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$2.825 Million in Internal Awards to SchoolsIn a detailed report starting on page 4 ofthis

issue, the President and Provost announceawards of $975,000 to four schools for projectsto enhance undergraduate education, and$1,850,000 to five schools for renovation andrehabilitation of research space.The awards are part of a five-year. $20 mil-

lion program outlined in "A Program ofInvestments" in Almanac February 4. To fur-ther priorities stated in Penn's strategic plan-ning and in deans' own five-year plans, theschools can apply to either of the two newinternal funds.

Deadline for new applications in the nextround is October30, /986, and the deadline forrenewals is Mar /5. 1987.Undergraduate Education: In the first round,

the School of Arts and Sciences received thehighest total: $605,000. The School will use$251,000 of it to fund the development offreshman seminars and freshman-orientedcourses, with emphasis on teaching by standingfaculty. Another $140,250 is earmarked for newdistributional courses including some that willdraw on faculty from other schools. Thereised distributional requirement will alsoinclude a writing focus, and $100,000 of SAS'saward has been allocated for the enhancementofthe Writing Across the University program.Advising, enrichment of majors, training of

TAs and other projects are also provided for.Engineering's award of $240,000 will be

spread over four projects. $110,000 of it will beused to strengthen academic ties with otherschools including all-University technologicalcourses (computer graphics, environmental sub-jects, etc.), and dual degreework with cognitivesciences programs in SAS. Instructional com-puting, Writing Across the University, and theElectronic Materials Science Lab also benefit.

Nursing's $120,000 award will help increaseits participation in Writing Across the Univer-sity, and will fund freshman seminars by Nurs-ing faculty in SAS plus helping create newcourses in nursing open to other schools'students.The fourth school to win an award from the

Undergraduate Education Fund is the Gradu-ate School of Education $10,000 for a plan-ning project cutting across the four undergrad-uate schools' to address some of the social andpsychological concerns in undergraduate life.Research Facilities: Five schools will benefit

in this round SAS. Engineering, Medicine.Veterinary Medicine and Dental Medicine.SAS and the three health schools will use somefunds for renovation of animalcare facilities. Inaddition:

In SAS, the Chemistry Mass SpectrometryCenter will have a new $200,000 mass spec-trometer.

Engineering received $250,000 to help de-velop a bio-intertaces lab serving bioengineer-ing, chemical engineering, Scheie Eve Institute,the Dental School and orthopedics departmentat Medicine.

Medicine will do $300,000 worth of renova-tions in psychiatry and pharmacology, includ-ing the latter's space for autoradiographv.

Veterinary Medicine's Cardiac Electrophvsi-ologv Lab renovations project received$100,000.

" Senate: November 19 Motions, p. 2" Council: October 8 Agenda, p. 2" Speaking Out: Justice (Hiz), p. 2" First Awards in Education, Research, p. 3" Saving Some Books for Philadelphia, p. 9" Council: 1985-86 Annual Report, pp. 10-11Proposed Changes in By-laws, p. Il

" Of Record: Academic Integrity, p. 11" CrimeStats, Bulletins, p. 12

PULLOUT: October on CampusCRC's Computer Fair

INSIDE -

Ware House: Dr. KatzThe new faculty master for Ware College

House-the Health and Society house in theQuad-is Dr. Solomon Katz, the professor ofan-thropology who is head of the Dental School'sW.M. Krogman Center for Research in ChildGrowth and Development. Dr. Katz, a 1963alumnus of Northeastern (in biology), took hisPh.D. in physical anthropology at Penn in 1967.working with Dr. Krogman from 1963-67. Hebecame director of the Center in 1971, later add-ing leadership of the Institute for the ContinuousStudy of Man and the curatorship of physical an-thropology at the University Museum.The author of over ISO papers and abstracts is

a noted organizer of national and internationalsymposia on topics involving human adaptation.aggression, and human values. Also working inhuman ecology, nutrition and demography, heheaded the American Anthropological Associ-ation's 1985 Task Force on the African Famine.As master of Ware House. Dr. Katz succeeds

Dr. Edward Foulks, who has taken an endowedchair at Tulane.

Amici's $2 Million Goal: The reception at the (',,iser.sitr .tlu.',eu;n last week st,.s to ss'/co,ne/talvs,ieoConsul General. Dr. Lucadel Bal:o (center above). andput him to stork giving out pri:e.s to Pent, studentsfor outstanding papers in Italian studies. But ..4micis Chairman Dominic S. I.i/teri (lefi) added theannouncement that the organization of friends of the Italian Studies ('enter at Penn plan to raise $2million toendow achairinthe field. The newhead ofthe ('enter / itunded under Profrs.sorferre .%Iangioneis Dr. James C. Davis of Histori (rig/It).

SENATEFrom the Chair

Rules Changes on November 19 Senate Meeting AgendaThe School of Nursing has submitted two resolutions for changes in the Rules of the Faculty

Senate for discussion and action at the Fall Senate meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 19,from 3-5:30 p.m. in 200 College Hall.

Resolution 1. Resolved, that the twelve at-large seats on the Senate Executive Committee berestored.

Resolution 2. Resolved, that the Nominating Committee be elected in accordance with theprocedures of the Faculty Senate existing prior to March 17, 1986 (see Manual of the FacultySenate, 1983, pages 25-26 (c)i_iii).* n

IN BRIEF

Rape Near Campus: Penn's Office of PublicSafety reported Friday that a Penn graduatestudents was raped by an assailant who brokeinto her apartment in the 4800 block ofWalnutStreet about 3 a.m. The victim called PublicSafety after the assailant left andwastaken toThomas Jefferson University Hospital. Accor-ding to Ruth Wells, director of Victim andSecurity Support Services, Officer Elliott Feld-man of the Philadelphia Police Sex CrimesUnit is conducting an intensive investigationand additional patrols are in effect in the Uni-versity area.

Second Win: Penn's Quakers sloshed to a 10-7victory over Bucknell at Franklin Field on Sat-urday. The first Ivy homegameis this Saturdayat I p.m. Ticket information: Ext. 6151.

