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IN THIS ISSUE2 Senate:SECAgenda,NominationsforOffices3 Death:Dr.Wales,Dr.Wilf;StaffandFaculty Eco-Reps;OnlinePatient-AccessibleHealthRecords4 Honors&OtherThings5 DiversityFund6 Pre-taxDecreaseforCommuterChoiceProgram; USPSRateIncrease;MLKDayofService; RaviColtraneQuintet;McNairScholars7 Update;CrimeStats;OneStepAhead:Security& Privacy;GoodbyetoStress;2012SummerCamps8 TheManyFacesofBenjaminFranklinatPenn

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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Welcome Back From the President

—Amy Gutmann

$16 Million for Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative

The Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania announced the establishment of the Neurosci-ence of Behavior Initiative. This new initiative, funded by an anonymous gift, will strengthen Penn programs in basic, translational, clinical, and population research into the areas of addic-tion, depressive disorders, and neurodegenera-tive disease. The gift, totaling more than $16.3 million, is the largest to neuroscience at Penn Medicine, and among the largest individual gifts to medical research in the US in 2011. The gift is the first phase of what is anticipated to be a long-term investment by these donors in this initiative.

The Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative will build on previous groundbreaking work in mental and neurological research and care at Penn Medicine by uniting researchers, physicians, educators, and policy makers to improve understanding, treatments, and prevention for brain and behavioral disorders. The goal of this interdisciplinary effort is to develop new science, and to translate science

Happy New Year and welcome back to Penn! As we embark on a new semester, I want to thank every member of the Penn community for continuing to distinguish this University as a place where individual passions fuel a collective purpose. Because of your commitment to collaboration, cre-ativity, and innovation, 2011 was a year filled with noteworthy achievements. I know 2012 will con-tinue this trend.

In December, we proudly announced that Penn Med received $16.3 million—one of the largest individual gifts made to medical research in the United States in 2011—to establish the Neurosci-ence of Behavior Initiative. In October, President Barack Obama presented professor Ralph Brinster of Penn Vet with the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers. Dr. Brinster is the first veterinarian, and the eighth Penn faculty member, to receive this prestigious award.

The American Physical Society elected five Penn faculty to its 2011 APS Fellowship class. They are Mark Devlin, Alan “Charlie” Johnson, and Joshua Klein of the Department of Physics and As-tronomy; Feng Gai of the Department of Chemistry; and Howard Hu of the Department of Mechan-ical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

Kudos go to Barbara Savage of the Department of History, who won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion for her extremely insightful book Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion. And to James Corner, Chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture, who was awarded the commission to design new public spaces for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park South in London.

These, of course, are but a few of the many remarkable achievements made by Penn faculty last year. I am especially proud that in 2011 the entire Penn community put into motion a comprehen-sive plan that will catapult forward our commitment to creating a university community that reflects and respects the richness of the world it serves by introducing Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diver-sity and Excellence. As an important step, Provost Vince Price has appointed John L. Jackson, Jr., the Richard Perry University Professor of Communications and Anthropology, to be Senior Advisor to the Provost for Diversity. I look forward to working diligently with Vince, John, and all of you to make Penn a place of even greater creativity, innovation, and inclusion.

Outside our classrooms, studios, and laboratories, we saw a transformation of Penn’s campus in 2011. In September, we celebrated the opening of Penn Park, the centerpiece of our Penn Connects long-range development plan, which weaves together our campus, West Philadelphia and Center City. We also officially opened the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, and named the Perel-man School of Medicine, with great gratitude to Raymond and Ruth Perelman for their historic gift.

The opening of Penn Park marked the completion of the first phase of Penn Connects, and this year we will launch Penn Connects 2.0, the second phase of the plan. This second phase will include the opening of Golkin Hall, the beautiful new wing at Penn Law, the completion of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, and the renovation of our historic ARCH building. We will continue with our transformative plans to construct a new College House between 33rd and 34th on Chestnut Street, and we also will enter the design phase of the new Neural Behavioral Sciences building.

Next fall, we will add even more green space to campus with the opening of Shoemaker Green in front of the Palestra. Our second college green will be a welcoming, tree-lined public commons with walkways and an inviting sitting area. Overlooking Shoemaker Green will be the new Information Commons at Franklin Field, scheduled for completion this February. This new space will provide our students with a study area that offers unbeatable views of our bustling campus.

Finally, I know that you will join me in expressing gratitude to the many remarkable Penn alum-ni and friends who have been so avidly generous in their support that we reached our Making His-tory campaign goal of $3.5 billion in 2011. In 2012, we will continue working toward all of our remaining priorities in the campaign, which include the funding of more endowed professorships (we’ve funded 100 so far in the campaign but need more for our eminent faculty), student financial aid (which as you know is essential to making a Penn education affordable to outstanding students regardless of their financial circumstances), our high priority capital projects, and all the remaining School and Center priorities.

New Year’s is a time for reflection and resolution. I know that, as this exceptional community of dedicated scholars and teachers moves forward, we will continue to put Penn in the pantheon of teaching, research and public service. Thank you for making this an academic home to which I am always happy to return. Have a great semester!

Senior Advisor for Diversity: John Jackson

Provost Vincent Price is pleased to announce the ap-pointment of Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr. as Senior Advisor to the Provost for Diversity, effective January 1, 2012.

In this new, three-year position, Dr. Jackson will serve as a key stra-tegic advisor to the Provost on diversity initiatives. He will work closely with the Deans, Vice Provosts, Faculty Senate, and other University leaders to make recommendations for diversity goals and programs, develop appropriate means of assess-ment, and help implement Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence.

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John Jackson

Penn: A Pantheon of Teaching, Research & Public Service

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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda

SENATE From the Senate Office

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 Sue White, executive assistant to the Senate Office either by telephone at (215) 898-6943, or by email at senate@pobox.upenn.edu

Additional information on Making History: the Campaign for Penn is available at

www.makinghistory.upenn.edu.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012Room 205, College Hall, 3–5 p.m.

SENATE From the Senate Chair

into improved clinical care for patients. The new initiative will be led by Dr. Brian

Strom, chair and professor of biostatistics and epi-demiology, director of the Center for Clinical Epi-demiology & Biostatistics at Penn, and vice dean for institutional affairs. Dr. Strom is a world-re-nowned epidemiologist, as well as an expert in preventive medicine and public health. He has made many significant contributions as a research-er and clinician in applying epidemiologic meth-ods to the study of drug use and effects.

