suggests practical pended until early 2021. Singles play (maximum of 2 people per court) and individual private lessons tips for enjoying whatever stage participants are will continue. Doubles play and any semi-private lessons will be restricted to groups of immediate experiencing. Proven strategies such as gaining family members only. As a reminder, masks are required while visiting our facility, including while clarity, brainstorming creatively, re-framing and playing on court. Due to the expected forecast and historically limited reservation activity over the Thanksgiving parallel paths are some of the useful tools par- November 26 Sunday, November 29 ticipants will learn about. weekend, we will be closed Thanksgiving Day, through . We The Benefits of Mindfulness; 12/15; 7-8:30 will be open Wednesday, November 25 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and will reopen with normal operating p.m. The practice of mindfulness is associated hours of 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. on Monday, November 30. Beginning December 21, 2020, we will suspend our tennis operations for the holiday season with stress reduction, improved attention and January 5, 2021 memory, enhanced mood, and even improved through . We tentatively plan to reopen our indoor tennis courts to our member psychological and physiological functioning. base in January of 2021 as long as we can do so safety under University and the city of Philadelphia But what exactly is mindfulness? Join Michael guidelines. Once the reopening date is confirmed, we will reach out to you, our member base, with Baime, MD, the founder and Director of the Penn updated information. Program for Mindfulness, for this introduction to Thank you all for your support during these trying times. We are sincerely grateful for your pa- mindfulness workshop. The evening will include tience, flexibility and understanding as we continue to navigate the pandemic while providing access a presentation, a period of mindfulness practice, to our facilities in a safe manner. and Q&A. No prior mindfulness experience is You will receive a follow up email regarding membership extensions and existing credits for necessary and everyone is warmly invited. pre-purchased services next week. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email us at [email protected]. —Ellah Nze, Manager, Racquet Sports 14 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 Holiday Garden Railway Returns to Morris Arboretum November 27 Update Morris Arboretum’s ever-popular holiday 28-29, December 5- 6, 12-13, 19-20, and 26-27. 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(Please note part, through the generosity of Gwen and Ed 29 Opening Presentation; 1 p.m. that the Arboretum is closed December 24, 25, Asplundh and by a gift given in memory of Joe Simple Women. and January 1). Masks are required for all visi- Shuttleworth. 30 tors over the age of 2. TALKS For those who would like to see the Holiday Garden Railway by night, Holiday Garden Rail- 24 OAS Work Against Landmines in Colom- way Nights (below) returns this year for TEN bia and Other Weapons; Carl Case, Organiza- evenings on Saturday and Sunday nights, be- tion of American States; 4:30 p.m.; online event; ginning on Thanksgiving weekend through De- https://tinyurl.com/OAS-talk-vov-24 (LALS). cember 27, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Lighted trees 30 Environmental and Genetic Determinants and colored cone lights pave the way to the out- of Malaria Transmission; Matthias Marti, Uni- door railway site, adding to the festive atmo- versity of Glasgow; noon; Zoom meeting; join: sphere. 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ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 15 TALK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING

Rebooting the Classroom: Knowledge, Skills, and Community in the Time of COVID-19 Heather J. Sharkey

