May 3, 2016 Volume 62 Issue 33

Dean Steven Fluharty is pleased to name two faculty members to endowed chairs in Penn Arts & Sciences.

Bhuvnesh Jain, professor of physics & astronomy, has been named the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences. A Fellow of the American Physical Society, Dr. Jain is a world-renowned cosmologist whose expertise in gravitational lensing—the shearing and magnification of light from distant galaxies—is forging new insights into some of the least-understood phenomena in the universe, such as dark matter, cosmic acceleration and dark energy. He is currently leading the Gravitational Lensing group of the ongoing Dark Energy Survey, which will map the images of 300 million galaxies. He has helped set the research agenda for next-generation experiments as well, including the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and the space telescopes Euclid and WFIRST. Dr. Jain’s service to the University includes his work as co-director of the Center for Particle Cosmology and his past membership on the Faculty Senate’s Senate Executive Committee.

This chair was established through the generosity of the late Walter Annenberg, W’31, Hon’66, and his late wife, Leonore, Hon’85. The Annenbergs were extremely generous philanthropists not only to the University of Pennsylvania, but to other cultural institutions in Philadelphia. At Penn, the Annenbergs’ giving was transformative. They endowed 24 chairs across the University, most of them in Penn Arts & Sciences. They also founded the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn in 1958, and made countless other generous contributions to the University. The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts was named after them in 1970. Both the Honorable Leonore Annenberg and her husband, Ambassador Walter Annenberg, were emeritus trustees, and Ambassador Annenberg received Penn’s Alumni Award of Merit in 1991.

Charles Kane has been appointed Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics. He is an eminent condensed matter theorist whose verified, groundbreaking discoveries—most notably in predicting and discovering topological insulators that conduct electricity on surfaces that are indestructible by impurities or imperfections—have influenced the course of quantum electronic phenomena research in solids and garnered external recognition at the highest levels. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he is also a Physics Frontiers Prize Laureate; a Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate; and a recipient of the Franklin Institute’s Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Dirac Prize, the Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society Condensed Matter Division, and the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.

This chair is one of ten created by an exceptionally generous gift from the late Christopher H. Browne, C’69, who served Penn as a trustee and chairman of the Board of Overseers in Penn Arts & Sciences. The Browne chairs recognize faculty members who have achieved an extraordinary reputation for scholarly contributions and who have demonstrated great distinction in teaching, intellectual integrity and unquestioned commitment to free and open discussion of ideas.

Jennifer Prah Ruger has joined Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) as the Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics and Policy. Dr. Ruger will be the next director of SP2’s Master of Sci-ence in Social Policy (MSSP) program. Starting July 1, she will also serve as SP2’s inaugural asso-ciate dean for global studies and faculty chair at the Center Jennifer Prah Ruger for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP). She will work with other SP2 faculty fellows to help increase synergies between CHIP and SP2. 

Dr. Ruger has a master of studies in law from Yale, a PhD in health policy from Harvard and a master of science in comparative social research from Oxford.

“I am extremely honored to join the Social Policy & Practice community. SP2 has a rigorous and conceptually broad approach to the most pressing social problems facing the nation and the world and is known for its path-breaking work. I look forward to partnering with distinguished faculty, staff and students to build on and expand exceptional interdisciplinary programs, research, teaching and service to address critical issues within the School of Social Policy & Practice and beyond.”

Dr. Ruger is an internationally recognized leader in global and domestic health equity—she works at the intersection of economics, ethics, policy and health, producing findings unavailable from the application of only one discipline. Her national and global research has influenced global and domestic policy; she conducts collaborative research around the globe, including in Ghana, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, South Korea, South Africa, Vietnam, India and Indonesia.

Prior to her appointment at SP2, Dr. Ruger was a tenured associate professor of medical ethics and health policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, where she maintains a secondary appointment and is senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

She was speechwriter to the president of the World Bank, served on the health and develop-ment satellite secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland’s Transition Team, was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Global Health and was recently appointed by Penn President Amy Gutmann to chair the University’s Social Responsibility Advisory Committee.

Dr. Ruger has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, Greenwall Faculty Scholar Award in Bioethics, Donaghue Investigator Award, NIH Career Development Award, Labelle Lectureship and Mark DeWolfe Howe Research Award at Harvard University. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

“The list of Dr. Ruger’s accomplishments and commendations is lengthy and speaks volumes about her expertise and proven dedication to social policy,” said SP2 Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. “And we know for certain that her presence at the School of Social Policy & Practice will further enhance our students’ quality of education and continue to grow our MSSP program. We are thrilled to welcome her to SP2.”

Excellence in Teaching Award, Standing Faculty

Amy Hillier is the recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award, standing faculty, School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2). Dr. Hillier received her MSW and PhD from SP2. She is currently an associate professor of city & regional planning at PennDesign and holds a secondary faculty appointment in SP2. She teaches courses on geographic information sys-tems (GIS) mapping for city planning, social work and urban studies. Her research has focused on geographic disparities in health and housing, particularly across racial and economic groups, including issues such as mortgage redlining, access to healthful food, park use and exposure to outdoor advertising.

She is the co-director of The Ward: Race and Class in Du Bois’ Seventh Ward, a teaching, research and outreach project focused on WEB Du Bois’ classic 1899 book, The Philadelphia Negro. Through that project, Dr. Hillier visits Philadelphia public schools to engage high school students in discussions about historical and contemporary issues relating to race and racism. Most recently, Dr. Hillier has been collaborating with faculty, staff and students across and beyond campus to integrate content about gender and sexuality into graduate curricula in order to better prepare students to work with LGBTQ communities, particularly transgender youth of color. She is working with youth from the Attic, Philadelphia’s LGBTQ youth center, to advocate for greater support for transgender students within the Philadelphia public schools. 