“Addiction, depressive disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases take a toll not only on sufferers themselves, but also on families, caregivers, and society as a whole. Prevention, treatment, management, and rehabilitation of these conditions are central to improving health care for millions of people,” said Dr. Strom. “This gift represents an enormous opportunity and will enable us to apply ideas emerging in the study of effective interventions and treatments in a way that will benefit not only our patients, but the community as well.”

Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine, J. Larry Jameson, said, “Penn Medicine has a long history of leadership in the fields of neu-roscience and psychiatry. Today, Penn is one of the few places in the world with the depth of ex-pertise and experience to launch such a compre-hensive, scientifically rigorous, and outcomes-oriented program. This transformative gift will allow us to innovate in areas of medicine that impact millions of patients directly and society as a whole.”

As part of the nation’s first school of med-icine, established in 1765, Penn Medicine has a rich history in the area of innovation and pa-tient care for mental and neurologic health. Ben-jamin Rush, the first chair of chemistry in Amer-ica, and one of the earliest teachers in the na-tion’s first medical school, was the world’s lead-ing expert on mental diseases in the late eigh-teenth and early nineteenth centuries. For his clinical work and scholarship, Dr. Rush is rec-ognized as the ‘Father of American psychiatry.’

Today, Penn continues to define the future of the field through advances in research, clinical care, education, and public outreach. Penn Med-icine researchers have been instrumental in the development of many clinically effective treat-ments, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prolonged Exposure therapy for post-traumat-ic stress disorder (PTSD), naltrexone for addic-tion, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression, and the first new medication for depression in a decade. Penn researchers have also evolved the field’s understanding of neuro-degenerative diseases—including the landmark discoveries of key proteins in the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases, leading develop-ment of biomarkers for earlier disease diagno-ses in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease—and are spearheading the genetic and drug dis-covery efforts to combat Alzheimer’s disease.

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Under the Faculty Senate Rules, formal notification to members may be accomplishedby publication in Almanac. The following is published under that rule:

To: Members of the Standing FacultyFrom: Camille Charles, Chair

Nominations for Offices RequestedIn accordance with the Rules of the Faculty Senate you are invited to suggest candidates for the

posts and terms stated below, with supporting letters if desired. Candidates’ names should be sub-mitted promptly to Larry Gladney, chair of the Senate Nominating Committee, by telephone at (215) 898-4683 or by email to gladney@sas.upenn.edu

The following posts are to be filled for 2011-2012:• Chair-elect: (Incumbent: Susan Margulies) • Secretary-elect: (Incumbent: Lisa Lewis) • Four At-large Members of the Senate Executive Committee (3-year term) (Incumbents: Matt Hartley, David Eckmann, Michael Topp, and Sampath Kannan) • One Assistant Professor Member of the Senate Executive Committee (2-year term)(Incumbent: Kristen Harknett) • Three Members of the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (3-year term) (Incumbents: Mark Helfaer, Eric Weinberg, and one vacancy) • Two Members of the Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty (3-year term) (Incumbents: William Dailey and Tim Rebbeck)

Nominating Committee ElectedThe Senate Executive Committee’s slate of nominees for the Senate Nominating Committee was

circulated to the Senate Membership on December 6, 2011. No additional nominations by petition have been received within the prescribed time. Therefore, according to the Senate Rules, the Execu-tive Committee’s slate is declared elected.

Those elected are:• Pedro Ponte Castañeda (School of Engineering and Applied Science)• Ellis Golub (School of Dental Medicine)• Larry Gladney (School of Arts and Sciences/Physics) Chair• Peter Kuriloff (Graduate School of Education)• Terri Lipman (School of Nursing)• Joshua Plotkin (School of Arts and Sciences/Biology)• Abigail Smith (School of Veterinary Medicine)• Herb Smith (School or Arts and Sciences/Sociology)• Beth Winkelstein (School of Engineering and Applied Science)

1. Approval of the Minutes of December 14, 2011 (2 minutes)2. Chair’s Report (5 minutes)3. Past-Chair’s Report on Academic Planning and Budget & Capital Council (3 minutes)4. Update from the Provost (45 minutes) Discussion with Provost Vincent Price5. Update from the Senior Vice Provost for Research (45 minutes) Discussion with Steve Fluharty, Senior Vice Provost for Research6. Debrief December SEC meeting discussion with President Amy Gutmann and

Vice Provost for Education, Andy Binns (5 minutes)7. Formulate questions for the February SEC meeting (5 minutes)8. New Business

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To Report A DeathAlmanac appreciates being informed of the

deaths of current and former faculty and staff mem-bers, students and other members of the Universi-ty community. Call (215) 898-5274 or email alma-nac@upenn.edu. Notices of alumni deaths should be directed to the Alumni Records Office, (215) 898-8136 or email record@ben.dev.upenn.edu

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“John Jackson will be an invaluable part-ner in helping us chart the future of diversity at Penn,” said Provost Price. “He brings a com-prehensive understanding not only of Penn but also of the entire national and global landscape —as well as the dynamic energy and strong commitment to help us achieve our ambitious goals in the years ahead.”

Dr. Jackson is Richard Perry University Pro-fessor of Communication and Anthropology, with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the department of an-thropology in the School of Arts and Sciences. He was the University’s first Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, appointed in 2006.

He is the author of Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Cor-rectness (Basic Books, 2008); Real Black: Ad-ventures in Racial Sincerity (University of Chi-cago Press, 2005); and Harlemworld: Doing Race and Class in Contemporary Black Amer-ica (University of Chicago Press, 2001). His current book project, to be published by Har-vard University Press, focuses on African He-brews in the US and Israel as a globally diverse spiritual diaspora.

His work as a documentary filmmaker most recently includes Bad Friday: Rastafari Af-ter Coral Gardens—co-directed with Deborah Thomas, Professor and Graduate Group Chair of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sci-ences—which examines the history of violence in Jamaica through the eyes of its most iconic community. His writing is also featured on the Brainstorm blog of The Chronicle of Higher Ed-ucation and his own blog, “From the Annals of Anthroman.”