VPUL Aide: Barbara A. Cassel of the Depart-ment of Public Safety takes office this week asassistant to Vice Provost James J. Bishop. In theposition formerly held by Dr. ConstanceGoodman (now JIO), Ms. Cassel has liaison withthe Schools and with such offices as StudentHealth and Public Safety. A Penn CGS alumnawith the master's in human services from Lin-coln, Ms. Cassel worked for a Philadelphia pub-lishing firm and then as a policewoman in Phila-delphia's Juvenile Aid Division before joiningPenn's annual giving office in 1974. She movedto Public Safety in 1975 as an investigator, laterserved in research and planning, and has been adetective since 1980.

* The 1983 procedures call for a Nominating Committee chosen by the Senate Executive Committee(SEC) from nominations by SEC members of eight faculty not currently on SEC and one facultymemberfrom amongthe current SECmembership.The 1986 procedures call for acommittee oftwelvemembers chosen from among the SEC membership. Both procedures allow for nominations bypetition.

Council October 8: Discussions on HarassmentForitsfirst fall meeting Wednesday, October 8, the UniversityCouncil has scheduled discussionwithout

vote on two forthcoming documents-a report on racial harassment being prepared under VPUL JamesBishop's aegis, and one onsexual harassment bya Council group under Dr. June Axinn. The latter groupwas assigned to coordinate results of several previous reports including last fall's published survey(Almanac September 24, 1985) and come up with specific recommendations. Both documents areexpected to go over to the November 12 agenda, and both are tentatively scheduled for publication inAlmanac October 14.

Council will also take up an informal report by Dr. Robert Regan on reviewing the Charter of theStudent Judicial System.

For action October 8 is the Research Committee's "Proposed Guidelines for Student Protection inSponsored Research Projects and Student Access to Information Regarding Sources of FinancialSupport" (full text in Almanac February 18, 1986).

Speaking OutThe author notes that this letter is written inanticipation ofCouncil's October 8 prelimi-nary discussion on two reports on proce-dures involving harassment.

On Justice and Special InterestsWhat is the wisdom of making special

investigatory and juridical procedure forsexual harassment cases different fromprocedures for other misdeeds?There are general procedures to deal with

any misbehavior of a member of the faculty.Ifsome cases do not get full hearing andattention, those general procedures should bestrengthened. To make special channels forspecial offenses is to say that one does nothave confidence in the University resolutionof improper activities ofsome facultymembers, that one does not trust the processinvolving the Deans, the Provost, theFaculty Grievance Commission, the Aca-demic Freedom and Responsibility Commit-tees. If they collectively cannot resolve prop-erly and justly one kind of case, why are theyable to resolve other sorts of cases? Thereare, or may occur any kinds of improprietyfrom the part of a member of the faculty:

preferential, financial abuses, using students'results in ones own publication, other sortsof plagiarism, using University's facilities for

promotion of a private business, etc. A pro-fessor borrowing money from a student orthe secretary is performing an improper act,a financial harassment. All such deedsshould find proper adjudication, with a uni-form standard of impartialjustice. There isan established road to resolve all such casesand one must hope that we all work for itsstrengthening.To create a special body to deal with

abuses in one area is to give the control ofthat area, and perhaps other areas, to a spe-cial interest group. Justice administrated bya special interest group is not justice but par-tiality, revenge, and often deteriorates into

persecution.All this said, one should not object at all

to special groups helping victims ofthis oranother sort of abuse or harassment, so thattheir cases be presented and defended force-fully in front of established bodies. But suchgroups are not in the charge of the FacultySenate or the University Council.

-Henry Hi:, Professor of Linguistics

Retiring: James B. Yamall, associate directorof the Office of International Programs, has an-nounced his retirement from the University at theend of this month.

"Jim Yarnall hascontributed significantlyto thedevelopment of the University's internationaldimension over the past quarter century," saidJoyce Randolph, Director of the Office of Inter-national Programs. "With his conscientious gui-dance our twelve undergraduate study abroadprograms were established, and he has beenresponsible for the advising team which counselsover 2,000 students annually on opportunities forundergraduate and graduate study in other coun-tries. Indeed, for many years he was the soleadministrative advisor handling these inquiries,and at that time (1961-75), Jim was also providingadvice to University of Pennsylvania studentsconcerning graduate fellowship opportunities inthe United States. We will miss his experience."

A 1.4/A NAC .September 30. 1986

Retiring: Jim Yarnall

Moving: Barbara Cassel

SPEA KING OUTwelcomes the contributions ofreaders. Almanac's normal Tuesdaydeadline for unsolicited material isextended to THURSDA Ynoonfor short, timely letters

on University issues. Advance notice ofintent to submit is always appreciated.-&L

The Undergraduate Educationand Research Facilities Development Funds:

First-Year Awards

Last winter, in A Program of Investments (Almanac February 4,1986). we announced the establishment of two special Funds to helpstrengthen undergraduate education and the University's research enter-prise. Both grew out of Penn's commitment to making substantialinvestments in its planning priorities. University support was pledged tothe Schools for the development and enhancement of programs thatwere integral parts of their own research and educational efforts. TheUndergraduate Education Fund was designed to enrich the undergradu-ate experience. The Research Facilities Development Fund assistsSchools in renovating and rehabilitating research space. We expect thatthese two Funds will make investments totalling up to $20 million overthe next five years.

Schools were invited last year to submit requests for grants from thetwo Funds, detailing proposed projects and their relation to their five-year plans. We were gratified by the scope of the proposals received andare pleased to announce FY 1987 awards.

The Undergraduate Education FundPenn is increasingly recognized as an undergraduate institutionoffirst

choice. In part, this achievement reflects the efforts of the University'sadmissions program and the careful planning that has supported thatprogram. Penn's growing stature as an undergraduate institution, how-ever, results primarily from the strengths of Penn's faculty and its com-mitment to undergraduate education. In recent years, that commitmenthas been supported by a number of significant steps to enrich theundergraduate experience. These include the creation ofa Faculty Coun-cil on Undergraduate Education, development of a major proposal forthe Freshman Year, renovation of the Quadrangle, enhancement of theinformal curriculum, and the strengthening ofCollege House programs.The Undergraduate Education Fund representsanother major step. It

is chiefly directed toward the four undergraduate Schools --Arts andSciences, Engineering and Applied Science, Nursing, and Wharton. Aportion, however, is supporting undergraduate education programssponsored by our graduate and professional Schools. The Fund is beingfinanced through Annual Giving and contributions from all of theUniversity's Schools. We acknowledge with particular gratitude the spe-cial contributions made by the Wharton School and the Medical Center(the School of Medicine and the Hospital of the University ofPennsylvania).

