Tuesday, October 3, 1995
Volume 42 Number 6

News in Brief: Mayor's Scholars; U.S. Graduate Deans at Penn
SAS Term Chairs: Wm. Smith Chair to Randall Wright; Scheerr Chair to Michael Katz
New Faces
Council: Disciplinary
Charter Issues
Speaking Out: Compliants on Advising? (Dr.
Kelley); Health Care in Retirement (Dr.
Crockett);
Seminar: Getting Federal Funding
Death of Dr. Bonner
Of Record: Desktop
Hardware Standards for Penn (Vice Provost's Annual Update)
Relative Investment
Performance on Tax-Deferred Annuities: 403(b) Update
CrimeStats,
Workplace Events: Reception for Penn Women Who Went to
Beijing; Seminar: Women and Investment Planning
Benchmarks: Distancing
Doctoral Education from Faculty Research? (Dr. Madden)
Pullout: A Compass Supplement Introducing the New Faculty
Greeting the Newcomers
At left and on page 2 are photographs from the reception given last Wednesday at Eisenlohr Hall-the home of President Judith Rodin and her husband, Paul Verkuil (far left in this photo). Over a hundred new faculty and companions were escorted by their Deans and/or colleagues to the gathering, where many also met Provost Stanley Chodorow and Trustees Chair Roy Vagelos for the first time (page 2).New Faces of 1995
In the center of this issue is a 12-page supplement produced by The Compass, introducing new faculty across the University with a few words from the Deans about their schools' newest members.