Dr. Jackson earned a PhD with Distinction in anthropology from Columbia University (2000) and a BA summa cum laude in communications from Howard University (1993). Before com-ing to Penn, he taught at Duke University (2002-2006) and was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University (1999-2002).

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Dr. Wales, Physics and AstronomyDr. Walter Wales,

emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, passed away Decem-ber 28, 2011. He was 78 years old.

Dr. Wales began his 52-year academic career at Penn as an instruc-tor in physics in 1959 af-ter achieving his bache-lor of science at Carleton College and his MS and PhD at the California In-stitute of Technology, all in physics. He became an

assistant professor of physics in 1962 and was pro-moted to professor of physics in 1972.

Dr. Wales’ research was in experimental parti-cle physics, a field he served admirably as asso-ciate director of the Princeton-Penn Accelerator from 1968 to 1971 and as staff physicist for the US Atomic Energy Commission from 1972 to 1973 where he did program management for federally-supported particle physics experiments and par-ticle accelerator operations throughout the coun-try. Dr. Wales was also executive secretary of the High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel for the Atomic Energy Commission and a fellow of the American Physical Society.

Dr. Wales moved gradually from a research-intensive career into academic administration

Walter Wales

Call for New Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps: January 13If you are motivated to make your office, lab, or larger Penn community more green,

you can now apply to the Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps 2012 program to get information, sup-port, and peer problem-solving! Penn’s Eco-Rep program is the premier place for employees who want to reduce Penn’s environmental footprint and enhance the workplace by educating and engaging others in more sustainable actions. Participant volunteers from Penn schools and centers meet monthly to share best practices with other eco-reps on how to save energy, boost recycling and reduce our overall environmental footprint. Eco-Reps also get the tools to spread awareness of important sustainability issues and conservation strategies throughout their respective offices and departments through sustainability projects, events, and creative informational campaigns.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 cohort of Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps. For more information on the program and to download an application form, please visit www.upenn.edu/sustainability/eco-reps/faculty-staff.html. Follow the instructions in the applica-tion and send the completed file to Donna Carney at donnacar@upenn.edu. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2012. Successful applicants will be notified by Friday, January 20.The first meeting will be held at noon on Friday, January 27, in the Terrace Room at Claudia Cohen Hall.

Please Note: 2011 Program participants must re-apply to be considered for 2012. This year’s cohort runs through August 2012. For more information about the Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps Program, email sustainability@upenn.edu

while simultaneously increasing his commitment to teaching. He excelled at both, winning the Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1990 and serving in an incredible number of leadership roles in his department, the School of Arts and Sci-ences (SAS), and the central administration. He variously served as chair and interim chair of the department of physics, chair of the Faculty Sen-ate, twice as associate dean for SAS, twice as act-ing or interim dean for SAS, deputy provost, Uni-versity ombudsman, interim associate provost, and founding chair of the Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty.

Dr. Wales served on innumerable committees throughout the University including multiple times on the Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty and Administration, the Faculty Senate Nominating Committee, the University Council Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, and the Uni-versity Council Committee on Facilities. He also served as the Senate Grievance Chair, on the Task Force on Governance and the Task Force on Fac-ulty Retirement.

Outside of Penn, he served on the High Ener-gy Physics Advisory Panel Subcommittee on Man-power. He was also president of the University of Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Associa-tion of University Professors and Chairman of the Development Committee for Advanced Placement Examination in Physics. In addition to the Amer-ican Physical Society and the American Associa-tion of University Professors, his professional affil-

iations included the American Association of Phys-ics Teachers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Throughout his many administrative roles, extensive service to the Penn community and US science and even after his re-tirement in 2002, Dr. Wales remained committed to teaching classes at Penn almost every semester until illness forced him to stop teaching in 2011.

Dr. Wales was born on August 2, 1933 in Oneon-ta, New York. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; his son, Stephen; and his daughter, Carolyn.

No funeral service will be held as it was Dr. Wales’ final wish that his body be donated to sci-ence. A memorial service will be held in the spring.

Penn Medicine Offers Area’s Only Online Patient-Accessible Health RecordPenn Medicine has launched myPennMedicine, the Philadelphia region’s only online patient-

accessible health record.The secure, patient portal enables Penn Medicine patients to review important information

contained in their health record, including laboratory and test results, lists of medications, and diagnoses. They can also request prescription renewals, and physician referrals and pre-certifications, all by simply logging on to myPennMedicine.org from their computer.

An especially valuable feature of the portal is that it allows patients to directly ask their Penn health care team questions, as well as request and manage appointments.

“Health care at Penn Medicine is a partnership between our patients and their care teams,” said Ralph Muller, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which along with the Perelman School of Medicine comprises Penn Medicine. “myPennMedicine is a vital part of that partnership by helping increase communication and sharing of information. And the level of security with myPennMedicine is superb.”

Dr. John T. Howell III, medical director for health information technology of Penn Medicine’s Clinical Care Associates, said that “Patients can gain significant benefits by subscribing to myPennMedicine. These include quick access to important information—such as test and lab results. And because myPennMedicine provides alerts to patients when they are in need of a colonoscopy, Pap smear, or flu shot, patients can stay healthier longer.”

myPennMedicine was initially launched in a pilot phase in 2008 and now has 50,000 subscribers, with 300-400 new users signing up weekly.

Dr. Wilf, MathematicsDr. Herbert Wilf, Thomas A. Scott Emeritus

Professor of Mathematics, died at the age of 80 on January 7. His obit will appear in the next issue.

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Honors & Other ThingsEducator of the Year: Dr. Apisarnthanarax

Dr. Smith Apisarnthanarax, assistant profes-sor and associate residency program director, department of radiation oncology in the Perel-man School of Medicine, was named Educa-tor of the Year by the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO), in partnership with the American Society for Radiation Oncol-ogy (ASTRO). The award honors top teachers and mentors of radiation oncology residents. Dr. Apisarnthanarax is involved in the training of 15 residents.Senior Scholar: Dr. Eberwine

Dr. James Eberwine, professor of pharma-cology at the Perelman School of Medicine, re-ceived a Senior Scholar Award from the Elli-son Medical Foundation. The $600,000 award, which supports biological research in aging, will be disbursed over the next four years. He is one of 20 investigators to receive this award.