Proposals for FY 1987 were submitted by the Schools of Arts andSciences, Engineering and Applied Science, and Nursing, as well as theGraduate School of Education (a proposal from the Wharton School ispending). The Provost, in conjunction with the Academic Planning andBudget Committee, reviewed these with their respective Deans to ensurethat proposed projects would make direct investments in undergraduateeducation and, at the same time, complement the Schools'own five-yearplans. The result of this process has been the development of new andcontinuing initiatives in undergraduate education.School of Arts and Sciences

This year, SAS will utilize $605,000 from the Undergraduate Educa-tion Fund to launch or expand efforts in each ofthe following areas:

" The Distributional Requirement. Believing that the current distribu-tional requirement does not adequately serve its purpose of guiding stu-dents toward curricular breadth, SAS has begun to re-examine thisrequirement and consider options for its revision. The School is applying$140,250 from the Undergraduate Education Fund toward the develop-ment of a number ofnew distributional courses, including some that willdraw on faculty from the other undergraduate Schools.

" The Major. SAS is also focusing on enriching its major programs. Ithas begun to implement a comprehensive program review, and to encour-age more departments to offer individual research opportunities and orsenior seminars to their undergraduate majors. $11,000 will help supportthis process.*Freshman Seminars and Freshman-Oriented Courses. Arts and

Sciences is developing a number of new small freshman courses to betaught by standing faculty. It also intends to increase the number ofstanding faculty teaching existing freshman-oriented courses. The Under-graduate Education Fund is contributing $251,000 to these efforts." Training Programsfor Teaching Assistants. In conjunction with the

Graduate School of Education, SAS is establishing a training program toserve all of its first-year teaching assistants whose departments do notprovide instructional training. $10,000 is being applied to this project." Advising. $30,000 is being directed toward enhancing the freshman

advising system. Two experimental advising programs have already beeninitiated in student residences. In each, students, in groups of fifteen, willmeet with assigned faculty! upperclassman teams throughout the academicyear for informal sessions." Writing Across the (Jniversi:t' (WATI]). $100,000 has been allocated

fortheenhancement ofthe WATU program. SAS will continue to increasethe number of its freshman-oriented courses with a WATU component.The revised distributional requirement will also include a writing focus.

SAS is using its remaining $63,250 from the Undergraduate EducationFund for three supporting efforts: the establishment of new proceduresfor course control, general planning forthe enhancement of undergradu-ate education, and institutional research.School of Engineering and Applied Science

Grants totalling $240,000 have been awarded to this School for use infour areas:

" Academic Ties With Other Schools. SEAS faculty are offering newintroductory technology courses open to all University students. Thesecourses, which carry no mathematics or science prerequisites, cover issuesof broad interest such as computer graphics, the creative process in engi-neering, and environmental quality and management. The School is alsostrengthening its dual degree program in Computer and Cognitive Scien-ces, which combines study ofcomputerscience in Engineeringwith that ofeither psychology, philosophy, or linguistics in Arts and Sciences. $110,000has been allocated to help support these efforts." Instructional Computing. $80,000 is being directed toward the pur-

chase ofa new DEC VAX 8650 mini-computer for the use of Engineeringstudents taking upper level undergraduatecourses. This advanced tool willprovide students with new capability for large-scale computing activities,including the development ofcomplex software systems, and allow exten-sive and direct use ofavailable software developed in the graduate researchprogram over many years." Writing Across the University (WA TV). $20,000 is helping SEAS

expand its participation in the WATU program. Currently the Schooloffers ten WATU-affiliated courses.This number will be increased, and willinclude more sophomore-and junior-level courses." Electronic Materials Science. $30,000 is being designated for the

purchase of new, advanced equipment forthe Electronic Materials ScienceLaboratory, to be used for undergraduate instruction in this new interdis-ciplinary program coalescing materials science and electrical engineering.

School of Nursing$120,000 from the Undergraduate Education Fund is helping support

Nursing School projects in these areas:" Writing Across the University (WATU). $3,000 will assist the School

in its move to increase the number of its WATU-affiliated courses. Nurs-ing's goal is to double its current number of offerings by FY1988 and tointroduce a non-credit communications course into its curriculum inFY 1989.

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3A !JIA NA ('September 30, 1986

" Freshman Seminars in the SchoolofArts andSciences. This year, twosenior faculty members from the School of Nursing will offer freshmanseminars in the College. $16,000 has been allocated toward their efforts." Open coursesJbr Non-Nursing Majors. $15,000 is helpingtheSchool

offer six new courses, on topics of broad interest, to students from all four

undergraduate Schools.

" IndependentStudy Groupfor StudentsofForeign Languages. $9,000is being directed toward the development and implementation of anindependent study group experience for Nursing students taking foreignlanguage courses. This initiative will integrate the study of both subjects byfocusing on the delivery of health care in non-English speakingcommunities." Dual Majors and Minors. $15,000 is helping School of Nursing

faculty to develop a plan for the creation of dual majors in conjunctionwith Artsand Sciences' Departments of Biology and Spanish, and withtheSchool of Engineering and Applied Science. Nursingminors in Wharton'sHealth-Care Economics, Management, and Decision Sciences Depart-ments are also being planned." Mentor! Mentee PrograniJbr Minority, Students. $10,000 is support-

ing the initiation of this program, through which volunteer minorityfaculty will provide minority Nursing students with guidance from the Maypreceding their matriculation until graduation." Undergraduate Research. $52,000 is helping to fund five new Nursing

School projects, each of which will involve undergraduates in research inthe immediate or near future.

