UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday May 29, 2018 Volume 64 Number 36 www.upenn.edu/almanac Constantia Constantinou: Vice Provost and Director of Penn Libraries University of Pennsylvania Provost Wendell College the previ- Pritchett recently announced the appointment of ous 12 years. Constantia Constantinou as the H. Carton Rog- She created an ers III Vice Provost and Director of the Penn Li- ambitious strate- braries, effective August 1. gic plan for the Ms. Constantinou will replace Mr. Rogers, Stony Brook Li- who has led the Penn Libraries since 2004 and braries, redefining is retiring after a 43-year career at Penn. the libraries as a “Constantia is a global leader in integrat- hub of collabora- ing the work of a large university library sys- tion in scholarly tem with the wider academic mission of a uni- and digital initia- versity,” Provost Pritchett said. “In particular, tives and working she has been a pioneer throughout her career in Stephen J. Schuster with students, fac- Carl June developing digital, multimedia and technology ulty, researchers initiatives in large university library systems FDA Approves CAR T Therapy for and staff across and in advancing partnerships among libraries, the university, Large B-Cell Lymphoma Developed museums and universities.” especially in de- Constantia Constantinou at University of Pennsylvania For the past five years, Ms. Constantinou veloping the dig- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been Dean of University Libraries at Stony ital humanities, open access and a Center for (FDA) has expanded approval for a personal- Brook University of The State University of Scholarly Communication. ized cellular therapy developed at the Univer- New York (SUNY), as well as a SUNY Distin- Ms. Constantinou began her career at New sity of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center, guished Librarian. She was the Director of the York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library this time for the treatment of adult patients with Stephen B. Luce Library at SUNY-Maritime and has brought her focus on digital and multi- relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma media technology to leadership positions at the after two or more lines of systemic therapy. This Penn Dental Medicine 2018 City University of New York, at Rutgers Uni- approval includes treatment of diffuse large B- versity Libraries, and as Director of the Helen cell lymphoma (DLBCL)—the most common Teaching Awards Penn Dental Medicine faculty/staff members T. Arrigoni Technology Library at Iona College. form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL)—as Twice named a Fulbright Scholar, she is an well as high-grade B-cell lymphoma and DLB- were honored for excellence in teaching by the School’s graduating class of DMD students with active member of the global university library CL arising from follicular lymphoma. The ap- community, publishing articles and reviews, proval was granted to Novartis for the chimeric the 2018 teaching awards. Each year, these awards are presented by students as part of Senior Fare- delivering conference presentations around the antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy Kymri- world, and serving in leadership positions for the ah® (tisagenlecleucel, formerly CTL019), mak- well, an annual event that celebrates the passage of students to professional dentistry and welcomes Association of Research Libraries, Online Com- ing it the second indication for the nation’s first puter Library Catalogue, and International Fed- personalized cellular therapy for cancer. them into the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Soci- ety. This year’s event was held May 8 at The Bel- eration of Library Associations, among others. DLBCL affects approximately 30 percent of In addition, she is an accomplished classi- patients with NHL, and there are an estimated levue in Center City Philadelphia. The awards and recipients included the following: cal guitarist who studied at the Royal School 27,000 newly diagnosed cases of DLBCL in the of Music in London before earning a bachelor’s U.S. each year. About 6,500 of those patients Basic Science Award degree in music and a master’s degree in mu- have relapsed or refractory disease after two The Basic Science Award is presented for sic theory from Queens College of the City Uni- or more therapies and may now be eligible for excellence in teaching versity of New York, where she also earned her Kymriah. within the basic sci- master’s of library science degree. “This is an exciting event—seeing this life- ences. This year’s re- “I am confident that Constantia will bring saving therapy become available widely to a cipient is Mel Muppa- tremendous energy and vision to her work at the large patient population with an unmet medical rapu (D’96), professor Penn Libraries, building on Carton’s legacy and need,” said Stephen J. Schuster, the Robert and of oral medicine and collaborating with the many wonderful partners Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Professor in Chronic director of radiolo- that she will meet across our university,” Pro- Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lymphoma Clini- gy. Dr. Mupparapu vost Pritchett said. “I am grateful to the Board of cal Care and Research and director of the Lym- has been part of the Overseers, who has recognized Carton’s tenure phoma Program at Penn’s Abramson Cancer School’s faculty for with a generous gift that names the Directorship Center. “Many lives may be saved.” 