Dr. Eberwine’s team will study the translation

of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in dendrites—the ends of nerve cells—as a function of aging to as-certain whether dendritic protein synthesis con-tributes to the cognitive decline often associated with the aging process. This line of work will try to answer if the decrease in neural connections seen in aging can be modulated through regula-tion of dendritic protein synthesis.ACL Fellows

Dr. Aravind Joshi, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science, and Mitch-ell Marcus, RCA Professor of Artificial Intelli-gence, have been named Fellows by the Associa-tion for Computational Linguistics (ACL). Both are faculty in the department of computer and in-formation science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Joshi was cited for “sig-nificant contributions to the mathematics of nat-ural language and for the development of TAGs (tree-adjoining grammars).” Dr. Marcus was cit-ed for “significant contributions to deterministic parsing and The Penn Treebank.”

Helping to advance new research projects at Penn Dental Medicine is the 2011 Joseph and Josephine Rabinowitz Award for Excellence in Research, presented to four Penn Dental Medi-cine faculty members at a special luncheon pre-sentation held December 12.

This year’s recipients of the Rabinowitz Award are Dr. Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, profes-sor, department of biochemistry; Dr. Jon Korost-off, associate professor of periodontics; Dr. Pa-tricia Miguez, assistant professor, department of periodontics; and Dr. Elisabeth Barton, associate professor, department of anatomy & cell biology. The Award will support a collaboration between Drs. Boesze-Battaglia and Korostoff on a project titled, Defective Lysosome Maturation is Corre-lated with Chronic Periodontal Disease, and one between Drs. Miguez and Barton on a project ti-tled Evaluation of Natural Cross-Linker Agents as Modulators of Muscle and Bone Growth Fac-tors. Award recipients received $20,000 toward each of these two projects.

This Penn Dental Medicine research award was established in 2002 through the generosity of the late Dr. Joseph “Jose” Rabinowitz, an ac-tive member of the School’s biochemistry fac-ulty for 29 years, and his wife, Josephine. Dr. Rabinowitz, a native of the Ukraine who grew up in Mexico, held a BS from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a PhD in organic chemistry from Penn. He joined Penn’s School of Medicine faculty in 1958 and moved to Penn Dental Medicine in 1963, where he

UMDF Grant: Dr. KaufmanThe United Mitochondrial Disease Founda-

tion (UMDF) has awarded Dr. Brett A. Kaufman, assistant professor in the department of ani-mal biology at School of Veterinary Medicine, a $120,000 grant to study the role that mtD-NA copy number control plays in the develop-ment of disease. Dr. Kaufman’s grant was also selected for the UMDF Chairman’s Award for the top grant this year. This work will allow re-searchers to better understand the mtDNA deple-tion syndromes and other complex human diseas-es whose pathogenesis involves mtDNA deletion or depletion, such as neurodegenerative diseases. Chair of AHA Section: Dr. Ludmir

Dr. Jack Ludmir, professor and chair of ob-stetrics and gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospi-tal, was appointed the 2011 chair of the Section for Maternal and Child Health of the American Hospital Association (AHA). Dr. Ludmir also serves as vice chair of obstetrics and gynecol-ogy at HUP. He has spearheaded several quali-ty and patient-safety initiatives in obstetrics, in-cluding the successful introduction of Philadel-phia’s first laborist practice—a model that fo-cuses on providing in-hospital labor and deliv-ery care—at Pennsylvania Hospital.Book Prize: Dr. McCurry

Dr. Stephanie McCurry, professor of histo-ry in the School of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her book, Confeder-ate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civ-il War South. The prize is awarded annually by Yale University’s Gild-er Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Aboli-tion. The $25,000 prize

will be presented to Dr. McCurry in February.Ophthalmology Award: Dr. Miller-Ellis

Dr. Eydie Miller-Ellis, professor of clinical ophthalmology in the Perelman School of Med-icine and director of the Glaucoma Division at Scheie Eye Institute, was recently presented with the Women in Ophthalmology’s (WIO) Su-zanne Veronneau Troutman Award at the 2011 American Academy of Ophthalmology meet-ing. The honor recognizes the woman, nomi-nated by the WIO membership, who has done the most over the past year to further women in ophthalmology. Dr. Miller-Ellis was praised for her “efforts to support the careers of women and minorities in Ophthalmology.”NIH Study: Dr. Reyes

Dr. Teresa M. Reyes, research assistant pro-fessor of pharmacology in the Perelman School of Medicine, has been appointed to the NIH Study Section on Neuroendocrinology, Neuro-immunology, Rhythms, and Sleep Study Section. Her research interests include the central nervous system circuitry that controls food intake and me-tabolism; anorexia and cachexia associated with illness and infection; development of obesity and metabolic syndrome in response to maternal and fetal undernutrition, stress, or infection.

served on the active faculty through 1992. Even after becoming professor emeritus, he continued to teach in the biochemistry department until his death in 2009 (Almanac July 14, 2009). Dr. Rabi-nowitz was known for his research in lipid and steroid biochemistry, and made the seminal dis-covery that HMG CoA was a key intermediate in cholesterol biosynthesis. His research helped lead to the development of the important class of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

The Rabinowitzes endowed this award to pro-mote independent research among Penn Dental Medicine faculty members. “This year the award was used to fund new projects that also involve new collaborations among our basic science and clinical faculty,” said Dr. Bruce Shenker, associ-ate dean for research at Penn Dental Medicine. “Promoting research across disciplines was a hallmark of Dr. Rabinowitz’ scientific career, and that legacy continues through this year’s award.” Josephine Rabinowitz attended the award presen-tation along with her daughters, Lois and Malva, and son, Marty.

Candidates for the award are selected by a faculty committee. The candidates’ research proposals are evaluated for their scholarly mer-it, creativity and innovation; the significance of the research; the prospects for future extramu-ral funding; the availability of alternate funding sources; and in the case of junior faculty, evi-dence that the applicant will be working as an independent investigator and forwarding of the School’s research objectives.

Joseph and Josephine Rabinowitz Award for Excellence in Research: Four Penn Dental Medicine Faculty

(Seated at left 2nd from right) Josephine Rabinowitz and her children (left to right), Malva, Marty and Lois, with award recipients (standing left to right), Drs. Elisabeth Barton, Patricia Miguez, Jon Korostoff, and Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia.