Graduate School of Education" $10,000 has been allocated for a Graduate School of Education

planning project that will begin tocoordinate both GSEand other Univer-sity resources to address some of the social and psychological concernsinherent in undergraduate life. The project goal is to develop an integratedundergraduate program that includes both research and skill-buildingcomponents. During the one-year planning phase, GSEwill identify exist-

ing resources, consult with the Deans of the undergraduate Schools,

develop coordinating mechanisms, and analyze student needs.

The Research Facilities Development FundGrants from the Research Facilities Development Fund were made in

conjunction with the University's capital budget process. Schools wereasked to indicate their ownpriorities within their proposals and tosubmit

requests only for projects costing more than $100,000 (smaller projectsare supported through other mechanisms). Grants could be used to

purchase equipment, including computers, or to renovate a building'sinternal systems.

Awards for FY 1987 have been made to the Schools of Arts andSciences, Engineering, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Dental Med-icine. Many of these are being used for vital renovations to ensure thatanimal care facilities meet all applicable standards. Others are helpingSchools improve research laboratories and purchase needed equipment.

In most cases, the awards are intended to strengthen research activities

continued past insert

Some Expansions of Research Capacity Under the Fund

Engineering's new bio-interfaces lab will beused by scientists in several fields who

study charge distributions at tissue-fluid in-terfaces. With the new equipment they canstudy, the electrical andfluidflow propertiesof the eve's vitrious fluid, or thefluid-mineral interfaces of teeth or the rootsof teeth, and the fluid-cartilege interfaces ofbones as well as the fluid-bone interfacesshown here courtesy ofDr. Solomon Pol-lack. Thisfigure shows an ideal interfacebetween bone tissue andfluid of increasingconcentration (C). Electrical charge distri-butions throughout the diffuse region alterthe properties of this interface and therbybiological effects related to electricalcharge. The diffuse region is of the order of10-7 cm. in length and is not capable ofstudy, using conventional histology, or elec-tron optics since the fluid-tissue interfacemust remain intact.

At Medicine, Pharmacology, is expanding itsautoradiographv facilities, introduced by the lateDr. Thomas C. Rainbow and now coming underthe direction of Dr. JeffJoyce. Quantitativeautoradiography allows neuroscientists to measurereceptor changes in discrete anatomical regionswhile the tissue remains intact as in thisaudioradiogram of beta adrenergic receptors bDr. Barry B. Wolfe and Dr. Rainbow. A key, ques-tion under study: Do changes in receptor densityplay a role in the treatment ofpsychological orcardiovascular conditions?

Now under renovation is the Vet School cardiac

electrophysiologv lab where Dr. E. Neil Mooreand Dr. Joseph F. Spear are investigating the

problem of lethal cardiac arrhvthtnias. The main

question: why some hearts, following attack, de-

velop fatal arrhythmia while others survive appar-ently, similar myocardial infarcts. The lab, whichDr. Moore calls the "best in the world" has

played a role in such human-health breakthroughsas the "Pennsylvania peel." or subendocardial re-section in which Drs. Leonard Horowitz, Mark

Josephson and Alden Hark-en learned to locate the

region ofarrhythmia and surgically remove the

fault. Now-patented computer processes were de-

veloped there by Dr. Michael B. Simpson to

signal-average high-gain electrocardiography, inorder to ide,ztlfv hearts prone to lethal arrhythmia.

In the School ofArts and Sciences, Chemistry's new mass spec-trometer will soon be installed to help investigators measure themolecular weights of compounds, for research in organic synthesis

including total synthesis of natural products of biomedical interest.

Dr. K.C. Nicolaou is in charge of the facility. which will be used

also by others in the field. (For an 1807 ,nodel apparatus in the

same department, see past insert.)

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October on Campus

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October on Campus

October on Campus

already underway and assist faculty in developing the base required tocontinue to obtain external funding.School of Arts and Sciences

" $250,000 for the renovation of animal care facilities." $200,000 for a new mass spectrometer to be located in the Department

ofChemistry's Mass Spectrometry Center. This instrument will be availa-ble to the entire Chemistry faculty, but will facilitate, in particular, researchon the total synthesis ofcomplex natural products of bio-medical interest.

School of Engineering and Applied Science" $250,000 to help develop a bio-interfaces laboratory to enable the

study of the interaction of cells and tissue with simulated and actualbiological fluids. Electrokinetics, interfacial rheology, and optical proper-ties link this laboratory to studies in the Dental School, the Scheie EyeInstitute and Orthopaedics, as well as to other engineering departments.

School of Medicine" $300,000 for the renovation of laboratories for the Departments of

Psychiatry and Pharmacology, to further research in both developmentalbehavior and pharmacology, and to provide space for autoradiography." $400,000 to help the School implement its workplan for the renova-

tion of animal care facilities.School of Dental Medicine

" $50,000 toward general renovations of the School's animal carefacilities.

School of Veterinary Medicine" $100,000 toward the renovation of the Cardiac Electrophysiology

Laboratory, in which faculty are conducting groundbreaking research oncardiac arythmia and sudden cardiac arrest." $300,000 for the renovation of animal care facilities, including small-

animal research laboratories.

For Future AwardsSchools are invited to submit proposals for new awards for FY 1988 by

October 30, 1986. These awards will be made around December IS, 1986.Applications for renewals offirst-year awards are due by May 15. 1987Schools that have received FY 1987 awards from the Undergraduate

Education Fund will be expected to file reports on expenses and providean evaluation of each project in terms of the difference it has made totheir undergraduate programs. These reports, also due in May, 1987, willaffect decisions concerning both the renewal of grants for continuingprojects and the awarding of new grants.We believe that the enthusiasm shown in this year's proposals will be

sustained as Penn continues to support creative efforts in undergraduateeducation and research.-

-Sheldon Hackney, President-Thomas Ehrlich, Provost

Saving Some of Philadelphia's Treasures

In the press of New York and Philadelphia,the Franklin Institute's decision to deaccessionmost of its library at public auction, historiansand curators were roused to dismay. As VanPelt's Dr. Daniel Traister put it in a letter tothe Philadelphia Inquirer last week, the Insti-tute's collections "dovetailed with other areacollections so nicely because many librariansworked for years to see that it supplemented,without duplicating, them. Some libraries didnot purchase, or even discarded, materialsavailable at the Franklin Institute."