Excellence in Teaching Award, Non-Standing Faculty 

Jacqueline Strait and Sarah Lidgus are recipients of the 2016 SP2 Excellence in Teaching Award for non-standing faculty. Dr. Strait graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned her MSW and DSW degrees from Penn. She has a great passion for clinical social work practice and specializes in helping young adults heal from trauma. Her research and writing focus on dissociative phenomena in clinical practice, particularly as it manifests in the therapist-client dyad. She teaches courses on mental health diagnostics and anxiety & depression in the MSW program. She is inspired by her students, “the brave hearts and brilliant minds” with whom she feels fortunate to think and learn.

Ms. Lidgus is a designer and educator whose work centers on issues of equity and social justice within cities. She is specifically focused on community-based projects across New York City through her creative practice, Small City New York. She has worked alongside organizations like the Center for Urban Ped-agogy, the Laundromat Project, the Design Trust for Public Space and the Public Policy Lab. Notable projects have yielded a community design school in Queens, a platform amplifying the art and activism of the South Bronx and a communications campaign around nail salon workers’ rights across New York. Previously, Ms. Lidgus worked as a design lead in IDEO’s New York studio, and with IDEO.org as part of their inaugural fellowship class. She taught design research at the School of Visual Arts and currently teaches design thinking at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice. This year Ms. Lidgus was named to GOOD Magazine’s GOOD 100 list, which highlights positive social impact through creative means. 

The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce the establishment of a limited fund to support open-access publication by standing and associated faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. The fund is a pilot project to support Penn scholars who want to make their publications openly accessible to all readers immediately upon publication by paying reasonable publication fees required by open-access journals. An author may request up to $3,000 per article (or alternative publication format) and no more than $3,000 in any academic year. 

Open-access publishing offers an alternative to the traditional subscription publishing model, where libraries and individuals pay a fee for access. Open-access journals make their articles available freely to anyone while applying the same peer-review process to submissions as subscription journals to ensure the integrity of the scholarship. Since open-access journals charge no subscription or access fees, operating expenses must be covered through other sources, such as article processing fees. The Open Access Fund is being established to help cover those fees.

The Penn Libraries will provide subsidies to eligible applicants on a first-come, first-served basis until all of the designated funds for the academic year have been used. Successful applicants will have up to $3,000 per article reimbursed upon the submission of a receipt and proof of payment. All publications funded by the Libraries’ Open Access Fund will be submitted to Penn’s institutional repository, ScholarlyCommons@Penn. ScholarlyCommons highlights Penn-authored publications, provides a permanent URL for each work deposited therein and provides easy discoverability.
For more information and to apply for funding, please visit: http://guides.library.upenn.edu/library_support_for_openaccess_publication If you have questions about the application form or the fund, please contact Richard Griscom, director of collections and liaison services, at griscom@ upenn.edu

In July 2015, the University of Pennsylvania submitted an exemption request under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in support of research operations. The exemption request was recently approved for a limited scope of research activity from February 2016 through February 28, 2018. However, even with the grant of the Section 333 Exemption, operation of UAS vehicles remains highly regulated by the FAA. The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety, Office of Risk Management & Insurance and Office of the General Counsel (OGC) are developing a UAS Policy that is intended to provide more detailed guidance in the future.

—Office of the General Counsel

What does the Section 333 Exemption mean for researchers at Penn?

The exemption is limited to aerial data collection, which includes any remote sensing and measuring by an instrument(s) aboard the UAS. Examples include imagery (photography, video, infrared, etc.), electronic measurement (precision surveying, RF analysis, etc.), chemical measurement (particulate measurement, etc.) or any other gathering of data by instruments aboard the UAS.

The exemption is further restricted to only the UAS that Penn included in the original petition.

To determine if a UAS was included, the list of approved devices in the Section 333 Exemption must be reviewed. A UAS operator must meet the following conditions and limitations for each flight. Failure to comply can be grounds for the immediate suspension by the FAA of the University-wide exemption. 

• The pilot in command (PIC) must hold either an airline transport, commercial, private, recreational or sport pilot certificate. Also, the PIC must hold a current FAA airman medical certificate or valid US driver’s license.
• The UAS may not operate within five nautical miles of an airport reference point (ARP).
• The UAS must be operated no more than 400 feet above ground level (AGL).
• The UAS may not exceed a speed of 87 knots (100 miles per hour) or greater than the maximum UAS operating airspeed recommended by the aircraft manufacturer.
• The UAS must be operated within visual line of sight (VLOS) of the PIC at all times. 
• All operations must utilize a visual observer (VO). The UAS must be operated within the VLOS of the PIC and the VO at all times. The PIC must be designated before the flight and cannot transfer his or her designation for the duration of the flight. 
• Operations for the purpose of closed-set motion picture and television filming are not permitted. 
• UAS operations may not be conducted during night. All flights must be conducted under visual meteorological conditions (VMC).
• All flight operations must be conducted at least 500 feet from all non-participating persons, vessels, vehicles and structures. Practically, this requirement means that it will still be very challenging even with the Section 333 Exemption to legally operate a UAS on or about the Penn campus, as there is almost always a non-participating person within 500 feet.

What about the new rules for operating UAS commercially?

The FAA is currently analyzing comments on new rules for operating small UAS commercially, so until the FAA issues a final rule, no part of this rule is in effect and current regula-tions continue to apply. 

What if I am operating UAS as a hobby?

Unless you are flying only for hobby or recreational purposes (which excludes University research or business reasons), you will need FAA authorization via a Section 333 grant of exempion to fly your UAS. This applies even if you are only flying to supplement or aid your business and not charging fees for doing so. For more info on the FAA’s interpretation of “hobby or recreational” flying, please see the FAA’s Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. 

