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

Bhuvnesh Jain, pro-fessor of physics & as-tronomy, has been named the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natu-ral Sciences. A Fellow of the American Phys-ical Society, Dr. Jain is a world-renowned cos-mologist whose ex-pertise in gravitational lensing—the shearing and magnification oflight from distant gal-axies—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 Gravi-tational Lensing group of the ongoing Dark En-ergy 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 Fac-ulty Senate’s Senate Executive Committee.

This chair was established through the gen-erosity of the late Walter Annenberg, W’31, Hon’66, and his late wife, Leonore, Hon’85. The Annenbergs were extremely generous philan-thropists not only to the University of Pennsyl-vania, but to other cultural institutions in Phil-adelphia. At Penn, the Annenbergs’ giving was transformative. They endowed 24 chairs across the University, most of them in Penn Arts & Sci-ences. 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 Per-forming 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 Christo-pher H. Browne Dis-tinguished Profes-sor of Physics. He is an eminent con-densed matter theo-rist whose verified, groundbreaking dis-coveries—most no-tably in predicting and discovering to-pological insulators that conduct electric-ity on surfaces that are indestructible by impurities or imper-fections—have influenced the course of quan-tum electronic phenomena research in solids and garnered external recognition at the high-est 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 Benja-min Franklin Medal, the Dirac Prize, the Euro-physics 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 excep-tionally generous gift from the late Christopher H. Browne, C’69, who served Penn as a trust-ee and chairman of the Board of Overseers in Penn Arts & Sciences. The Browne chairs rec-ognize faculty members who have achieved an extraordinary reputation for scholarly contri-butions and who have demonstrated great dis-tinction in teaching, intellectual integrity and unquestioned commitment to free and open dis-cussion of ideas.

Two Endowed Professors in Penn Arts & Sciences

Amy Hillier is the recipient of the 2016 Ex-cellence 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 fo-cused on geographic disparities in health and housing, particularly across racial and econom-ic 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, re-search and outreach project focused on WEB

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Du Bois’ classic 1899 book, The Philadel-phia Negro. Through that project, Dr. Hill-ier visits Philadelphia public schools to en-gage high school stu-dents in discussions about historical and contemporary issues relating to race and racism.

Most recently, Dr. Hillier has been col-laborating with facul-ty, staff and students across and beyond campus to integrate content about gender and sexuali-

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Penn SP2 2016 Teaching Awards

Amartya Sen Professor: Jennifer RugerJennifer Prah Ruger has joined Penn’s School

of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) as the Amartya Sen Profes-sor of Health Equity, Economics and Poli-cy. Dr. Ruger will be the next director of SP2’s Master of Sci-ence in Social Poli-cy (MSSP) program. Starting July 1, she will also serve as SP2’s inaugural asso-ciate dean for glob-al studies and facul-ty chair at the Centerfor High Impact Phi-lanthropy (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 Pol-icy & 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 excep-tional interdisciplinary programs, research, teach-ing 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 glob-al 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 eth-ics and health policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, where she maintains a secondary ap-pointment 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 Or-

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Jamal Morris, Pottruck CenterJamal Charlton Mor-

ris, a part-time staff member at Penn’s Pot-truck 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 & mechan-ics 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 interna-tional 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 Charl-ton Morris and Channabel Latham-Morris.

Molly Roth, Office of the SecretaryMolly Dulcinea Roth, Gr’03, a former staff

member in the Office of the University Sec-retary at Penn, died on March 9 in Phila-delphia. She was 53 years old.

Dr. Roth was born in Chicago and grew up in Minneap-olis, Minnesota. She earned her BA in his-tory from Swarthmore College in 1985 and her PhD in anthro-pology from Penn in 2003. Her disserta-tion was published as Ma Parole S’achete: Money, Identity and Meaning in Malian Jeliya (LIT Verlag, 2008).

She joined Penn’s staff in 2001 as a plan-ning 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 Li-brary Company of Philadelphia and the Amer-ican 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, Jenni-fer; her brother, David; and five nieces and neph-ews, Grey, Henry, Faye, Ramona and Leo; as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins. A memo-rial 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).