PhotographbyKyleTucker

Stephanie McCurry

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Application Process Proposals should be submitted via email to

divfund@pobox.upenn.edu by Friday, March 30, 2012. Successful applicants will generally be no-tified by mid-June, with funding available July 1.

Brevity and clarity will increase the likeli-hood of an application’s success. Failure to pro-vide the information in the order requested be-low, or to comply with page limitations, will risk disqualification from the competition.

All applications should be limited to no more than ten pages and should include:

Section One: Cover Sheet and Abstract 1. A cover sheet including: a) Principal Investigator’s name (one individ-

ual only), rank, phone number, email address, de-partment, school, campus address, and mail code

b) Business Administrator’s name, phone, and email address

c) Title of proposal d) Signatures of the Principal Investiga-

tor, Department Chair, and Dean as applicable. Original cover sheet with signatures should be mailed to the Office of the Associate Vice Pro-vost for Equity and Access Programs, atten-tion: Gail Oberton, 220 South 40th Street, Suite #260, mail code: 3512.

2. A list of any other Co-Principal Investiga-tors or Co-Investigators involved with the proj-ect and their school or campus affiliations (Stu-dents should not be listed as Co-Investigators.)

3. An abstract of no more than 100 words

Section Two: Budget 1. Total amount requested from the Diversi-

ty Fund for the project. 2. Detailed budget. Items should be list-

ed in order of importance to the project. (Please note that financial support cannot be provided for non-Penn faculty.) Budgets for a multi-year proj-ect must have a clearly delineated budget for each year.

3. Detailed budget justification. 4. Other funds committed to the same proj-

ect. If any, identifying sources and amounts. 5. Other pending proposals for the same

project. If any, identifying sources and amounts requested.

6. A brief biographical sketch of each inves-tigator (preferably one paragraph).

7. A list of related support received during the past three years, with amounts listed by year. If the proposal was funded in the past by the Di-versity Fund, a report on the use of those funds and an assessment of project’s impact should be attached as appendix to the application (the ap-pendix is not counted in the total page limit).

8. A written commitment that the project will not exclude anyone from participation on the basis of any class protected by law.

Section Three: Project Description A detailed description of the research pro-

posal (not more than six single-spaced pages), which must include the following:

2012 Diversity Fund: March 30

Provost Vincent Price and Vice Provost for Faculty Lynn Hollen Lees are pleased to an-nounce the appointment of the fourth cohort of Penn Fellows.

The Penn Fellows program, begun in 2009, provides leadership development to select Penn faculty members in mid-career. It includes op-portunities to build cross-campus alliances, meet distinguished academic leaders, think strategical-ly about universities and university governance, and consult with Penn’s senior administrators.

The 2012 Penn Fellows are:Dr. Patricia D’Antonio, Killebrew-Cen-

tis Professor in Undergraduate Education and chair of the department of family and commu-nity health in the School of Nursing, who stud-ies the work and worth of nursing in American hospitals and in the fabric of families and com-munities.

Dr. Emma Dillon, professor and chair of mu-sic in the School of Arts and Sciences, who stud-ies medieval music, sound, and manuscripts, es-pecially French musical culture from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries.

Dr. Mark Duggan, professor of business and public policy in the Wharton School, who studies the effect of government expenditure programs (such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medic-

aid) on the behavior of individuals and firms.Dr. John Hogenesch, associate professor of

pharmacology in the Perelman School of Med-icine, who studies the mammalian circadian clock, using both genomic and computational tools.

Dr. Benjamin Horton, associate professor of earth and environmental science in the School of Arts and Sciences, who studies the external and internal mechanisms of sea level change, especially its relationship to climate change.

Dr. Marisa Kozlowski, professor of chem-istry in the School of Arts and Sciences, who studies the design of new methods and cata-lysts for organic synthesis, including both novel computational tools and traditional methods of screening and development.

Dr. Jennifer Lukes, associate professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechan-ics in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, who studies the thermal transport phe-nomena that emerge in nanostructures and nano-structured materials.

Dr. Beth Winkelstein, professor of bioengi-neering in the School of Engineering and Ap-plied Science, who studies the mechanisms of injury that produce whiplash, sports-related, and other painful injuries.

Eight Professors: Penn Fellows

Psoriasis Grant: Dr. TakeshitaDr. Junko Takeshita, a post-doctoral fel-

low and instructor of dermatology in the Perel-man School of Medicine, received a one-year, $40,000 fellowship grant from the National Pso-riasis Foundation. The fellowship pairs an early career doctor with an experienced investigator. Dr. Takeshita is working in collaboration with Dr. Joel M. Gelfand, assistant professor of dermatol-ogy, to study cardiovascular risk in psoriasis and the effectiveness of available therapies.Leader in Innovation: Dr. Trerotola

Dr. Scott O. Trerotola, the Stanley Baum Pro-fessor of Radiology and professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, received the 2011 Leaders in Innovation Award from the Society of Interventional Radiology. The honor recognizes an individual who has conceptualized and imple-mented an idea that has had an impact on the prac-tice of interventional radiology. Dr. Trerotola, who is also associate chair and chief of vascular and in-terventional radiology, holds eight patents. His ex-tensive contributions to the field of hemodialysis access interventions have helped shape the role of interventional radiology in this field. Physician of the Year: Dr. Wade

Dr. Kelly C. Wade, a neonatologist at Penn-sylvania Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was named Physician of the Year by PRO-LC, a local organization that promotes, supports, and protects breastfeeding. Dr. Wade, an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics in the Perelman School of Medicine, worked with nurses and lactation consultants to create an ed-ucation module that supports NICU babies and their parents in establishing breastfeeding. She also ensures that medical students learn about breastfeeding during their training.

a) Scope of the project b) Rationale c) Significance d) Plan and procedures e) Expected outcomes f) Evaluation plan

Criteria for Review Review and evaluation will be based on the

following criteria: • Relation of the project to the Penn Com-

pact and the University’s goals for recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities.

• Clarity of goals and procedures, and eval-uation plan with measurable outcomes.

• Potential for sustainability over time with school, center, or extramural funding, particu-larly as demonstrated by matching funds.

• Likelihood of generating new insights about diversity in higher education.