What if I am operating UAS for my research?

You must adhere to the guidelines outlined under Penn’s exemption. Please provide advance notice to Penn’s Division of Public Safety and Office of Risk Management & Insurance of any intended UAS use.

What about new legislation on higher education’s use of UAS?

To date, amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization Act of 2016 and separate legislation have requested that the FAA explore standards to allow expanded use of UAS at institutions of higher education in an academic setting. The Office of Government and Community Affairs (OGCA) and OGC will continue to monitor these developments, but until the FAA issues a final rule for colleges and universities on use of UAS on campus, faculty, staff and students are required to follow the guidelines set forth in Penn’s exemption for any UAS activity that is connected to or authorized by Penn.

Where can I get more information about how Section 333 Exemptions work?

The FAA has a list of FAQs on Section 333 available at https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_ programs/section_333/333_faqs/#q6

After a national search, Adam B. Sherr has been named the University registrar in Student Registration & Financial Services, effective May 1. As University registrar, he will direct the office in the seamless and innovative delivery of services around student data, academic records, course scheduling and classroom and space management.

Mr. Sherr has been a member of the Penn community for nearly 30 years, having completed his BA in history & sociology of science in 1990 and his MSEd in higher education in 2000. A native Philadelphian and former Mayor’s Scholar, his first position at Penn was as a work-study student in the University Dining Services Office. He continued his career after obtaining his initial degree, performing various roles in the Business Services Division.

For 14 years, he served in the School of Nursing as school registrar and as an academic advisor before assuming the role of functional project lead for Pennant Accounts, overseeing the redesign effort of the Next Generation Student System.

The role of the University registrar impacts the entire community of Penn students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni and in announcing his appointment, Michelle H. Brown-Nevers, associate vice president for student services, said, “Adam’s devotion to students, collaborative nature and broad, campus-wide experience positions him to take the helm of the Registrar’s Office and to lead the team in bringing the Pennant Records project and all other aspects of systems and process improvement to another level of excellence.”

Since 2000, Mr. Sherr has served as chair of the Penn Alumni Interview Program’s Philadelphia Committee, engaging alumni interviewers in the process to help identify prospective students. He has held leadership roles with the Penn Professional Staff Assembly (PPSA), including two stints serving as the group’s chair. A passionate Penn Quaker, he has been the assistant director of the Penn Band for over 20 years.

Penn Transit Services has rolled out a new look for its fleet of bus and shuttle vehicles. They introduced a contemporary red and blue design that crosses over the entire fleet, unifying the brand shown on the different types of vehicles that transport passengers to, from and around campus. This initiative brought together seven different designs formerly featured on Penn buses and shuttles.

“Passengers will now be able to easily identify the buses and shuttles operated by Penn Transit,” said Marie Witt, vice president of Business Services. “Whether you are taking an express shuttle to Pennovation Works from a Penn Transit Stop, using Accessible Transit or riding Penn Bus East or West, the vehicles will be clearly distinguishable from other transportation services.”

In conjunction with Penn Transit’s new look on campus, four additional buses have been added to the fleet. Each 40-passenger, low-floor vehicle is ADA compliant, with an accessible ramp and two wheelchair stations. The vehicles will keep pace with ridership demand along with the increasingly popular charter bus service Penn Transit offers to the University. A total of nine buses and 11 shuttles display the new red and blue motif.

The Penn Transit fleet continues to maintain its commitment to sustainable transportation. All Penn Buses are powered by bio-diesel. The bi-fuel cutaway shuttle vehicles can run on multiple fuel sources. The shuttle fleet primarily operates on propane supplied by Penn Transit Services’ maintenance facility.

Visit www.upenn.edu/PennTransit for more information regarding services, routes and schedules.

Jamal Charlton Morris, a part-time staff member at Penn’s Pottruck Health & Fitness Center, died at Penn Presbyterian Hospital on April 18 after a hit-and-run incident in West Philadelphia. He was 27 years old. Mr. Morris grew up in Warwick, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering & mechanics from Drexel University in 2011.

In 2008, he joined Penn’s staff as a part-time recreation aide at Pottruck. He was also a piping designer for Amec Foster Wheeler, an international engineering and project-management firm. Since he was an organ donor, eight people have received organs after his death. He is survived by his parents, Hector Charlton Morris and Channabel Latham-Morris. 

Molly Dulcinea Roth, Gr’03, a former staff member in the Office of the University Secretary at Penn, died on March 9 in Philadelphia. She was 53 years old.

Dr. Roth was born in Chicago and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her BA in history from Swarthmore College in 1985 and her PhD in anthropology from Penn in 2003. Her dissertation was published as Ma Parole S’achete: Molly Roth Money, Identity and Meaning in Malian Jeliya (LIT Verlag, 2008). 

She joined Penn’s staff in 2001 as a planning coordinator in the Office of the Secretary. In 2002, she became director of Trustee Affairs (Almanac September 24, 2002). She stayed at Penn until 2006, then held leadership positions at OIC International, Inc., Philadanco, the Library Company of Philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society. She was founding executive director at the Global Philadelphia Association.

Dr. Roth is survived by her parents, Martin and Martha; her husband, Michael Hesson; two daughters, Elinor and Claudia; her sister, Jennifer; her brother, David; and five nieces and nephews, Grey, Henry, Faye, Ramona and Leo; as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins. A memorial service is planned for next year in Clark Park.

Donations in her memory may be made to the American Philosophical Society (http://www.amphilsoc.org/contribute) or the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (http://www.lungcancerfoundation.org/contribute).
 