With just two days' viewing before theone-day auction on September 12, curatorsand librarians examined thundreds of itemssketchily described in the sale catalog andtried form bidding plans while facing limits onacquisition funds mostly set July I for thewhole year-but in some cases hastily en-hanced by individual donors or organizations.Three collections at Penn managed to acquiresome but not all of what they hoped for:

For the Rare Book Collection at Van Pelt,Dr. Traister secured an undated (but circa1540) Von rechten verstandi Wag andGewicht Etliche BOchlein, the wide-ranging il-lustrated essays of Walter Ryff, of which thereis no trace elsewhere in the U.S. He found twobound-together editions (1689 and 1696) ofthe Dutch harbormaster Cornelius Meyer'sNuot'i Ritrovainenti Dali in LuteDali ingeneiro - also believed unique to theFranklin Institute and "an extraordinary rarityI was reluctant to see leave Philadelphia." An-other item with "stunning illustrations" is theoversize Description de la Grotte de Ver-sailles, by Andre Felibien; and a 1701 Britishsecond edition of Caus on New & Rare Inven-tions ofWaterst'orks, with 61 woodcuts. Usingfunds donated by Alumni and Friends of theLibrary, Dr. Traester also bought some 25 lessrare volumes, primarily on the physical sci-ences in the 18th Century.

To the Perkins Library of rare books on ar-chitecture that is part of the Fine Arts Libraryin the Furness Building, Librarian AlanMorrision added four major folio-size volumesvia funds contributed anonymously: Thethree-volume work of Bonaventura vanOverberke on Roman remains, Les Restes deL'Ancienne Rome from Amsterdam in 1709.heavily illustrated; and the 1818 David Laingwork for which the short title is Plans, Eleva-tions & Sections, of Buildings Public & Pri-vate, Executed in Various Parts of England,&c. including the New Custom-HouseThe donor attended the auction and still la-ments "one that got away" when biddingwent past $13,000 for a single item.

The collections of the Center for History ofChemistry, based at the Edgar Fahs Smith Me-morial Collection, were enriched by 26 rareeditions including early French texts on photo-synthesis by Senebier (1788) and de Saussure(1804). Both editions came originally from the

library of Philadelphian Adam Seyberts andbear his autograph. Also represented arevorks of Ingen-Housz. Fourcroy and Chaptal,in the latter's case including an American edi-tion "with great additions and improvements"by Penn Chemistry Professor JamesWoodhouse, M.D. The 1807 edition shows aportable chem lab Dr. Woodhouse developedand sold to students here.

In addition to winning the 26 volumes at theSeptember 12 auction, CHOC/Smith CuratorJeffrey L. Sturchio also took part in a Julysealed-bid sale of historical items at the Insti-tute, netting a dozen lots that total some 4000titles. Of these, about 2000 will be cataloguedto the collection (increasing its titles by about12%) and the rest held for trade possibilitieswith other libraries or with booksellers. TheCenter for History of Chemistry, formed atPenn in 1982 with the American Chemical So-ciety and the American Institute of ChemicalEngineers, keeps track of sources availablethroughout North America. for the study of thehistory of chemistry, chemical engineeringand the chemical process fields.

The Economical Apparatus o/ James Woodliouse M.D. illustrated in a Cliajna/ diiwiinow in the Center for History of Chemistry/Edgar Falls Smith Collection.

Al. ,%1,4 NA C September30, /986 9

COUNCIL

1985-86 Annual Report of the Steering Committee

This is the seventh annual report of the Steering Committee of theUniversity Council, prepared in accordance with a requirement in thebylaws that: "The Steering Committee shall publish an annual report tothe University community. This report, to be published early in theacademic year, shall include a review of the previous year's Councildeliberations (highlighting both significant discussions and the formalvotes taken on matters of substance) and a survey of major issues to betaken up by Council during the coming year."

October MeetingThe report of the Committee to Survey Harassment (Almanac Sep-

tember 24, 1985) was discussed, following presentation by the co-chairs,Professors deCani and Sagi. Some criticism was raised concerning thewording ofthe questions in the questionnaire, definitions of harassment,and the groupings of harassing behavior. Other members spoke tosupport the validity of the results and to emphasize the extent and theseriousness of sexual harassment on the campus. Discussion ofthe waysto bring the varyingviews of the University faculty, students, and stafftothe Trustees on issues relating to South Africa followed. Reference wasmade to a study of the issue in the fall of 1981 by an ad hoc Councilcommitteechaired by Professor Houston Baker and the endorsement bythe Councilofthe committee's recommendation for divestment. Supportwas voiced for the Council in November to act on a resolution to divest.

November MeetingThe Council continued discussion ofthe ways to bring the views ofthe

University community to the Trustees on issues relating to South Africa.Council adopted a resolution introduced by GAPSA calling for divest-ment within one year and the establishment of a task force to developmeasures that can be taken to counter apartheid. Much ofthediscussioncentered on whether divestment is a moral or a political action and, if theformer, whether the University, to beconsistent, would need to take suchfurther steps as refusing gifts from corporations which do business inSouth Africa and barringthem from recruiting on campus. It was arguedthat the University should retain its shares and, acting in concert withother universities, introduce and back shareholder resolutions support-ing justice for blacks in South Africa. It was also suggested that Penn'sgreatest contribution would be the education ofSouth African blacks sothat they will be able to lead during and following the dissolution ofapartheid. The Council adopted a resolution asking the Steering Com-mittee to constitute an ad hoc Council Committee on Sexual Harass-ment with a charge "to review and recommend a set of policies andprocedures to resolve cases ofsexual harassment, with particular atten-tion paid to peer harassment." The committee is to include representa-tives of the committees and task forces that have addressed the issue ofsexual harassment.