Deaths

To Report A DeathAlmanac appreciates being informed of the

deaths of current and former faculty and staff members, students and other members of the University community. Call (215) 898-5274 or email almanac@upenn.edu

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

Applicants for Libraries’ Open Access Publishing Fund Pilot Project 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 avail-able 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 ba-sis 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

From the Senate Office

Participating in Penn’s CommencementTo 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

Molly Roth

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Faculty Senate Executive Committee AgendaWednesday, 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, andMarcia 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

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Changes to Policies on Graduation Honors and the Dean’s List

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 HonorsA 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 ListA 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.

OF RECORD

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 col-lection, which includes any remote sensing and measuring by an instrument(s) aboard the UAS. Examples include imagery (photography, vid-eo, infrared, etc.), electronic measurement (pre-cision 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 pe-tition. To determine if a UAS was included, the list of approved devices in the Section 333 Ex-emption must be reviewed.

A UAS operator must meet the following conditions and limitations for each flight. Fail-ure to comply can be grounds for the immediate suspension by the FAA of the University-wide exemption.

• The pilot in command (PIC) must hold ei-ther an airline transport, commercial, private, recreational or sport pilot certificate. Also, the PIC must hold a current FAA airman medical cer-tificate or valid US driver’s license.

• The UAS may not operate within five nau-tical 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 recommend-ed by the aircraft manufacturer.

Regulatory Update: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) • The UAS must be operated within visual

line of sight (VLOS) of the PIC at all times. • All operations must utilize a visual observ-

er (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 can-not transfer his or her designation for the dura-tion of the flight.

• Operations for the purpose of closed-set mo-tion picture and television filming are not permit-ted.

• UAS operations may not be conducted dur-ing night. All flights must be conducted under vi-sual 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 chal-lenging even with the Section 333 Exemption to legally operate a UAS on or about the Penn cam-pus, 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 commer-cially, 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 recre-

ational purposes (which excludes University re-search or business reasons), you will need FAA authorization via a Section 333 grant of exemp-

tion 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 recre-ational” flying, please see the FAA’s Interpreta-tion 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 ad-vance 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 Avia-tion Administration (FAA) Modernization Act of 2016 and separate legislation have requested that the FAA explore standards to allow expand-ed use of UAS at institutions of higher educa-tion in an academic setting.

The Office of Government and Communi-ty 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 stu-dents are required to follow the guidelines set forth in Penn’s exemption for any UAS activ-ity 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

University Club Annual Meeting: May 17

Members of the University Club at Penn are invited to attend the Club’s an-nual meeting on Tuesday, May 17. The meeting will be held in the Club’s Hour-glass Room at noon.

At the meeting, the University Club’s Board of Governors will present mem-bership 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 on-line ballot by email, which is to be com-pleted and returned by May 13 at 5 p.m.

For more information, including in-formation on becoming a University Club member, please visit: http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/universityclub

—Benjamin Wiggins, President, University Club Board of Governors

Trustees Meeting: May 12A meeting of the Executive Committee

of the University of Pennsylvania Trust-ees will be held on Thursday, May 12. A meeting of the Budget & Finance Commit-tee 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 Com-mittee

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

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LeAnn Dourte: ASEE Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award

LeAnn Dourte, a senior lecturer in bioengi-neering, is the recipient of the American Soci-ety of Engineering Ed-ucation (ASEE) Bio-medical Engineering Teaching Award, grant-ed annually to recognize contributions in the field of biomedical engineer-ing education by new faculty members.