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 at senate@pobox.upenn.edu

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda 

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

3-5 p.m.

Singh Center for Nanotechnology, Glandt Forum

1. Approval of the Minutes of April 13, 2016 (1 minute)

2. Chair’s Report (10 minutes)

3. Past-Chair’s Report: Campaign for Community, Academic Planning and Budget, and Capital Council (5 minutes)

4. Senate Committee Reports (60 minutes) 

a. Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy (SCSEP)

b. Senate Committee on Faculty and the Academic Mission (SCOF) 

c. Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (SCOA)

d. Senate Committee on Faculty Development, Diversity and Equity (SCFDDE)

5. Confidentiality and the Ombuds (15 minutes) Discussion with Lynn Hollen Lees, ombudsman, and Marcia Martínez-Helfman, associate ombudsman

6. Issues requiring a vote:
a. Ballot: 2016 Senate Committee on Committees (5 minutes)
b. Ballot: 2016-2017 University Council Steering Committee Members (5 minutes)

7. New Business (10 minutes)

8. Passing of the Torch and Concluding Remarks (5 minutes)

9. Reception
 

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Trustees will be held on Thursday, May 12. A meeting of the Budget & Finance Committee will be held that same day. All meetings will take place on Penn’s campus in the Conference Center, fourth floor, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine (PCAM). For info, call (215) 898-7005. The meeting schedule is below:

9:30-11 a.m.: Budget & Finance Committee

1:20-1:30 p.m.: Meeting of the Executive Committee

The two policies below have been revised, on the recommendation of the Council of Undergraduate Deans, to indicate that violations of the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code of Student Conduct or the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy will result in a student’s being ineligible for academic honors. A sanction of probation, suspension or expulsion will mean that a student is not eligible for Latin honors or the Dean’s List. In addition, when a student receives a sanction of probation, suspension or expulsion from the Office of Student Conduct or the Sexual Violence Investigative Officer, that sanction will be part of the student’s permanent record and, therefore, reportable outside of Penn.

—Vincent Price, Provost 
—Beth Winkelstein, Vice Provost for Education

Graduation Honors
A student who has received a sanction of probation or greater for a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code of Student Conduct or the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy is not eligible for Latin honors. Notation of Graduation Honors will be removed from the transcript if the finding occurs after this honor has been posted.

Dean’s List
A student who has received a sanction of probation or greater for a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code of Student Conduct or the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy is not eligible for the Dean’s List in the academic year in which the violation occurred. The Dean’s List citation will be removed from the transcript if the finding occurs after this honor has been posted or if the violation occurs during the summer term following the academic year in which this honor was awarded.

LeAnn Dourte, a senior lecturer in bioengineering, is the recipient of the American Society of Engineering Ed-ucation (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award, granted annually to recognize contributions in the field of biomedical engineering education by new faculty members.

Dr. Dourte, who earned her PhD in bioengineering from Penn in 2011, will be honored at the Biomedical Engineering Division Awards Banquet in New Orleans, Louisiana, this June.

Benjamin Aaron Garcia, a Presidential Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2016 Protein Science Young Investigator Award, given to a scientist who has made an important contribution to the study of proteins within the first eight years of an independent career.

Dr. Garcia will be recognized at the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Protein Society this July in Baltimore, Maryland, where he will also give a plenary talk. His pioneering research involves developing new mass spectrometry methods and bioinformatic computational tools to examine critical modifications in cellular proteins that alter and control their functions.

Marwan M. Kraidy, the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics & Culture and founding director of the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC) at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, is one of 33 new Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Fellows receive funding to pursue one to two years of scholarly research and writing addressing challenges to US democracy and international order.

Dr. Kraidy teaches courses on globalization, culture and revolution, the body in digital culture, contentious publics and the geopolitics of popular culture. He has been studying the use of communications by the Islamic State, whose threat to global security, he argues, is intimately connected to its uses of media and technology.

Ellie Pavlick, a fourth-yearPhD student studying natural language processing in the department of computer & information science in Penn’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, is one of 12 2016-2017 Facebook Fellows. Each winner receives a two-year fellowship that includes payment of tuition and fees, a $37,000 unrestricted grant, opportunities for paid internships and a visit to Facebook’s headquarters to present research. This summer, Ms. Pavlick will intern at Google, where she will work on a project to analyze noun compounds.​

Penn Law held its Women’s Summit, “Celebrating Women: From Carrie Kilgore to Today,” in March in Philadelphia. The inaugural Carrie Burnham Kilgore Awards, Summit Awards and Rising Star Awards were presented.

The Carrie Burnham Kilgore Awards

These awards honor trailblazing women leaders whose exemplary careers and/or advocacy have served as catalysts for change.

• Hillary R. Clinton, US Secretary of State, 2008-2012 (New York, NY)
• Safra Catz, W’83, L’86, co-chief executive officer, Oracle Corporation (Redwood City, CA)

The Summit Awards

These awards honor outstanding women leaders whose careers and advocacy at the highest levels inspire and enable the continuing advancement of women.

• Pamela Daley, L’79, senior vice president, General Electric, retired; senior advisor to the chairman, Corporate Business Development
• Hon. Phyllis Kravitch, L’44, senior circuit judge, US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (Atlanta, GA)
• Ambassador Melanne Verveer, executive director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; former US ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues (Washington, DC)
• Patricia Viseur Sellers, L’79, special advisor for prosecution strategies to the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (Brussels, Belgium)
• Mary Jo White, chair, US Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington, DC)

The Rising Star Awards

These awards honor established and future women leaders showing great promise and professional achievements in their first ten years post-graduation.