December MeetingThe Council heard a resolution from the International Programs

Committee calling upon the administration to review safety and securitymeasures in University residences and to undertake steps to enhancesignificantly support programs for graduate and professional students,especially international students. President Hackney, as presiding officer,accepted the resolution, indicating that much that was requested in theresolution was already beingdone. In an ensuingdiscussion, arising fromthe murder of Meera Ananthakrishnan, a number ofconcerns regardingsafety on campus were expressed. The Council bylaws were amended tochange the name of the Academic Review Committee to "AcademicReview Committee for Centers and Institutes" in order to reflect moreaccurately the actual work ofthe committee. The chargeto the PersonnelBenefits Committee was modified as a result of recent understandingsthat one ofthe administrative staffmembers is named by the Administra-tive Assemblyand that a faculty member from the Senate Committee onthe Economic Status ofthe Faculty serves on the committee to provide

linkage between the two bodies. The Council discussed a resolutionoriginating in GAPSA and endorsed by other concerned groups callingfor an additional staff member in the Women's Center with responsibili-ties in the control of sexual harassment. Consideration and possibleimplementation of the resolution were referred to the Council ad hocCommittee on Sexual Harassment. In discussion of the means toenhance the intellectual life of the campus, various approaches weresuggested. A resolution from GAPSA asking for a one-day educationalforum on South Africa and apartheid was adopted.

February MeetingProfessor June Axinn, chair of the Council ad hoc Committee on

Sexual Harassment, in an initial progress report, stated that the follow-

ing major issues have been identified as foci for the committee: a)

expectations of behavioral standards, b) resources and support mechan-isms for both victims and the accused, c) informal and formal proce-dures, d) sanctions, e) appeals, and f) recording mechanisms. ProfessorNicholas Constan presented the recommendations of the President'sSeminar on the Freshman Experience regarding residence (AlmanacFebruary II, 1986). The report supported the SCU E "White Paper"as itbore upon this area and proposed that all freshmen, with the exception ofcommuters, reside in "freshman halls"which would provide a full living-learning experience. Discussion was concentrated on the issue of allow-ingfreshmen to live in the college houses, culminating in the adoption ofa resolution that it be the recommendation ofthe Council that the reportbe amended to give freshmen the option of living in college houses. Apresentation on and discussion of safety and security was reported on insome detail in Almanac February 18, 1986.

March MeetingA proposed revision of the Conflict of Interest Policy for Faculty

Members (Almanac April 30, 1985) to provide more flexibilityto facultymembers who are conducting research sponsored by industry was

adopted. A computer software policy (Almanac April 16, 1985), repre-senting a combination of the principles of patent policy and copyrightpolicy as to ownership and believed to be the first of its kind in highereducation, was also adopted. A report by the Undergraduate Assemblyproposing a new student union was discussed. The proposal was basedon a survey of undergraduate students and recommended constructionon the present site of the Bookstore. The Council adopted a resolution

requesting the Steering Committee to charge the Facilities Committeewith "the responsibility of researching the feasibility ofthe constructionof a new student union." A resolution (Almanac March 18, 1986) was

adopted asking the Trustees to place an immediate freeze on the acquisi-tion ofnewsecurities involving South Africa and to amend theirJanuary17 action, primarily to reduce from 18 months to six months the waitingperiod during which South Africa is to be given an opportunity to makesubstantial progress toward dismantling apartheid.

April 9 MeetingThe bylaws were amended to assert the right of the chair-elect of the

Faculty Senate to attend the meetings of Council committees and toparticipate in the discussions. The Facilities Committee presented a seriesof resolutions. A resolution was adopted calling upon the deans "toallocate separate eating space to the students, as long as it would notdecrease classroom space." The purpose is to make it possible for stu-dents to eat in the academic buildings and still observe the policyproscribing eating and drinking in classrooms. The Council adopted asecond resolution urgingthe administration "to include parking require-ments and budgeting in the planning process for new facilities, renova-tions, and plans for new structures on existing parking lots."Adiscussionfollowed regarding thecommittee's desireto establish the costs of opera-ting the University's facilities, both in absolute dollars and in a form that

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would permit comparisons with costs at other universities. The report ofthe Faculty Council on Undergraduate Education (Almanac April 8,

1986) was discussed.The report waswell received, andsome suggestionsfor minor revisions were made. An Undergraduate Assembly report,"Year 1990 Outlook on Student Life,"was presented. It outlined a broad

array of steps and activities to be undertaken to improve non-academicstudent life at Penn.Astraw vote, in the absence ofa quorum, supporteda resolution expressing "outrage at the recent verbal, physical, andprinted display ofdiscrimination toward lesbian womenand gay men atPenn"andasking the president and provost to make a public statementdeploring these acts.

April 30 MeetingProfessor June Axinn, chair of the Council ad hoc Committee on

Sexual Harassment, presented an interim report, indicating that afinal

report would be ready in early fall. She stated that a primary aim ofthecommittee is to create an atmosphere where members of the Universitycommunity will be encouraged to report incidents ofsexual harassmentbut wherethe rights ofindividuals will always be protected. In discussion,some concern was expressed about the protection ofthe individual in therecommended central filing of records of complaints and the mainte-nance ofthefreedom ofspeech in the definition of harassment to includeincidents involving the spoken word. A resolution was adopted askingthe Steering Committee to charge the Student Affairs Committee withthe evaluation and implementation of the ideas expressed in the Under-

graduate Assembly report, "Year 1990 Outlook on Student Life," inconsultation with student groups specified in the report.

1986-87 Council AgendaIssues which areseen by the SteeringCommittee as likely agenda items

for this academic year are policy on sexual harassment, policy on racialharassment, fall break, student judicial system, faculty-student interac-tion, implementation of "1990" report, and possibly new student unionand access to recreation facilities.

Proposed Amendments to the University Council Bylaws(Additions underlined, deletions in brackets)

VIA(d) [*1 Committee on Communications shall have cogniiance overthe t'niversitv'scommunicationsand public relations activities. In partic-ular, it shall monitorthe I niversit's internal communications,theopera-tions of the News Bureau and Publications Office, communications toalumni, and the interpretation of the University to its man constituen-cies. The Committee shallconsistofeight faculty members, two adminis-trators, twoA-3 staffmembers, two undergraduates, and twograduate -

professional students. The University's communications officerand iceProvost for Computing shall be [an] ex officio memberfs] of thecommittee.

