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February 26, 2004

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AWARDS & HONORS

The 2004 Models of Excellence Awards honor employees who have a demonstrated commitment to innovation, leadership and cost-effectiveness and go above and beyond their call of duty. The winners include the Penn Portal Team, who were praised for improving services and information for students at a reasonable cost, and Anthony Whittington from the Division of Public Safety, for conceiving and developing a tracking system for Penn’s Way participation. Honorable mentions went to Anna T. Delaney from the Medical School, the Educational Pipeline Initiative Team and the PennKey Team. A complete list of winners and 2004 selection committee members can be found at www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/models/default.asp.

Joan DeJean, the Trustee Professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages, won the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association, for her recent book, “The Reinvention of Obscenity: Sex, Lies, and Tabloids in Early Modern France” (Chicago, 2002). Her book explores the relationship between literature classified in 17th-century France as “obscene” and the society in which it was so labeled. The award was presented in December 2003, and is given annually to an outstanding book in its field.

Mei Elansary C’04 has been named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Second Team, which honors 60 undergraduates as representatives of all outstanding students at colleges and universities across the country. Elansary, who was nominated by President Judith Rodin for her commitment to public service, is one of 20 students selected for the team.

A double major in the biological basis of behavior and environmental studies, Elansary has helped to lead the development of a school-based community and school health center focused on addressing the health needs of the West Philadelphia community.

Incoming Penn President Amy Gutmann won an award in the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division Annual Awards Competition from the Association of American Publishers, announced on Feb. 10. Her book, “Identity in Democracy” (Princeton, 2003), which explores identity politics, picked up top honors in the category of Government and Political Science. These awards are presented in 30 categories for outstanding books, journals and electronic products across a range of disciplines.

Richard M. Ingersoll Gr’92, associate professor of education and sociology in the Graduate School of Education, received the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Outstanding Writing Award for a Book on Feb. 10 for “Who Controls Teachers’ Work? Power and Accountability in America’s Schools” (Harvard, 2003).

Ruth Patrick, adjunct professor of biology and the Francis Boyer Chair of Limnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Science and the Environment for her distinguished and innovative leadership in science and service to society. A recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1996, Patrick has been a pioneer in the field of interdisciplinary environmental study as the first person to use biodiversity as a measure of ecosystem health.

Harry Reicher, adjunct professor at Penn Law, has been named by President Bush to the Holocaust Memorial Council, the governing body of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Reicher, who created the course “Law and the Holocaust” at the University, joins 54 other presidential appointees, 10 congressional representatives and three members from the departments of Education, Interior and State on the council.