• Nermeen Arastu, L’08, clinical law professor and supervising attorney, City University of New York School of Law’s Immigrant & Non- Citizen Rights Clinic (New York, NY)
• Sheila Bapat, L’07, author, Part of the Family? Nannies, Housekeepers, Caregivers and the Battle for Domestic Workers’ Rights (San Francisco, CA)
• Linda Shi, L’09, general counsel, 50onRed (Philadelphia, PA)
• Meredith Slawe, L’05, partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Jolyon Baraka Thomas, an assistant professor of Japanese culture, religion and history in the department of East Asian languages & civilizations in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, is one of 12 scholars chosen for the US-Japan Network for the Future.

During this two-year program, Dr. Thomas will participate in a workshop and series of meetings in Washington, DC; a retreat in Montana; a study trip in Japan and a public symposium and panel discussion. The cohort will conduct research, write commentary on policy issues and produce policy papers for publication.

Kimberley Thomas, Gr’15, an A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences at Penn, won the American Association of Geographers’ 2016 J. Warren Nystrom award for best dissertation for her paper, Bordering non-water flows: Explaining upstream-downstream power asymmetries in the Ganges Basin.

Dr. Thomas is affiliated with the department of South Asia studies and teaches in the Master of Environmental Studies program. She researches international water politics and human vulnerability to environmental change.

Bethany Wiggin, an associate professor and graduate chair of German languages and literatures, affiliate faculty in English and founding director of the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities, has received a 2016-2017 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship. This award supports faculty in the humanities who embrace public engagement as part of the scholarly vocation. Each Fellow receives a semester of leave to pursue a public-facing project, as well as $10,000 toward project costs.

Dr. Wiggin will use her fellowship for a project called Floating on Warmer Waters. She will explore the complex relationship of people and nature on the Lower Schuylkill River. Based jointly at Bartram’s Garden and at Penn, the project will engage historians, scientists and visual artists to create new programming for the public.

University of Pennsylvania political scientist Diana Mutz, music professor Timothy Rommen and theoretical chemist Joseph Subotnik have won John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships. They are among 178 scholars, artists and scientists selected from nearly 3,000 applicants from the US and Canada. The new fellows, announced last month, were chosen on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.

Dr. Mutz, who has dual appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg School for Communication, will use her Guggenheim in conjunction with her fall sabbatical to work on a study of American attitudes toward globalization over the next academic year. She teaches and does research on public opinion, political psychology and mass political behavior, with an emphasis on political communication. She holds the Samuel A. Stouffer Chair in Political Science and Communication and serves as the director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics.

Dr. Rommen, a professor of music and Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, specializes in the music of the Caribbean with research interests that include folk and popular sacred music, popular music, critical theory, ethics, tourism, diaspora and the intellectual history of ethnomusicology. He will use his Guggenheim to complete a book, Sounding a Borderless Caribbean: The Creole Geographies of Dominica’s Popular Music.

Dr. Subotnik, an associate professor of chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences, will use his award to further fundamental understanding of electrochemistry, the study of chemical reactions that involve the transfer of electrons at metal surfaces. These reactions are critical to the operation of catalysts, batteries, photovoltaic cells and many other energy-related devices. He will collaborate with Stanford University’s Todd Martinez, as well as other theorists there, to make faster, more detailed computer simulations of electrochemical reaction dynamics.

Baccalaureate Ceremony

Sunday, May 15

Irvine Auditorium

1:30-2:30 p.m.–Ceremony for students whose last names begin with A-K

3-4 p.m.–Ceremony for students whose last names begin with L-Z

Speaker: David Brooks, author; political and cultural commentator; New York Times columnist

Doctor of Humane Letters

Commencement

Monday, May 16

Franklin Field, 9 a.m.

Speaker: Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Grammy, Tony, MacArthur and Pulitzer Prize recipient

Doctor of Arts

Honorary Degree Recipients:

Hawa Abdi, human rights activist and physician; founder and chairperson, Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation

Doctor of Sciences

Elizabeth E. Bailey, John C. Hower Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Doctor of Sciences

David Brooks, author; political and cultural commentator; New York Times columnist

Doctor of Humane Letters

Renée Fleming, opera and classical performing artist; Grammy and National Medal of Arts recipient

Doctor of Music

Sylvester James Gates, Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director, Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland

Doctor of Sciences

Asma Jahangir, human rights activist and lawyer; founding member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Doctor of Laws

Eric R. Kandel, University Professor and director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University

Doctor of Sciences

Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Grammy, Tony, MacArthur and Pulitzer Prize recipient

Doctor of Arts

School Ceremonies and Speakers

Annenberg School for Communication

Bachelor of Arts Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 10 a.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, following the ceremony

Speaker: Maria Popova (C’07), founder of BrainPickings

PhD Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 110, Annenberg School

Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, noon-1:30 p.m.

School of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Field

Class of 2016 Speaker: Laura Sorice

Speaker: Billy Shore, C’77, founder of Share Our Strength

Graduate Division, SAS Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum

Speaker: Anne Norton, professor of political science and chair of the department of political science, SAS, Penn

College of Liberal & Professional Studies Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Anita Allen, vice provost for faculty, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy

Fels Institute of Government Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1:30 p.m., Fox-Fels Hall

Speaker: General Larry O. Spencer, former vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force

School of Dental Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium

Speaker: Carol Gomez Summerhays, president of the American Dental Association

Reception: Following the ceremony, School of Dental Medicine, Robert Schattner Center

School of Design

Luncheon: Monday, May 16, noon, Meyerson Hall Upper and Lower Galleries and Dean’s Alley

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Meyerson Plaza

Reception: Meyerson Hall Upper and Lower Galleries and Dean’s Alley, 3:30 p.m., following the ceremony

Speaker: Thom Mayne, founder and design director at Morphosis; practice professor of architecture, and Paul Philippe Cret Professor, Penn School of Design

Graduate School of Education

Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m., Franklin Field

Speaker: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the School of Education, University of Michigan

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Lloyd W. Howell Jr., executive vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton

Class of 2016 Speaker: Adam Stravitz

Luncheon: noon-2 p.m., immediately following the University Commencement

Master’s Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Gayle Laakmann McDowell, ENG’05, GEN’05, WG’11, entrepreneur, author, consultant and programmer

Luncheon: 12:30-2 p.m., before the ceremony

PhD Ceremony: Thursday, May 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium

Speaker: David Ege, Merck & Co., Inc.

