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- Tuesday,
- July 14, 1998
Volume 45
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SEAS Interim Dean: Dr. Eduardo Glandt
Dr. Eduardo Glandt, chemical engineering's Russell Pearce and Elizabeth
Crimian Heuer Professorship, has been named Interim Dean of the School of
Engineering and Applied Science.
He takes office on August 15 to succeed Dr. Gregory Farrington, now president-elect
of Lehigh University.
Dr. Glandt was described as "an accomplished scholar, outstanding
teacher and superb citizen" by Dr. Michael Wachter, who as Interim
Provost announced the appointment. "We are delighted that he has agreed
to lead the school during this time of transition." Dr. Wachter also
thanked SEAS Faculty Council, who solicited nominations and asked for an
interim dean with "a solid understanding of the University, a real
sense of the directions in which engineering is moving, the ability to keep
SEAS on its present course." The SEAS faculty also wanted a colleague
who will "work hard to attract the next dean," Dr. Wachter added.
"We believe Eduardo is such a person. We are confident he will do an
excellent job as Interim Dean and look forward to working with him in the
coming year."
Dr. Glandt graduated magna cum laude from the University of Buenos
Aires and taught there while conducting research at Argentina's National
Institute of Industrial Technology. He came to Penn for his advanced degrees
and joined the faculty upon taking his Ph.D. in 1977. Winning the S. Reid
Warren award in 1977 for his teaching, the American Chemical Society's Victor
K. LaMer Award in 1979, and the Lindback Award in 1980, he was promoted
to tenure in 1981 and became full professor in 1985. He held the Carl V.S.
Patterson chair from 1990 until 1995, when he was named the Heuer Professor.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Glandt is internationally
known for his work in applying advances in molecular science to chemical
engineering. He particularly studies liquids, interfacial phenomena and
heterogeneous materials.
In addition to chairing his department in 1991-94, Dr. Glandt has served
on the SEAS Faculty Council and on the this year's Academic Planning and
Budget Committee, last year's Council Library Committee, and many others
including the current Provost's Search Committee and the Committee on Distributed
Learning which reported in Almanac
April 21, 1998.
At Sansom Common, The Bookstore Opens
A new chapter in Penn Bookstore opens tomorrow, July 15, as the Bookstore
opens for business in Sansom Common-- a "soft" opening, with a
grand-opening gala to follow on September 10, said Marie Witt, Interim Vice
President for Business Services.
Penn built and owns the facility, which combines the "best elements
of a full-service academic bookstore with the amenities of a Barnes &
Noble superstore," she added.
Computer Connection is also located in Sansom Common, with entrances
from the both the Bookstore and Sansom Street. Not a part of the Barnes
& Noble agreement, Computer Connection remains a Penn department and
will carry hardware as well as an expanded selection of peripherals, accessories,
and software. The 1999 "Back-to-School" Sale promises to be one
of the biggest and best ever, according to the Computer Connection's general
manager Christopher Bradie.
Departmental computer orders and delivery services will continue to be
managed by the Computer Connection with computer repair services by The
Computer Fixer through an agreement with the Computer Connection.
A storefront at 36th Street and the Sheraton Hotel will open this week
for these services.
Bookstore hours: July 15-August 15: 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Friday;
10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Beginning August 16: 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday.
Computer Connection hours: July 15-August 15: 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday (no Sunday hours). Beginning August
16: 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
Among the store's 130,000 titles are approximately 90,000 academic books,
making it one of the most comprehensive academic bookstores in the country,
Ms. Witt said. It also features an expanded Faculty Authors section and
extensive World News section. Throughout the store are murals, kiosks, and
other University memorabilia depicting the rich history and favorite images
of Penn. Selected pieces from the University's sculpture galleries (formerly
housed in Gimbel Gym) will also be on display.
Construction of the Inn at Penn and of the new roadway from Chestnut
to Sansom called Steve Murray's Way continue in the coming year, toward
completion by the end of 1999.
School Collaboration
At a press conference June 18, President Judith Rodin announced a series
of initiatives with the University City public schools including an agreement
with the School District and the teachers' union to create a "demonstration
school" for students from Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade on
land owned by Penn, the former Philadelphia Episcopal Divinity School at
42nd and Spruce Streets.
Also announced in a Memorandum of Understanding (see
summary) were plans to:
- assist the School District in relocating the Carver School, a magnet
high school for science and engineering, to a Market Street site now owned
by the Science Center;
- take leadership responsibility, as part of the school district's "Children
Achieving" initiative, for two Cluster Resource Boards that serve
West Philadelphia--each including a comprehensive high school and its feeder
elementary and middle schools. Dean Susan H. Fuhrman of GSE is to serve
as chair of the cluster board for West Philadelphia and Dr. Ira Harkavy
of the Center for Community Partnerships will chair the University City
cluster board.
- continue current initiatives in tutoring and partnering with existing
schools in the area.
Over the years Penn has heard numerous ideas and strategies for improvement
of education in the area, a spokesperson said, including suggestions for
a private school or charter school, but Penn elected the public school improvement
route. Among recent reports cited as urging school improvement were the
1963 PFSNI report "Priorities for Neighborhood Revitalization,"
(on the web via www.upenn.edu/almanac)
and the Spruce Hill Community Plan issued by the organization in 1995.
But at a community meeting called by Penn on July 1, numerous questions
were raised, particularly about the future of the child care units and New
School now on the Divinity School site, and the potential effect of the
demonstration school on other schools in the area including Lea School and
Powel School.
Vice President Steve Schutt said the first announcement sets a "broad
framework" and that a structure for involving the community will be
established within a few weeks. (The structure will be posted to Almanac
Between Issues on receipt. See also the Speaking
Out exchange and the e-mail address
for sending input on the school collaboration, and click
here for a site map.--Ed.)
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