Dr. Dourte, who earned her PhD in bio-engineering from Penn in 2011, will be honored at the Biomedical Engineering Division Awards Banquet in New Orleans, Louisiana, this June.Benjamin Aaron Garcia: Protein Science Young Investigator Award

Benjamin Aaron Garcia, a Presidential Pro-fessor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been se-lected to receive the 2016 Protein Science Young Investigator Award, given to a sci-entist who has made an important contribution to the study of proteins within the first eight years of an indepen-dent 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 pro-teins that alter and control their functions. Marwan M. Kraidy: Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Marwan M. Kraidy, the Anthony Shad-id Chair in Global Media, Politics & Culture and founding direc-tor of the Project for Advanced Research in Global Commu-nication (PARGC) at Penn’s Annenberg School for Commu-nication, is one of 33 new Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Fellows re-ceive funding to pur-sue one to two years of scholarly research and writing addressing challenges to US de-mocracy and international order.

Dr. Kraidy teaches courses on globalization, culture and revolution, the body in digital cul-ture, 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.

Honors & Other ThingsEllie Pavlick: Facebook Fellow

Ellie Pavlick, a fourth-year PhD stu-dent studying natural language processing in the department of computer & informa-tion 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 re-search. This summer, Ms. Pavlick will intern at Google, where she will work on a project to an-alyze noun compounds.Penn Law Women’s Summit Awards & Honorees

Penn Law held its Women’s Summit, “Cele-brating 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 advo-cacy 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 high-est levels inspire and enable the continuing ad-vancement 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 di-rector, 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 advi-sor 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 pro-fessional achievements in their first ten years post-graduation.

• Nermeen Arastu, L’08, clinical law profes-sor 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: US-Japan Network for the Future Scholar

Jolyon Baraka Thomas, an assistant profes-sor of Japanese cul-ture, religion and his-tory in the department of East Asian languag-es & 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 partici-pate in a workshop and series of meetings in Washington, DC; a re-treat in Montana; a study trip in Japan and a public symposium and panel discussion. The cohort will conduct research, write commentary on policy is-sues and produce policy papers for publication.Kimberley Thomas: Nystrom Award for Best Dissertation in Geography

Kimberley Thomas, Gr’15, an A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences at Penn, won the American Associ-ation of Geographers’ 2016 J. Warren Nys-trom award for best dissertation for her pa-per, Bordering non-wa-ter flows: Explaining upstream-downstream power asymmetries in the Ganges Basin.

Dr. Thomas is affil-iated with the depart-ment 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: Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship

Bethany Wiggin, an associate profes-sor and graduate chair of German languag-es and literatures, affil-iate faculty in English and founding director of the Penn Program in the Environmental Hu-manities, has received a 2016-2017 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship. This award supports faculty in the humanities who em-brace public engage-ment as part of the scholarly vocation. Each Fellow receives a semester of leave to pursue a public-fac-ing project, as well as $10,000 toward project costs.

Dr. Wiggin will use her fellowship for a proj-ect 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 proj-ect will engage historians, scientists and visual artists to create new programming for the public.

LeAnn Dourte

Benjamin Garcia

Marwan Kraidy

Ellie Pavlick

Jolyon Thomas

Kimberley Thomas

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Three Penn Professors: 2016 Guggenheim Fellowships

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 appli-cants 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 & Sci-ences and the Annen-berg School for Com-munication, will use her Guggenheim in conjunction with her fall sabbatical to work on a study of American attitudes toward glo-balization over the next academic year. She teaches and does re-search on public opin-ion, political psychol-ogy and mass political behavior, with an em-phasis 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 pro-fessor of music and Af-ricana studies in the School of Arts & Sci-ences, specializes in the music of the Carib-bean with research in-terests that include folk and popular sacred music, popular music, critical theory, ethics, tourism, diaspora and the intellectual histo-ry 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 chem-istry 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 elec-trons at metal surfac-es. These reactions are critical to the operation of catalysts, batteries, photovoltaic cells and many other energy-re-lated devices. He will collaborate with Stan-ford University’s Todd Martinez, as well as other theorists there, to make faster, more de-tailed computer simu-lations of electrochemical reaction dynamics.