Reception: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 4:30-6 p.m.

Law School

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3-5:15 p.m., Academy of Music

Speaker: Loretta Lynch, 83rd attorney general of the United States

Reception: Sunday, May 15, 2-4:30 p.m., Law School

Perelman School of Medicine

Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m., Kimmel Center

Speaker: Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, M’66, Paul J. Thomas Professor of Molecular Genetics and director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics at University of Texas Southwestern

Reception: Kimmel Center, immediately following the ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 12:30 p.m., BRB II/III auditorium and lobby

School of Nursing

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center

Speaker: Alex Gorsky, chairman and chief executive officer, Johnson & Johnson

Reception: Monday, May 16, noon, Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby in the School of Nursing

School of Social Policy & Practice

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium (tickets required)

Speaker: Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered & award-winning journalist

Reception: Houston Hall, following ceremony

School of Veterinary Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Russell C. Redding, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture

Reception: Annenberg Plaza, following ceremony

Wharton School

Wharton MBA for Executives San Francisco Graduation Ceremony:

Saturday, May 7, 10-11:45 a.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

Speaker: Jacqueline Reses, W’92, capital lead, Square

Wharton Doctoral Division Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m., Kintner- Dietrich Galleries, Penn Museum

Wharton MBA for Executives Philadelphia Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 3 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Anthony Noto, WG ’99 (WEMBA 23), chief financial officer, Twitter

Wharton Undergraduate Division Graduation Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m., Palestra

Class of 2016 Speaker: Sebastián Negrón Reichard

Faculty Speaker: David Bell, Xinmei Zhang and Yongge Dai Professor, marketing

Wharton MBA Division Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m., Palestra

Speaker: Ruth Porat, WG’87, chief financial officer, Alphabet

For additional information on Commencement 2016, visit the Commencement website: www.upenn.edu/commencement or call the Commencement information line: (215) 573-GRAD

Join Penn Home Ownership Services (PHOS) and PECO for an Open House on Friday, May 6 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Large Conference Room in Suite 440A at the Division of Business Services, 3401 Walnut Street. PECO representatives will share information about saving energy in your home and offer coupons for discounts on home energy analyses. Enjoy a light lunch and fun giveaways. Visit www.upenn.edu/homeownership to register to attend this special event.

The University of Pennsylvania Police Department Community Crime Report

About the Crime Report: Below are the Crimes Against Persons, Crimes Against Society and Crimes Against Property from the campus report for April 18-24, 2016. Prior weeks’ reports are also online.—Eds.

This summary is prepared by the Division of Public Safety and includes all criminal incidents reported and made known to the University Police Department between the dates of April 18-24, 2016. The University Police actively patrol from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue and from the Schuylkill River to 43rd Street in conjunction with the Philadelphia Police. In this effort to provide you with a thorough and accurate report on public safety concerns, we hope that your increased awareness will lessen the opportunity for crime. For any concerns or suggestions regarding this report, please call the Division of Public Safety at (215) 898-4482.

18th District Report

Below are the Crimes Against Persons from the 18th District: 10 incidents (5 robberies, 4 assaults and 1 purse snatch) with 2 arrests were reported between April 18-24, 2016 by the 18th District covering the Schuylkill River to 49th Street & Market Street to Woodland Avenue.

04/19/16               11:36 AM             43rd & Locust Sts    Robbery

04/19/16               10:16 PM             3700 Spruce St        Robbery

04/20/16               1:38 AM               3900 Market St         Robbery

04/20/16                8:26 PM              4600 Chestnut St      Robbery

04/21/16                3:54 AM              3935 Walnut St          Assault

04/22/16                6:25 AM              48th & Walnut Sts      Purse Snatch

04/22/16                11:19 PM            3400 Spruce St          Assault/Arrest

04/23/16                1:26 AM              3400 Spruce St          Assault/Arrest

04/23/16                 8:22 PM             3405 Woodland Walk Robbery

04/24/16                 8:36 AM             40th & Walnut Sts       Assault

The Division of Public Safety is committed to enhancing the quality of life for the campus community by integrating the best practices of public and private policing with state-of-the-art technology. A critical component of a comprehensive security plan using state-of-the-art technology is Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).

As prescribed by the University Policy “Closed Circuit Television Monitoring and Recording of Public Areas for Safety and Security Purposes” (Almanac April 29, 2008), the locations of all outside CCTV cameras monitored by Public Safety are to be published semi-annually in Almanac. The locations and descriptions of these cameras can also be found on the Division of Public Safety website: https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/ about/tec/closed-circuit-television-cctv

The following existing cameras meet those criteria:

University of Pennsylvania Cameras

4040 Chestnut St. (front)

4040 Sansom St. (rear)

41st & Chestnut Sts.

40th & Locust Walk

40th & Spruce Sts.

41st & Spruce Sts.

41st & Locust Sts.

39th & Spruce Sts.

39th & Walnut Sts.

38th & Walnut Sts.

38th & Spruce Sts.

Fels Institute of Government

36th & Walnut Sts.

37th & Spruce Sts.

36th & Spruce Sts.