13 years, present- in his honor, and to the members of the ad hoc In August 2017, Kymriah became the first ly teaching radiology consultative committee who helped us arrive at therapy based on gene transfer ever approved and oral medicine in this outstanding result.” by the FDA when it was authorized for children nine courses, includ- and young adults with relapsed or refractory ing three for which he Mel Mupparapu INSIDE B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia serves as course director. In addition, Dr. Mup- 2 Planned Data Center Outage; HCM Town Hall; (ALL). The FDA’s action is the latest accom- parapu also directs the radiology honors pro- Trustees; Meeting; WXPN Policy Board Meeting plishment in the alliance between Penn and No- gram and the radiology fellowship program. 3 Deaths; Honors & Other Things 6 Penn’s Gardens: Useful and Ornamental vartis, which entered into a global collaboration In selecting the recipient of this award, the stu- 8 PASEF 2017-2018 Annual Report in 2012 to further research, develop and com- dents noted, “The basic sciences are the corner- 9 The World On View at the Arthur Ross Gallery mercialize Kymriah and other CAR T-cell thera- stone of our dental education and our teachers 10 HR: Upcoming Programs; Citizen Salon at ARG; Burrison Gallery: Members Show and Call for pies for the treatment of cancers. have fostered in us an appreciation of how clini- Artists; Arboretum’s Nature Play Investigators at Penn’s Perelman School of cal practice is continually advanced by the dis- 11 Penn Children’s Center Rates; CrimeStats; SEPTA Medicine who led research, development and coveries made at the bench.” 12 Research Roundup (continued on page 5) (continued on page 2) Pullout: Sumer AT PENN ALMANAC May 29, 2018 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 WXPN Policy Board Meeting: June 18 The next meeting of the WXPN Policy Board will HCM Town Hall: June 7 take place on Monday, June 18, at noon at Penn’s Human Capital Management Transformation Initiative invites the Penn commu- WXPN. For more information call (215) 898-0628. nity to join the team in a Town Hall meeting on June 7, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Fitts Audi- torium, Penn Law School. Registration is requested as space is limited: https://tinyurl.com/ Trustees Meetings: June 21-22 y99jg5w9 Meetings will be at the Inn at Penn. The Town Hall, focusing on Building the Future of Work at Penn will cover Workday@ Thursday, June 21 8:30-10 a.m., Local, National, & Global Penn, a cloud-based, integrated modern system that will replace many of the current systems Engagement Committee that manage faculty affairs, human resources, payroll and other HCM-related processes. 10:15-11:45 a.m., Facilities & Campus · What is Workday@Penn? Planning Committee · What does Workday@Penn look like? 1:45-3:15 p.m., Student Life Committee · What does Workday@Penn do? 3:30-5 p.m., Academic Policy Committee, There will also be a a video demonstration, followed by Q&A. To submit a ques- Budget & Finance Committee tion: https://tinyurl.com/y7kg65ve Friday, June 22 Executive sponsors and members of the Program Management Office will discuss the 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stated Meeting digital transformation and the impact on the campus community. Learn about the success of the Penn Employee Solution Center, part of the people-centered Planned Data Center Outage for services to provide consistent, up-to-date responses to the Penn community’s questions. August 4-5 ISC has scheduled a data center outage for Sat- Penn Dental Medicine 2018 Teaching Awards urday, August 4. The 3401 Walnut Data Center, which houses a number of critical University appli- (continued from page 1) Earle Bank Hoyt Award cations and services, will be taken off-line for ac- The Earle Bank tivities associated with the migration and decom- Robert E. DeRevere Award Hoyt Award is pre- missioning of the facility. It is expected that the full The Robert E. DeR- sented for excellence 48-hour maintenance window will be necessary: evere Award is pre- in teaching to a Penn August 4, 12 a.m. through August 5, 11:59 p.m. sented for excellence Dental Medicine grad- During this 48-hour maintenance window, in preclinical teaching uate who is a full-time please note: by a part-time faculty junior faculty mem- • Clients potentially impacted by the outage will member.