ty into graduate curricula in order to better pre-pare students to work with LGBTQ communi-ties, particularly transgender youth of color. She is working with youth from the Attic, Philadel-phia’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 re-cipients of the 2016 SP2 Excellence in Teaching Award for non-standing faculty. Dr. Strait gradu-ated summa cum laude from Georgetown Uni-versity with a bach-elor’s degree in psy-chology and earned her MSW and DSW de-grees 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 ther-apist-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 jus-tice within cities. She is specifically focused on community-based proj-ects across New York City through her cre-ative practice, Small City New York. She has worked alongside organizations like the Center for Urban Ped-agogy, the Laundro-mat Project, the Design Trust for Public Space and the Public Policy Lab. Notable projects have yielded a commu-nity design school in Queens, a platform am-plifying 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 re-search at the School of Visual Arts and currently teaches design thinking at the University of Penn-sylvania’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.

Jacqueline Strait

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Joseph Subotnik

No Issue May 17The day after Commencement, Alma-

nac 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 Commence-ment coverage and May 31 with the Sum-mer AT PENN calendar.

Adam Sherr: University RegistrarAfter a national

search, Adam B. Sherr has been named the University registrar in Student Registration & Financial Services, ef-fective May 1. As Uni-versity registrar, he will direct the office in the seamless and inno-vative delivery of ser-vices around student data, academic re-cords, course schedul-ing 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 Univer-sity Dining Services Office. He continued his ca-reer 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 academ-ic advisor before assuming the role of function-al project lead for Pennant Accounts, oversee-ing 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 ap-pointment, 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 im-provement to another level of excellence.”

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

Adam Sherr

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ganization (WHO) Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland’s Transition Team, was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Glob-al Health and was recently appointed by Penn President Amy Gutmann to chair the Universi-ty’s Social Responsibility Advisory Committee.

Dr. Ruger has received a Guggenheim Fel-lowship, Greenwall Faculty Scholar Award in Bioethics, Donaghue Investigator Award, NIH Career Development Award, Labelle Lecture-ship 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 vol-umes about her expertise and proven dedication to social policy,” said SP2 Dean John L. Jack-son, Jr. “And we know for certain that her pres-ence at the School of Social Policy & Practice will further enhance our students’ quality of edu-cation and continue to grow our MSSP program. We are thrilled to welcome her to SP2.”

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University of Pennsylvania Cameras

CCTV Locations

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:

4040ChestnutSt.(front)4040SansomSt.(rear)41st&ChestnutSts.40th&LocustWalk40th&SpruceSts.41st&SpruceSts.41st&LocustSts.39th&SpruceSts.39th&WalnutSts.38th&WalnutSts.38th&SpruceSts.FelsInstituteofGovernment36th&WalnutSts.37th&SpruceSts.36th&SpruceSts.33rdSt.&SmithWalk34th&WalnutSts.100BlockofS.37thSt.SteveMurrayWay&SansomSts.SteveMurrayWay&ChestnutSt.37th&WalnutSts.SEASCourtyard40th&WalnutSts.33rd&ChestnutSts.36th&SansomSts.(FranklinBldg.)Fisher-BennettHall(Overseeing

LevineBldg.)1920Commons(Spruce38rooftop)33rd&WalnutSts.42nd&LocustSts.36thSt.&LocustWalk38thSt.&HamiltonWalk31st&ChestnutSts.(LeftBank)31st&WalnutSts.(LeftBank)43rd&LocustSts.Schattner,CoffeeShopareaSchattner,bikerackCineMark4119WalnutSt.FranklinField40th&MarketSts.LevyDental(loadingdock)LeftBank(loadingdock)34th&ChestnutSts.39thSt.&LocustWalk38thSt.&LocustWalk37thSt.&LocustWalk38th&SansomSts.JonM.HuntsmanHall(NEcorner)34th&SpruceSts.WXPN/WorldCafe,31st&WalnutSts.WXPN/WorldCafe,SWside(lowerlevel)TranslationalResearchLabs,31stSt.TranslationalResearchLabs,31stSt.

(upperlevel)TranslationalResearchLabs,30thSt.

(lowerlevelSouth)TranslationalResearchLabs,30thSt.