33rd St. & Smith Walk

34th & Walnut Sts.

100 Block of S. 37th St.

Steve Murray Way & Sansom Sts.

Steve Murray Way & Chestnut St.

37th & Walnut Sts.

SEAS Courtyard

40th & Walnut Sts.

33rd & Chestnut Sts.

36th & Sansom Sts. (Franklin Bldg.)

Fisher-Bennett Hall (Overseeing Levine Bldg.)

1920 Commons (Spruce 38 rooftop)

33rd & Walnut Sts.

42nd & Locust Sts.

36th St. & Locust Walk

38th St. & Hamilton Walk

31st & Chestnut Sts. (Left Bank)

31st & Walnut Sts. (Left Bank)

43rd & Locust Sts.

Schattner, Coffee Shop area

Schattner, bike rack

CineMark

4119 Walnut St.

Franklin Field

40th & Market Sts.

Levy Dental (loading dock)

Left Bank (loading dock)

34th & Chestnut Sts.

39th St. & Locust Walk

38th St. & Locust Walk

37th St. & Locust Walk

38th & Sansom Sts.

Jon M. Huntsman Hall (NE corner)

34th & Spruce Sts.

WXPN/World Cafe, 31st & Walnut Sts.

WXPN/World Cafe, SW side

(lower level)

Translational Research Labs, 31st St.

Translational Research Labs, 31st St. (upper level)

Translational Research Labs, 30th St. (lower level South)

Translational Research Labs, 30th St. (lower level North)

Levy Tennis Pavilion

Mod 7 (West)

Mod 7 (North)

Mod 7 (Southeast)

Hollenback (lower level rear parking)

Hollenback (rooftop)

40th & Pine Sts.

41st & Pine Sts.

42nd & Pine Sts.

38th & Chestnut Sts.

38th & Market Sts.

34th & Market Sts.

36th & Market Sts.

39th St. & Baltimore Ave. (Vet School—Hill Pavilion)

Stellar-Chance, roof (rear)

Stellar-Chance, roof (front)

Stellar-Chance, loading dock

Blockley Hall, roof

BRB II, loading dock (exterior)

Osler Circle Courtyard

BRB II roof (rear)

BRB II roof (front)

CRB roof

CRB-Stemmler Bridge (main entrance hall)

CRB-Stemmler Hall (main entrance)

Museum, loading dock (exterior)

Museum, 33rd St. (exterior)

Museum, Kress Entrance (exterior)

Museum, Kress Entrance (interior)

Museum, upper loading dock (exterior)

Museum, Warden Garden (main entrance)

Museum, Stoner Courtyard (lower courtyard)

40th St. & Baltimore Ave.

41st St. & Baltimore Ave.

42nd St. & Baltimore Ave.

43rd St. & Baltimore Ave.

College Green

Lower College Green

Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall

(Joe’s Café)

Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (trolley)

Tandem Accelerator

40th & Chestnut Sts.

40th & Ludlow Sts.

39th & Ludlow Sts.

36th & Chestnut Sts.

46th & Chestnut Sts.

Irving & Preston Sts.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Button

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Ben Statue

Ringe Squash Parking

Caster, rear entrance

Caster, bike rack 1

Caster, bike rack 2

GSE on Plaza 62

GSE Plaza 1

Palestra 1

Palestra 2

College Green

College Hall (exterior basement)

Harnwell 1

Harrison 1

Harrison 2

Solomon Labs 1-4

Steinberg Conference Center

Chemistry, bike racks 1-4

Williams, bike racks 1-3

Houston/Wynn Commons

Levy Tennis Transit Stop

Paley Bridge

SLC roof rear

CRB-Stemmler Bridge (interior)

Stellar-Chance (main entrance)

Richards (rear door)

John Morgan, Hamilton Walk

Weiss Info Commons 1 (rear door)

Weiss Info Commons 2 (front door)

English House (Law School bike rack)

Van Pelt Manor (bike rack)

Class of 1925 (bike rack)

VHUP camera (bike rack)

VHUP secure dog walk

VHUP dog walk

Pottruck, bike rack 1

Pottruck, bike rack 2

Law School, Sansom St.

Singh Center for Nanotechnology, courtyard

Singh Center, East loading dock

Singh Center, nitrogen loading dock

Singh Center, West loading dock

Singh Center, roof terrace South

Singh Center, Nano roof terrace North

River Field

Blockley, bike rack 1-8

Hilton 1–Homewood Suites

Hilton 2–Homewood Suites

Hayden Hall east door

Hayden Hall west door

Shoemaker Green 1-8

Garage 40 (rooftop)

Spruce Street Plaza

37th & Locust Sts.

Rodin, bike rack

Jerome Fisher main entrance

Public Safety Annex 2

Public Safety Annex 3

Public Safety Annex 4

Public Safety Annex 5

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Mark’s Café 1

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Mark’s Café 2

Meyerson, bike rack 1

Meyerson, bike rack 2

WEMBA loading dock

Generational Bridge 1

Generational Bridge 2

Pennovation Works

Pennovation Works gate

Penn Park

Penn Park Drive (entrance)

Parking Lot (SW corner)

North bike rack (Field 2)

Parking Lot NE (corner)

Lower 30th & Walnut Sts.

Walnut St. Bridge Upper

Walnut St. Bridge Pedestrian Walkway

Penn Park Field 1 (bike rack)

Penn Park Field 2

Penn Park Field 2 (bike rack)

Paley Bridge Entrance (walkway)

Penn Park (walkway to Paley Bridge)

Softball Stadium (bike rack 1)

Softball Stadium (women’s restroom)

Softball Stadium (men’s restroom)

Softball Stadium (bike rack 2)

Weave Bridge (Penn Park ramp)

Weave Bridge Hollenback

Weave Bridge Bower

Weave Bridge East

Tennis Center (Field 4 walkway)

Field 4 (South Street Bridge)

Ropes Course

NE corner (Field 2)

SW corner (Field 2)

Penn Park (North)

Penn Park Lower 30th & Walnut Sts.