• Budget appropriateness. • Potential for sustainable partnerships among

schools, departments or university programs. If you are applying for renewal of a multi-

year project, an interim progress report is due by January 30, 2012.

Questions should be directed to Gail Ober-ton in the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access (215) 898-0809, email divfund@pobox.upenn.edu, or visit the Equi-ty and Access Programs website at www.vpul.upenn.edu/aap/

Penn-made President: Dr. WardenDr. P. Gregory Warden, a 1972 graduate of

the College, will become the fourth president of Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland, effec-tive July 1, 2012. Dr. Warden is currently the University Distinguished Professor of Art His-tory and associate dean for research and aca-demic affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Most Beautiful College Libraries: Fisher Fine Arts Library

The Fisher Fine Arts Library is one of the 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World, ac-cording to the cultural news and critique website Flavorwire.com. The University of Pennsylvania’s first library building was designed by Frank Fur-ness. The cornerstone was laid in October 1888, and was formally dedicated in February 1891.

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On Monday, January 16, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service begins with a break-fast at 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags. Bishop Audrey Bronson, first woman president of Black Clergy, will be the guest speaker. The Day of Service continues with the following activities:

Children’s Banner Painting: paint commemorative posters and banners while listening to stories about Dr. King; adult supervision required.

Helping Hands at Houston Hall: create personal gifts that will be donated to area hospitals, homes and charities.

Philadelphia Reads Literacy Project: create books on tape to pro-mote literacy for Philadelphia youth. Bring a children’s book to do-nate that discusses multi-cultural issues.

MLK Mentoring Project: The Penn chapter of the National Asso-ciation of Black Social Workers, members of BGAPSA and interns from the Christian Association will mentor students from the Upward Bound Program.

Seat of Justice: volunteers will decorate a chair, which will be do-nated to a local school.

Community Beautification Projects: participants will meet at Houston Hall at 9:45 a.m., when they will be transported to Com-egy’s Elementary School, Huey Elementary School, Sayre Mor-ris Recreation Center and the Community Education Center in West Philadelphia to clean, paint and organize.

From noon-1:30 p.m., an MLK Skate, featuring free skate rental at the Class of 1923 Arena will take place.

The day will conclude with a candlelight vigil starting in front of WEB Du Bois College House and ending at the Compass.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change continues all month long. For information about events, please visit: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/calen-dar_mlk.htm or see the back page of Almanac’s January AT PENN calendar.

Postal Service Rate Increase January 22

Please be advised of the following announce-ment from Penn Mail Services.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced that it will adjust prices for the fol-lowing mailing services as of January 22, 2012:

First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services as well as Shipping Services

Highlights of Select New RatesMail Type New Rate

First-ClassMailletter(1oz.) $0.45Single-piecelettersadditionalouncerate(unchanged) $0.20

Postcards $0.32LetterstoCanadaorMexico(1oz.) $0.85Letterstootherinternationaldestinations $1.05

The new detailed rate charts are available on the USPS website pe.usps.gov

Business Services Division’s Redesigned Website

The Business Services Division has a new website which presents information not only on its department services, but also on University-wide initiatives surrounding sustainability, community involvement and cost containment programs. The site is designed to offer easier access to informa-tion about the resources and services that the Di-vision provides, allow visitors to provide feedback and suggestions to help them enhance their servic-es, and share important information. The new site is at www.business-services.upenn.edu/

Pre-Tax Decrease for Penn’s SEPTA Commuter Choice Program/COMPASS Commuter riders who utilize Penn’s pre-tax payroll deduction, should note that the Federal

Stimulus package known as American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) expired Decem-ber 31, 2011. The ARRA program had temporarily increased the monthly pre-tax payroll deduction cap for transit benefits to $230/month. With its expiration, the pre-tax withholding limit will be re-duced to a cap of $125/month.

Commuters who regularly purchase passes for public transportation through payroll deduction will see a decrease in the pre-tax limit for transit purchases. If you already participate in Penn’s Commuter Program through ADP you do not have to make any changes and no credit cards or other payment is needed. All deductions will be automatically calculated.

Below are the specifications:Maximum pre-tax amount has been decreased to $125 per month or $1,500 per year. If your commuting costs per month are greater than $125 than your payroll starting in December

will reflect a pre-tax and a post-tax deduction. The entire cost of Zone 3 ($139.50), Zone 4 ($158.40) and Anywhere ($171.90) passes are no

longer covered 100 percent under pre-tax deduction.The costs of the passes are lower than the new pre-tax threshold for City, Zone 1 and Zone 2, so

these pass holders will not be affected.The decrease also applies to those who use the TransitChek® program for SEPTA, DART, NJ

Transit, Amtrak and for PATCO. The change was applied to non-exempt staff for December 9 payroll; and to exempt staff for De-

cember payroll. If you have questions or would like further explanation please contact the Parking Office at park-

ing@exchange.upenn.edu

MLK Day of Service: Monday, January 16

The Annenberg Center’s Jazz Series kicks off 2012 this Saturday. Ravi Col-trane Quintet is coming to Annenberg’s Zeller-bach Theatre, for one night only on Saturday, January 14 at 8 p.m.

Mr. Coltrane will be joined by bassist Robert Hurst, drummer Karriem Riggins, pianist David Virelles and trumpeter Ralph Alessi.

The second son of the legendary saxophon-ist John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane, Ravi

Coltrane is a critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated saxophonist and one of today’s most unique and original voices. He has performed with many of the world’s greatest jazz and pop luminaries including McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Elvin Jones and Carlos Santana.

At 7 p.m. there will be a pre-show chat with Ravi Coltrane hosted by WRTI’s Maureen Malloy. Tickets range from $20-$40 and can be purchased online at www.annenbergcenter.org or at the box office or call (215) 898-3900.

Ravi Coltrane Quintet: January 14 at the Zellerbach

The McNair Scholars Program at Penn is currently accepting applications from eligible sophomores for its 2012 co-hort. McNair Scholars are academical-ly talented undergraduates with an ex-pressed commitment to pursuing a re-search PhD. who are from groups tra-ditionally underrepresented in doctoral programs: low-income, first-generation college students, and/or students who are members of ethnic or racial groups cur-rently underrepresented in graduate edu-cation: African American/black, Hispan-ic/Latino/a, Native American/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, and Native Pa-cific Islander. The program provides re-search training, early scholarly experi-ences, and preparation for the graduate school application process and doctoral study. Penn undergraduates from all ma-jors and schools are eligible to apply.