[*This Committee sas established for a to-year trial period in 1980. TheSteering Committee in May. 1982 continued the Committee for the year1982-83, and has subsequently continued it on a year-to-year basis.]

V1.11(t) University Facilities Committee. The University Facilities Com-mittee shall be responsible for keeping under review the planning andoperation by the niversitv of its physical plant and all services associatedtherewith, including transportation and parking. The Committee shallconsist of eight faculty members, three administrators, two A-3 staffmembers, two undergraduates, and two graduate professional students.The Vice President for Facilities Management. Director of CommunityRelations, the ('hair u/the Committee /iran Accessible t'niver.siit andthe Registrar shall be ex officio members of the Committee.Vl.l(I) Safety and Security Committee. The Safety and SecurityCommit-tee shall advise the President. the Director of Public Safety, and theadministrators or directors of specific buildings, offices, or projects on allmattersconcerning safety and security in the conduct oftheir operations.Its principal responsibility is to consider and assess means to improvesafety and security on the campus. 'I he Committee shall consist of livefaculty members, two administrators, twoA-3 stallrepresentatives, threeundergraduates, and threegraduate professional students. The Directorsof Residential I .is ing, Physical Plant, the Women's ('enter. ictim andSecurity Support Services. Public Safety and the Coordinator of Off-('ampus Living shall be ex officio members of the Committee.

OF RECORDIn response to campus-wide discussions over the last tear about an "Honor ('ode, "including a recommendation from the

Undergraduate Assembly that students he more informed about the Code ofAcademic Integrity and its provisions, the ViceProvost's QfJlce, working with the undergraduate schools, hasprepared thefollowing Commitment to Academic Integritywhich students maybe asked to sign at the discretion ofthe instructor. We are distributing these information sheets in bulkto each academic department, andasking that they be given to instructors together with examination blue hooks. After thecurrent stock ofblue books is depicted, we willprint the information on the inside of the new blue book covers. The signedcompliance.forms maybe used at the discretion ofeach instructor. However, we urge that each instructor discuss the Code ofAcademic Integrity with students in class ear/v in the semester so that students will hefully informed ofits import. Signedforms shouldhe kept onfile, hr course, within each departmentforaperiod offour tears. Additional copies can he obtained

from academic departmental offices. -James J. Bishop, Vice Provost of University Life

Commitment to Academic IntegrityAcademicethicsand Integrity arethe mutual responsibility of all those who

perform academic work:faculty, staff, and students. Because the University's

reputation dependsupon the quality and Integrityof the academic work that its

facultyand students perform, the tenets of academic ethics mustbethoroughly

understood and subscribed to by all members of the community.

Students, like their Instructors. should conduct themselves in their aca-

demic work with honestyand integrity. Anywork that astudent undertakes as

partofthe progress toward adegree or certification must be the student's own.

Thatwork mayincludeexamination (oral or written),oral presentations, labora-

tory exercises, papers, reports, and other written assignments. In written work

otherthanexaminations,a student mustclearlyIndicate thesourcesof informa-

tion, ideas, opinions, and quotations that arenot his orherown.During "closed

book,""open book" or"take home" examinations, students assume the respon-

sibility to use only specified materials under the rules stated for such assign-

ments in advance.Astudent should consult with an instructor whenever he or

sheis uncertain abouttherulesforan examination, proper attributionof written

materials, or anyother aspectof the academic process.

Examplesof conductthat Is incompatible with these principles of academic

integrity and that violates the Code of Academic Integrityare:

1. Plagiarism-Using another person's published ideas, data, or lan-

guage without specific and proper acknowledgment.

2. Use orPerformance ofAnotherPerson Work-Submitting apaper

that someoneelse prepared, either in part or in toto, or preparing all or partofa

paper or other written assignment foranotherstudent.

3. Misconduct During an Examination-Copying from another stu-

dent's paper, consulting unauthorized material, giving information to another

student, or colluding with one or more students during an examination.

4. Prior Possession of an Examination-Acquiring or possessing an

examination before it is given, unless the instructor grants permission.

5. Submission of False Data-Submitting contrived or altered data,

quotations, or documentation with an intent to mislead or deliberately mis-attributing material to a source otherthan that from which the student obtainedit.

6. Submission of Work Used Previously-Submitting. without aninstructor's prior permission, any academic work that a student has alreadysubmitted in the same or similar form as part an academic requirement at thisUniversity or at any other institution.

7. Falsification of TranscriptsorGrades-Falsifying, tamperingwith, ormisrepresenting one's own transcript or other academic record or that ofanother student orany materials relevant toastudents academic performance.

The preceding information has been paraphrased from the Code of Academic

Integrity, which appears in the Undergraduate Bulletin, in Penn's booklet onPoliciesandProcedures, and in the bulletinsof the various graduateandprofes-sional schools. Students should consult the unabridged Code of Academic

Integrity forafuller description of the Code, the Honor Court (or other mech-anismapproved by the student's school), and procedures relating to violations.

November 1985

At thediscretion of the instructor of this course, students maybe asked to

sign the following statement:

I have agreed toabide bythe provisionsof the Code of Academic

Integrity and I certify that I have complied with the Code of Aca-demic Integrity in taking this examination or preparing this

assignment.

A I,MA NA ('September 30. 1986

Religious Holiday StatementI remind faculty and students that Rosh

Hashanah is Saturday and Sunday. October 4and 5, and that Yom Kippur is Monday.October /3. No examinations shall be given or

assigned work made due on those days. Sinceeach holiday begins at sundown the day beforethe listed dates, late afternoon examinationsshould also be avoided on those days.Some students observe other important

religious holidays in the fall term. The Univer-sity policy on religious holidays (.4/manaeFebruary 20. 1979) does not prohibit examina-tions on those holidays, but students whoareunable to take such examinations because ofreligious observances have a right to make-upexaminations if they have made alternatearrangements with their instructors. Univer-sity policy provides that students shouldinform their instructors of the need for sucharrangements.