Penn Park (Field 1)

Penn Park (Plaza)

Tennis Center (Field 4)

Ropes Course/Maintenance Bldgs.

Penn Park (utility shed)

Penn Park NE corner

Penn Park Paley Bridge

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Cameras 

HUP Public Cameras

34th St. Pedestrian Bridge

Spruce St. White Building courtyard

Spruce St. between 34th & 35th Sts. (facing west)

Spruce St. between 34th & 35th Sts. (facing east)

Spruce St. west fire tower door

Spruce St. Maloney entrance & morgue driveway

Rhodes basement (dock ramp)

Rhodes 1st floor (patio)

Rhodes 1st floor (Hamilton Walk)

Rhodes/Stemmler bike rack

Rhodes loading dock ramp (36th and Spruce Sts.)

Rhodes loading dock 1

Rhodes loading dock 2

Hospital side of Penn Tower Bridge

Penn Tower/HUP Bridge/Civic Center

Emergency Department Driveway 1-4

Ravdin Driveway (Civic Center Blvd.)

White Bldg., entrance (Spruce St.)

Dulles Bldg., bike racks (Spruce St.)

Gates Bldg., fire exit door (Spruce St.)

Maloney Bldg., entrance (36th & Spruce Sts.)

Morgue—Maloney ground (36th St.)

Miller Plaza (adjacent to Stemmler)

Health Science Drive—Perelman Parking garage entrance

Perelman and Smilow

Civic Center Blvd. at East Service Dr.

Perelman front door

Surface parking lot rear of Perelman

Perelman loading dock

East Service Dr. at Health Science Dr.

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Powelton (dock)

Wright-Saunders (roof)

Heart and Vascular Pavilion

(front entrance)

Heart and Vascular Pavilion

(rear entrance)

Helipad

Powelton Lot

3910 Lot

Powelton St.

Scheie Eye Institute (North door)

Mutch roof

Garage (front)

Garage (side)

Cupp Lobby (entrance)

3910 Bldg. (entrance)

3910 loading dock

Advanced Care Canopy (Trauma)

Advanced Care Canopy (ED) 1

Advanced Care Canopy (ED) 2

Advanced Care Canopy (Trauma) 3

Advanced Care Canopy (Trauma)

To the Penn Community:
Penn’s Commencement is a wonderful opportunity to gather together in celebration of the impressive accomplishments of our students. On behalf of the Trustees, Officers and Deans and their faculties, we would like to invite all members of the Penn community to attend the University’s 260th Commencement on Monday, May 16, 2016.

The Academic Procession steps forth from the Annenberg Center at 9 a.m., then pauses for approximately 45 minutes in front of College Hall to applaud the graduating students as they pass through our ranks. The procession then proceeds to Franklin Field, where the ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. If you wish to attend the festivities, please seek advance approval from your supervisor to assure that the business needs of your department will continue to be met. Whether you wish to join the festivities around Locust Walk and College Green or come to the ceremony itself (tickets are not necessary), we very much hope that you will join us in this University-wide culmination of the academic year.

—Amy Gutmann, President
—Vincent Price, Provost
—Leslie Laird Kruhly, Vice President and University Secretary

Members of the University Club at Penn are invited to attend the Club’s annual meeting on Tuesday, May 17. The meeting will be held in the Club’s Hourglass Room at noon. At the meeting, the University Club’s Board of Governors will present membership with the Club’s state of affairs and the results of the election to the Board for the coming year. 

Members will receive a link to an online ballot by email, which is to be completed and returned by May 13 at 5 p.m. For more information, including information on becoming a University Club member, please visit: http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/universityclub

—Benjamin Wiggins, President, University Club Board of Governors

The day after Commencement, Almanac will not publish an issue. Today is the deadline for the May AT PENN Update in the May 10 issue, which will span two weeks, through May 24. There will be two more issues, May 24 with Commencement coverage and May 31 with the Summer AT PENN calendar.

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

Your Penn computer is likely centrally managed by your organization’s IT department. One of the benefits of this configuration is that it enables the IT department to install the latest or most critical software updates when they are released. The timely installation of updates is vitally important to protect the privacy and security of both your personal data and Penn’s data.

Unfortunately, many home computers are not nearly as well maintained. Far too often, people’s home computers are weeks, months or even years behind in vital updates. This leaves them increasingly vulnerable to hackers, spyware and other forms of malicious attacks. Security updates in particular need to be installed soon after vulnerabilities are announced. Attackers look to exploit publicly announced security holes because they know that people generally are slow to install updates.

A great way to ensure your home computer stays updated and secure is to turn on the Automatic Update feature in operating systems, applications like Firefox and browser plugins like Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash. You will be relieved of the burden of having to remember to manually install updates, and critical updates will be installed in time. The benefits of keeping your computer secure by automatically installing updates far outweigh any concerns.

Each operating system and application has a method of turning on automatic updates. Check the Help, About or Information menu for each operating system and application for additional instructions.

For additional tips, see the One Step Ahead link on the Information Security website: https://www.isc.upenn.edu/security/news-alerts#One-Step-Ahead

For information on the May 11 WXPN Policy Board Meeting, in the May AT PENN Calendar, call (215) 898-0628. The Meeting will take place at noon at WXPN, 3025 Walnut Street. It is open to the public. —Eds

In last week's announcement about nominations for the Green Purchasing Award, ESAC referred to the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee. We regret the Error. —Eds