(lowerlevelNorth)LevyTennisPavilionMod7(West)Mod7(North)Mod7(Southeast)Hollenback(lowerlevelrearparking)Hollenback(rooftop)40th&PineSts.41st&PineSts.42nd&PineSts.38th&ChestnutSts.38th&MarketSts.34th&MarketSts.36th&MarketSts.

39thSt.&BaltimoreAve. (VetSchool—HillPavilion)

Stellar-Chance,roof(rear)Stellar-Chance,roof(front)Stellar-Chance,loadingdockBlockleyHall,roofBRBII,loadingdock(exterior)OslerCircleCourtyardBRBIIroof(rear)BRBIIroof(front)CRBroofCRB-StemmlerBridge(mainentrance

hall)CRB-StemmlerHall(mainentrance)Museum,loadingdock(exterior)Museum,33rdSt.(exterior)Museum,KressEntrance(exterior)Museum,KressEntrance(interior)Museum,upperloadingdock(exterior)Museum,WardenGarden(main

entrance)Museum,StonerCourtyard(lower

courtyard)40thSt.&BaltimoreAve.41stSt.&BaltimoreAve.42ndSt.&BaltimoreAve.43rdSt.&BaltimoreAve.CollegeGreenLowerCollegeGreenSteinbergHall-DietrichHall (Joe’sCafé)SteinbergHall-DietrichHall(trolley)TandemAccelerator40th&ChestnutSts.40th&LudlowSts.39th&LudlowSts.36th&ChestnutSts.46th&ChestnutSts.Irving&PrestonSts.VanPelt-DietrichLibrary,ButtonVanPelt-DietrichLibrary,BenStatueRingeSquashParkingCaster,rearentranceCaster,bikerack1Caster,bikerack2GSEonPlaza62GSEPlaza1Palestra1Palestra2CollegeGreenCollegeHall(exteriorbasement)Harnwell1Harrison1Harrison2SolomonLabs1-4SteinbergConferenceCenterChemistry,bikeracks1-4Williams,bikeracks1-3Houston/WynnCommonsLevyTennisTransitStopPaleyBridgeSLCroofrearCRB-StemmlerBridge(interior)Stellar-Chance(mainentrance)Richards(reardoor)JohnMorgan,HamiltonWalkWeissInfoCommons1(reardoor)WeissInfoCommons2(frontdoor)EnglishHouse(LawSchoolbikerack)VanPeltManor(bikerack)Classof1925(bikerack)VHUPcamera(bikerack)VHUPsecuredogwalkVHUPdogwalk

Pottruck,bikerack1Pottruck,bikerack2LawSchool,SansomSt.SinghCenterforNanotechnology,

courtyardSinghCenter,EastloadingdockSinghCenter,nitrogenloadingdockSinghCenter,WestloadingdockSinghCenter,roofterraceSouthSinghCenter,NanoroofterraceNorthRiverFieldBlockley,bikerack1-8Hilton1–HomewoodSuitesHilton2–HomewoodSuitesHaydenHalleastdoorHaydenHallwestdoorShoemakerGreen1-8Garage40(rooftop)SpruceStreetPlaza37th&LocustSts.Rodin,bikerackJeromeFishermainentrancePublicSafetyAnnex2PublicSafetyAnnex3PublicSafetyAnnex4PublicSafetyAnnex5VanPelt-DietrichLibraryMark’sCafé1VanPelt-DietrichLibraryMark’sCafé2Meyerson,bikerack1Meyerson,bikerack2WEMBAloadingdockGenerationalBridge1GenerationalBridge2PennovationWorksPennovationWorksgate