Do you know any sophomores who might be good candidates for the Penn McNair Scholars Program? If so, please nominate them by sending a message with their names and contact informa-tion to the program at mcnairsp@po-box.upenn.edu. Faculty, staff members, and graduate instructors are also urged to refer potential applicants to the McNair Scholars website at www.vpul.upenn.edu/aap/mcnair for complete eligibil-ity guidelines and application materi-als. The deadline for applications is Feb-ruary 15, 2012.—Rebecca Poyourow, Associate Director,

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program: February 15

Ravi Coltrane

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TheUniversityofPennsylvania’s journalof record,opinionandnews ispublishedTuesdaysduring theacademic year, andasneededduringsummerandholidaybreaks.ItselectroniceditionsontheInternet(accessiblethroughthePennweb)includeHTML,Acrobatandmobileversionsof theprintedition,andinterimin-formationmaybeposted inelectronic-only form.Guidelines forreadersandcontributorsareavailableonrequestandonline..

EDITOR MargueriteF.MillerASSOCIATEEDITOR NatalieWoulardASSISTANTEDITOR AndreaTursiSTUDENTASSISTANTS KellyBannan,LauraCrockett, CatherineImmsALMANACADVISORYBOARD:FortheFacultySenate,MartinPring (chair),SundayAkintoye,CliffordDeutschman,Al Filreis,Carey Mazer, Devra Moehler. For theAdministration, StephenMacCarthy.FortheStaffAssemblies,NancyMcCue,PPSA;Mi-chelleWellsLockett,WPPSA;JonShaw,LibrariansAssembly.TheUniversity of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks tal-entedstudents,facultyandstafffromdiversebackgrounds.TheUniversity of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basisof race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion,creed,nationalorethnicorigin,citizenshipstatus,age,disabili-ty,veteranstatusoranyotherlegallyprotectedclassstatusintheadministrationofitsadmissions,financialaid,educationalorath-letic programs,or otherUniversity-administeredprogramsor initsemploymentpractices.Questionsorcomplaintsregardingthispolicy should be directed toSamStarks,ExecutiveDirector oftheOfficeofAffirmativeActionandEqualOpportunityPrograms,Sansom Place East,3600 Chestnut Street,Suite 228, Philadelphia,PA19104-6106; or (215)898-6993(Voice)or(215)898-7803(TDD).

3910ChestnutStreet,2ndfloorPhiladelphia,PA19104-3111Phone:(215)898-5274or5275FAX:(215)898-9137Email: almanac@upenn.eduURL:www.upenn.edu/almanac

UpdateJanuary AT PENN

The University of Pennsylvania Police DepartmentCommunity Crime Report

About the Crime Report:BelowareallCrimesAgainstPersonsandCrimesAgainstSocietyfromthecampusreportfor December 26, 2011-January 1, 2012.Alsoreportedwere9crimesagainstproperty(allthefts).Full reportsareavailableat:www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n17/creport.html.Priorweeks’reportsarealsoonline.—Ed.

ThissummaryispreparedbytheDivisionofPublicSafetyandincludesallcriminalincidentsreportedandmadeknowntotheUniversityPoliceDepartmentbetweenthedatesofDecember 26, 2011-January 1, 2012. TheUniversityPoliceactivelypatrolfromMarketStreettoBaltimoreAvenueandfromtheSchuylkillRiverto43rdStreetinconjunctionwiththePhiladelphiaPolice.Inthisefforttoprovideyouwithathoroughandaccuratere-portonpublicsafetyconcerns,wehopethatyourincreasedawarenesswilllessentheopportunityforcrime.Foranyconcernsorsuggestionsregardingthisreport,pleasecalltheDivisionofPublicSafetyat(215)898-4482.

18th District Report

Almanac On-the-Go: RSS FeedsAlmanac provides links to select sto-

ries each week there is an issue. Visit Al-manac’s website, www.upenn.edu/alma-

nac for instructions on how to subscribe to the Almanac RSS Feed.

BelowareallCrimesAgainstPersonsfromthe18thDistrict:6incidentswith1arrest(including4rob-beriesand2aggravatedassaults) werereportedbetweenDecember 26, 2011-January 1, 2012bythe18thDistrictcoveringtheSchuylkillRiverto49thStreet&MarketStreettoWoodlandAvenue.

AT PENN Deadlines The January AT PENN calendar is online at

www.upenn.edu/almanac. The deadline for the weekly Update is each Monday for the following week’s issue. The deadline for the February AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, January 17. Informa-tion is on the sponsoring department’s website. Sponsors are in parentheses. For locations, call (215) 898-5000 or see www.facilities.upenn.edu

2012 Summer Camps at PennDepartments, schools or centers that

are planning on offering a summer camp or program during the upcoming sum-mer are encouraged to contact Almanac by mid-January so that the annual round-up that will be published at the end of January will be as inclusive as possible. To see last year’s list of academic, ath-letic and enrichment options, visit www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n19/camps.html

Almanac on Penn Mobile WebsiteAlmanac is now available on Penn’s mobile

website, in addition to Almanac’s other familiar paper-free options such as the website, RSS Feed and weekly Express Almanac email. Users can access the complete issue of Almanac—the Uni-versity’s official journal of record, opinion and news—from their mobile devices by choosing “Almanac” under the category of “News” from the mobile site’s homepage, http://m.upenn.edu

Subscribe to Express Almanac Sign up to receive email

notification when we post breaking news between is-

sues. Send an email to listserv@lists.upenn.edu with “subscribe e-almanac <your full-name>” in the body of the message. —Ed.

Note:ThecrimereportsforDecember12-18,2011andDecember19-25,2011areavailableonlineatwww.upenn.edu/almanac/crimes-index.html

For additional tips, see the One Step Ahead link on the Information Security web-site: www.upenn.edu/computing/security/

Another tip in a series provided by the Offices of Information Systems & Computing and Audit, Compliance & Privacy.

How Are You Celebrating Data Privacy Day?