-Thomas 1:/zr/oh. Provost

Tenth AnniversaryThe Centerfor Information Resources is cele-

brating its tenth anniversary this year. September1, 1986 marked ten years ofdata processing train-

ing for disabled persons at Penn. Formerly the

Physically HandicappedTrainingCenter, the Cen-ter for Information Resources is beginning itssecond decade with a major campaign aimed at

gaining stability in funding, facilities and pro-grams.On the agenda for this fall are an open housefor

all interested members of the Penn communityand the business community, and a raffle of per-sonal computers built by students. A reunion

night for graduates and staff ofthe training centeris slated for December, and a fund-raising dinnerto be held at the Wharton-Sinkler estate is

planned for May.

Correction: The third and final session in the

Penn symposium series on "Strategic Defense of

America" is October 16. not 18 as mistakenly givenin Almanac September 23.

Memorial ServiceThe memorial service for Wharton sophomore

Theresa L. Zech was held yesterday. September29. in the Christian Association. Unfortunately,the date was announced after last week's issue had

gone to press. Theresa was survived by her par-ents. Dr. and Mrs. Zech, as well as by three sistersand four brothers.

Penn-Morocco ExchangeApplications are being accepted for the fourth

and final year of the University of Pennsylvania-Mohamed V University(Rabat, Morocco) faculty

exchange program. This program, which has been

supported by a grant from the United StatesInformation Agency to the University's Office ofInternational Programs, provides for the exchangeof faculty in the areas of social sciences, humani-ties, education and communications. Funds fortravel and per diem are available for only two orthree Penn faculty to be exchanged this year.

Applications from interested University facultyare sought for two short-term(4-8 week) positionsfor the spring semester (or early summer) 1987.Interested faculty members should send a resumeand cover letter with dates available to: Ms. AmyShargel. Room D5. Graduate School of Educati-on 6216. For more information, please call Ext.1925. Deadline for applications is October 28,

Volunteers for PMS StudyWomen between the ages of 18 and 45 who

suffer from Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), maybe eligible to participate in a study being con-ducted bythe Premenstrual Syndrome TreatmentProgram in the Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology at HU P. Thestudy examines the suc-cess rate of progesterone, a natural hormone, in

relieving premenstrual syndrome.Study participants receive free diagnostic and

laboratory tests, medication, consultations, and

monthly evaluations of improvement for up to a

year while theyare enrolled in thestud For moreinformation, call the PMS Treatment Program at662-3329.

3601 Locust Walk, Philadelphia. Pa. 19104-6224

(215) 898-5274 or 5275

The University 01 Pennsylvania's journal 01 record and opinion is

published Tuesdays during the academic year and as needed

during summerand holiday breaks Guidelines for readers andcontributors are available on request

EDITOR Karen C GainesASSISTANT EDITOR Marguerite F MillerEDITORIAL ASSISTANT Mary CorbettSTUDENTASSISTANTS Catherine E Clark. MaryA Downes. Amy E Gardner. Michelle Y Holloway. Michael SMarkowitz. LeonardS Perlman. Daniel B SiegelALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD Chair. Lucienne Frappier-Mazur. F Gerard Adams. Dan Ben-Amos. Linda Brodkey. JeanCrockett. Michele Richman, Roger D Soloway. Michael Zuck-

erman. for the Faculty Senate, William G Owen for the Admin-

istration. Carol Carr for the Librarians Assembly. John

Hayden for the A-i Assembly. Joseph Kane for the A-3

Assembly

A l..1.4 NA C' September30. 1986

Department of Public Safety Crime Report-Week Ending Sunday, September 22

The following report includes a weekly count of all reported crimes on campus, a listing of all

reported crimesagainst the person(s), aswell asthe campusareawhere the highest amount ofcrime has occurred that week with a listing of those crimes.

Total Crime

'Crimes Against the Person-I, Burglary-6, Theft-24, Theft ofAuto-2, Criminal Mischief-6, Trespass-3

'9-26-86 9:31 PM 3700 blk. Spruce Purse taken from complainant/treated atHUP/suspect fled

Area/Highest Frequency of Crime

Date Time Reported Location Incident

Pine St. to Walnut St. 38th St.to 4lth St.

9-22-86 8:11 AM Veterinary School Typewriter taken from secured office/no forceto the area

9-22-86 4:48 PM Delta Kappa EPS Sweatshirts taken from room by visitors9-25-86 4:54 PM Veterinary Hospital Cash taken from locker. Locker forced.9-25-86 5:23 PM Veterinary Hospital Secured 10 speed taken from bike rack.9-27-86 1:33 AM Sigma Alpha EPS Luggage taken from secured automobile.

Spruce St. to Locust Walk, 3411111 St. to 36th St

9-24-86 11:08 AM Houston Hall Unattended purse taken from cafe are.9-26-86 5:16 PM Williams Hall Secured bike taken from bike rack.9-27-86 1:42 AM Houston Hall Four (4) unattended purses taken while

at a party.9-28-86 3:00 PM Houston Hall Unattended purse taken from an unoccupied

table.

Walnut St to Market St. 36th St to 38th St

9-22-86 2:18 PM Gimbel Gym Cash taken from secured locker. Lock wasforced.

9-22-86 2:18 PM Gimbel Gym Cash taken from secured locker. Lock wasforced.

9-22-86 2:59 PM Gimbel Gym Wallet taken from secured locker. Lockwas forced.

9-22-86 4:48 PM Grad B Tower Secured bike taken from rail.

Civic Center Blvd. to Hamilton Walk, 34th St to38th St

9-22-86 9:36 AM Goddard Labs Wallet taken from unlocked desk in anunsecured room.

9-22-86 7:34 PM Medical School Unsecured bike taken from unlocked room.9-25-86 6:28 PM Leidy Lab Front wheel taken from a secured bike.

Spruce St. to Locust St., 36th St. to 37th St

9-22-86 2:40 AM PSI Upsilon Unattended purse taken while attending a

party.9-26-86 8:41 PM Wistar Institute Secured bike taken from bike rack.

Safety Tip: Take part in the safety awareness program at Penn. Read the many posters dealingwith safety issues. And, above all, help public safety reduce the opportunity for crime.

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