Penn ParkPennParkDrive(entrance)ParkingLot(SWcorner)Northbikerack(Field2)ParkingLotNE(corner)Lower30th&WalnutSts.WalnutSt.BridgeUpperWalnutSt.BridgePedestrianWalkwayPennParkField1(bikerack)PennParkField2PennParkField2(bikerack)PaleyBridgeEntrance(walkway)PennPark(walkwaytoPaleyBridge)SoftballStadium(bikerack1)SoftballStadium(women’srestroom)SoftballStadium(men’srestroom)SoftballStadium(bikerack2)WeaveBridge(PennParkramp)WeaveBridgeHollenbackWeaveBridgeBowerWeaveBridgeEastTennisCenter(Field4walkway)Field4(SouthStreetBridge)RopesCourseNEcorner(Field2)SWcorner(Field2)PennPark(North)PennParkLower30th&WalnutSts.PennPark(Field1)PennPark(Plaza)TennisCenter(Field4)RopesCourse/MaintenanceBldgs.PennPark(utilityshed)PennParkNEcornerPennParkPaleyBridge

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Cameras

HUP Public Cameras34thSt.PedestrianBridgeSpruceSt.WhiteBuildingcourtyardSpruceSt.between34th&35thSts.

(facingwest)SpruceSt.between34th&35thSts.

(facingeast)SpruceSt.westfiretowerdoorSpruceSt.Maloneyentrance&

morguedrivewayRhodesbasement(dockramp)Rhodes1stfloor(patio)Rhodes1stfloor(HamiltonWalk)Rhodes/StemmlerbikerackRhodesloadingdockramp(36thand

SpruceSts.)Rhodesloadingdock1Rhodesloadingdock2HospitalsideofPennTowerBridgePennTower/HUPBridge/CivicCenterEmergencyDepartmentDriveway1-4RavdinDriveway(CivicCenterBlvd.)WhiteBldg.,entrance(SpruceSt.)DullesBldg.,bikeracks(SpruceSt.)GatesBldg.,fireexitdoor(SpruceSt.)MaloneyBldg.,entrance(36th&

SpruceSts.)Morgue—Maloneyground(36thSt.)MillerPlaza(adjacenttoStemmler)HealthScienceDrive—Perelman

ParkinggarageentrancePerelman and Smilow

CivicCenterBlvd.atEastServiceDr.PerelmanfrontdoorSurfaceparkinglotrearofPerelmanPerelmanloadingdockEastServiceDr.atHealthScienceDr.

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Powelton(dock)Wright-Saunders(roof)HeartandVascularPavilion(frontentrance)HeartandVascularPavilion(rearentrance)HelipadPoweltonLot3910LotPoweltonSt.ScheieEyeInstitute(Northdoor)MutchroofGarage(front)Garage(side)CuppLobby(entrance)3910Bldg.(entrance)3910loadingdockAdvancedCareCanopy(Trauma)AdvancedCareCanopy(ED)1AdvancedCareCanopy(ED)2AdvancedCareCanopy(Trauma)3AdvancedCareCanopy(Trauma)4AdvancedCareCanopyBench

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The University of Pennsylvania Police DepartmentCommunity Crime Report

About the Crime Report: BelowareallCrimesAgainstPersonsorCrimesAgainstSociety fromthecampusreportforApril 18-24, 2016.Alsoreportedwere14CrimesAgainstProperty(6thefts,4otherof-fenses,1caseofdrunkenness,1DUI,1narcoticoffenseand1caseofvandalism).Fullreportsareavail-ableat:www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v62/n33/creport.htmlPriorweeks’reportsarealsoonline.—Eds.

ThissummaryispreparedbytheDivisionofPublicSafetyandincludesallcriminalincidentsreportedandmadeknowntotheUniversityPoliceDepartmentbetweenthedatesofApril 18-24, 2016.TheUniversityPoliceactivelypatrolfromMarketStreettoBaltimoreAvenueandfromtheSchuylkillRiverto43rdStreetinconjunctionwiththePhiladelphiaPolice.Inthisefforttoprovideyouwithathoroughandaccuratereportonpublicsafetyconcerns,wehopethatyourincreasedawarenesswilllessentheopportunityforcrime.Foranyconcernsorsuggestionsregardingthisreport,pleasecalltheDivisionofPublicSafetyat(215)898-4482.04/19/16 3:37PM 3800SpruceSt Complainantassaultedbyfiancée04/19/16 5:15PM 3600LocustWalk Confidential-assault04/19/16 5:47PM 3700SpruceSt Complainantstruckandcameralenstaken04/20/16 1:20AM 3900MarketSt Complainantrobbedbyunknownmale04/21/16 2:11AM 3935WalnutSt Malestruckinface04/22/16 12:17PM 3600SpruceSt Unwantedcontactmadebyex-girlfriend04/22/16 10:20PM 3400SpruceSt Complainantassaulted/femalearrested04/22/16 10:20PM 3400SpruceSt Securityofficerassaulted/Arrest04/23/16 7:32PM 3400WoodlandWalk Maleattemptedtorobcomplainant