Data Privacy Day is an annual interna-tional event that promotes awareness about the ways personal information is collected, stored, used, and shared. It celebrates the dignity of the individual, as recognized in the concept of personal information, and pro-motes education about best practices for pro-tecting such information. Data Privacy Day is celebrated January 28 and in the weeks surrounding that date.

How can you celebrate Data Privacy Day in ways that are practical and impactful for you? Here are some ideas:

• On Facebook: Visit the Privacy website to find a Top 10 list and video on how to protect yourself when using Facebook. Did you know that you can create separate lists of friends on Facebook to control who can see what? And that you can limit who can tag you in photos or “check you in” to places? Facebook’s greatest feature—the ability to connect you with many people in an instant—is also the source of its greatest per-il. Make sure to check this list often, as Facebook terms and services are known to change regularly! www.upenn.edu/privacy/Brochures/top10fb.pdf

• Safe Computing: Visit the Information Systems and Computing website to find ISC’s Top 10 Tips for Faculty and Top 10 Tips for Staff. These will get you quickly through the many critical topics—including firewalls, pass-words, wireless, phishing and more—that will assist you in protecting both Penn data and your personal information. Read them all here: www.upenn.edu/computing/security/checklists/Top10

For more background on Data Privacy Day, visit www.staysafeonline.org/dpd For resources relating to higher education, see www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy

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Say Goodbye to StressIf stress has a way of creeping into your dai-

ly life, you’re not alone. But that doesn’t mean it has to take a toll on your wellbeing. We can show you how to win the war on stress and be-come a pro at tackling tension.

Beginning in January, Human Resources is offering a new workshop series called Relaxing Ways to Manage Your Stress. Each month we’ll hold a workshop showing you different relax-ation tools and guided imagery practices to help you make stress management a lifelong hab-it. You’ll get hands-on practice using a variety of breathing techniques and muscle relaxation tips that you can use every day—at work and at home.

Led by experts from Penn’s Employee As-sistance Program, this free workshop series will run on the last Wednesday of each month from January through May. We’re kicking off the se-ries on January 25. For complete details and to register, visit the Human Resources online course catalog at www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecat-alog or contact Human Resources at gstull@upenn.edu or (215) 573-2471.

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ExHIBITNow The Divided Self: Contemporary Vid-eo from Lahore; video works by artists living and working in and around Lahore, Pakistan; Slought Foundation; lecture and reception: January 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Through February 28.

TALK17 The Demonstrators Also Waited; an evening conversation with Allan Sekula, artist and film-maker and Kaja Silverman, Keith L. and Kather-ine Sachs Chair of Contemporary Art; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought; ICA; History of Art).

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As Ben’s Birthday Approaches: A Look at the Many Faces of Franklin at the University of PennsylvaniaDoes anyone really know where Ben is located on campus? Or how

many likenesses of him are to be found outdoors and indoors? Penn has nearly 50 works of art depicting Penn’s founder, according to the office of the University Curator which is responsible for Penn’s vast art collection.

As Provost Vincent Price noted during his Convocation remarks at the Palestra in September, “on 33rd Street, stands a young Benjamin Frank-lin (at far right), our patron, depicted as he arrived in Philadelphia at age 17... like you, striking out on his own. That 1914 statue, a gift of the Class of 1904 by noted sculptor Rob-ert Tait McKenzie, who headed Penn’s department of physical education, was actually the cam-pus’s first memorial to Franklin as founder. As you’ve noticed by now, today he’s pretty much ev-erywhere.”

In addition to the more recent and popular lifesize bronze, Ben on the Bench, at 37th and Locust, made in 1987 by George Lundeen and given to Penn from the Class of 1962—and the miniature version sold at the Penn Bookstore as a special momento; there is the 1899 bronze sculpture by John J. Boyle, in front of College Hall, on loan from City Hall, which is said to bring good luck to those who rub Franklin’s foot.

Several busts of Ben are currently on view at the Arthur Ross Gal-lery’s Double Take exhibi-tion through January 15, in-cluding the three below: (from left) a bronze by Jean-Antoine Houdon; a terra cotta by an unknown artist, and a marble bust carved after an origianl 1777 bust by Jean-Jacques Caffiéri, which was Franklin’s preferred likeness of himself.

Young Franklin as Printer, (at right) by Joe Brown and Vincent Masylin, a 1980 bronze, on loan from the Order of Masons, Philadel-phia Chapter, resides at the Inn at Penn, adja-cent to the entrance to the Living Room, near the top of the Walnut Street staircase.

Benjamin Franklin Mantel Clock (above) is a French Empire style clock with a marble base and gilded bronze statuette of Franklin. He is seated, overlooking an unfurled plan of the city of Philadelphia and holds a pair of eye-glasses in one hand while gesturing towards the map with the other. His costume includes a ruffled shirt and coat with fur collar—sim-ilar to the costume depicted in Jean Duples-sis’s famous portrait of Franklin, and the bust of Franklin by Marietta in Penn’s Collection. Leaning against the table is a book, Electric-ity Conductors. The clock, 19” x 13 1/4” x 6”, likely dates to the early 19th century.

Staffordshire Coffee Pot (at right) Layafette at Franklin’s Tomb by Enoch Wood & Sons, Staf-fordshire, 19th century; the image of Franklin’s tomb is completely fictitious. In this image, his tomb is a grandiose monument in a park-like set-ting but his actual tomb is a sim-ple slab in the graveyard at Christ Church in Philadelphia.

Franklin’s birthday has been celebrated on January 17 for centuries but he was actually born on January 6, 1705, before the colonies switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calen-dar in 1752. He supported the change and dutifully moved his birthday up the 11 days. Under the Ju-lian system the new year began March 25 not Janu-ary 1 so anyone born during those months also had to change the year of their birth. So his Gregorian year of birth became 1706 instead of 1705.

An Apotheosis of Franklin, (below) 1926, oil on canvas by N.C. Wyeth, is by far the larg-est piece of art on campus depicting the Uni-versity’s founder. Apotheosis means the pro-cess of deification. This huge painting 16’ x 30’, depicts Franklin as patriot and statesman.It was made for the Franklin Savings Bank of New York and was subsequently given to the Independence Hall Association which gave it to Penn for the University’s 250th anniversary. It has been hanging in the Hill College House atrium where it can be seen from several floors.

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