Teaching Across Social Distance with students regularly. In discussions and surveys, I have posed questions What a year! In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck and like, “What has been working well, and less well, in your courses?” “How lurched us from in-person to online instruction. With labs, libraries, and are you doing?” and “Do you have advice for me about teaching?” classrooms shut, we scrambled to hold classes through live video meet- In my first survey, before classes started in September, I asked, “What ings, prerecorded lectures, and virtual discussions. We revised tests, as- do you want to get from this course academically and socially?” My first- signments, and expectations to suit the digital realm. We greeted students year seminar students—some of whom have not yet set foot on Penn’s across time zones knowing that, say, a 2 p.m. class in Philadelphia would campus—offered simple but poignant answers. One, from Florida, wrote, mean 3 a.m. in Seoul. Numb and stiff from staring at screens, we grappled “I’d like to come out of my time at Penn with some lifelong friends.” with symptoms of “Zoom fatigue.” Another, from Georgia, remarked, “It’s pretty important to me to meet Circumstances forced us to think on our feet, and we did it. But as people and make friends in this online classroom environment.” A third summer began and fall approached, I aspired to teach online more ef- from New York declared that, “Socially, making a couple of friends from fectively. But how? I remained committed to maintaining high standards. the class would be awesome… [I want] to meet people who will become I also knew that I had to keep up morale and show flexibility as students my future friends when we finally meet on campus!” The message was coped not only with illness or the fear of it, but also with lost internship clear: transitioning into college, they hoped for friends, friends, friends. and job opportunities, environmental crises, U.S. political rancor, and As a historian who has written books about the social dynamics of na- reckonings with racial injustice. The challenge was steep. tional and religious communities, I have thought a lot about how communi- Among the many things I have learned about teaching this year is that ties form. The pandemic and shut-downs have prompted me to apply ideas classrooms are places where faculty can play a critical role in cultivat- about community dynamics more explicitly to my teaching, especially now ing well-being among students, in addition to promoting knowledge and that students are not running into each other on campus in places like Van scholarship. Pelt Library and Locust Walk, as they would in normal times. By keeping us apart, the pandemic of 2020 has amplified the importance of the online Setting Goals, Adapting Approaches Recognizing the trepidation that many faculty had as they looked ahead, classroom as a place where the Penn community “happens.” the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offered a two-week, online Building Community seminar this summer called “Course Design for Whatever the Fall Brings.” I have been using my two online seminars this semester to foster the I signed up. The CTL prepared a Canvas site that modeled what we might connections that students are craving. Although my courses have mod- devise for our classes. It combined asynchronous videos, readings, and est asynchronous elements (such as short recorded lectures for context), discussion boards with synchronous Zoom meetings and breakout rooms. I have been using all allotted regular class time—three hours a week per Participants drafted mock assignments and swapped ideas about optimal course—for synchronous meetings. Each week, we spend roughly two practices for everything from workloads and grading policies to alternative hours discussing readings and assignments, with a break when I urge stu- research experiences. The seminar advised faculty to rethink courses and to dents to stretch, take a walk, and get refreshments. We keep about one plot syllabi according to “backward design” and “scaffolding.” Decide what hour for group activities, usually in breakout rooms where, for example, you want students to achieve by semester’s end, and then build the syllabus students discuss research papers-in-progress, or collaborate in writing ar- backwards while installing steps or scaffolds to reach targets. And make ticles for Wikipedia. I try to preserve ten minutes or so for informal con- sure that students know, clearly, the plan and goals. versations when students can simply chat. Meanwhile, I stay in the main I emerged from the CTL program realizing that the outcomes I wanted “Zoom room” where students can see me as if in office hours. They seem entailed both content (in my case, vis-à-vis modern Middle Eastern his- eager to talk, so I often stay longer or schedule extra meetings for other tory and culture) and skills (e.g., writing a well-argued paper). From start days and times. to finish, I overhauled my syllabi while choosing new readings (texts that I use old-fashioned email, too. To build a sense of community and help were engaging, substantive, but somewhat shorter than before); devising students stay on track, I send a group message a day or two before class, assignments that used online resources creatively; and spacing graded reminding them of the week’s agenda and assignments coming due. work to avoid the mid-term and end-of-term pile-ups that students re- My first-year students, who have been Zooming in from Seattle to Bei- ported as sources of stress. I also devised some “low-stakes” assignments rut, tell me how grateful they are for the time we spend in class. They say that aimed to be fun. In one class, for example, I showed students how to that our weekly breakout rooms are helping them to feel more connected search in the Penn Museum’s digital collections to find an object related and to make friends. I also organized, at their request, an online Zoom to our subject, and then asked them to draft a zingy but scholarly Insta- party one Friday night, where a member of the class led us in playing a gram post like what the museum might use on its feed. This assignment, I collaborative game on our cell phones called “Among Us”. A few weeks explained, aimed to acquaint them with the museum’s resources, engage later, we organized an online Halloween costume party. I take it as an them in writing for the public, and introduce them to material history and excellent sign that several of them have already hatched a plan to meet for microhistory as ways of approaching the past. dinner when they finally move onto campus. The pedagogical rebooting that I did for the fall left me feeling ener- Three Outcomes gized. I have greeted my classes this semester with an enthusiasm that I I now know that I want not just two, but three, outcomes for my cours- hope I have passed to my students. es. Besides developing knowledge and skills, I want to help students forge Students Want Friends esprit de corps. I hope that my online classrooms will function as intel- In the spring as the semester ended, as well as over the summer as lectually vibrant, welcoming spaces where students can feel good about I worked online with interns through the Penn Undergraduate Research themselves and their learning, and close to Penn and each other, regardless Mentoring (PURM) program, and now this fall, I have been checking in of physical distance.

Heather J. Sharkey is a professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. In 2011 she won the Charles Ludwig Distinguished Teaching Award, which was established by the College Alumni Society in memory of its long-time president, Charles Ludwig, and is given to recognize a School of Arts and Sciences standing faculty member who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the engagement of students as active and interactive participants in the learning process.

This essay continues the series that began in the fall of 1994 as the joint creation of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Lindback Society for Distinguished Teaching.

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