18th District ReportBelowaretheCrimesAgainstPersonsfromthe18thDistrict:10incidentswith2arrests(5robberies,

4assaultsand1pursesnatch)werereportedbetweenApril 18-24, 2016bythe18thDistrictcoveringtheSchuylkillRiverto49thStreet&MarketStreettoWoodlandAvenue.04/19/16 11:36AM 43rd&LocustSts Robbery04/19/16 10:16PM 3700SpruceSt Robbery04/20/16 1:38AM 3900MarketSt Robbery04/20/16 8:26PM 4600ChestnutSt Robbery04/21/16 3:54AM 3935WalnutSt Assault04/22/16 6:25AM 48th&WalnutSts PurseSnatch04/22/16 11:19PM 3400SpruceSt Assault/Arrest04/23/16 1:26AM 3400SpruceSt Assault/Arrest04/23/16 8:22PM 3405WoodlandWalk Robbery04/24/16 8:36AM 40th&WalnutSts Assault

Learning How to Save Energy at PHOS and PECO Open House: May 6 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.

Penn Transit Fleet’s New LookPenn 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.

Now, all the Penn buses, along with the various shuttles, feature this design to make it easier to identify the Penn Transit vehicles.

Protect your Home Computers by Turning On Automatic Updates

Your Penn computer is likely centrally managed by your organization’s IT depart-ment. One of the benefits of this configu-ration 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 comput-ers are not nearly as well maintained. Far too often, people’s home computers are weeks, months or even years behind in vi-tal updates. This leaves them increasing-ly vulnerable to hackers, spyware and oth-er forms of malicious attacks. Security up-dates in particular need to be installed soon after vulnerabilities are announced. Attack-ers look to exploit publicly announced se-curity holes because they know that people generally are slow to install updates.

A great way to ensure your home com-puter stays updated and secure is to turn on the Automatic Update feature in operat-ing 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 in-stalling updates far outweigh any concerns.

Each operating system and application has a method of turning on automatic up-dates. Check the Help, About or Informa-tion menu for each operating system and application for additional instructions.

Another tip in a series provided by the Offices of Information Systems & Computing

and Audit, Compliance & Privacy.

Correction: 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.

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Baccalaureate CeremonySunday, May 15Irvine Auditorium

1:30-2:30 p.m.–Ceremony for students whose last names begin with A-K3-4 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

CommencementMonday, May 16Franklin 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 SciencesElizabeth 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 LettersRenée Fleming, opera and classical performing artist; Grammy and National Medal of Arts recipient Doctor of MusicSylvester James Gates, Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director, Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland Doctor of SciencesAsma Jahangir, human rights activist and lawyer; founding member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Doctor of LawsEric R. Kandel, University Professor and director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University Doctor of SciencesLin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Grammy, Tony, MacArthur and Pulitzer Prize recipient Doctor of Arts

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 CenterSchool 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 DesignGraduate 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 StravitzLuncheon: 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 SchoolPerelman 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 lobbySchool 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 NursingSchool 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 ceremonySchool 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

School Ceremonies and SpeakersUniversity of Pennsylvania Commencement Events 2016

260th Commencement

For additional information on Commencement 2016, visit the

Commencement website:www.upenn.edu/commencement

or call the Commencement information line: (215) 573-GRAD.