By Seth Zweifler
04/07/13 11:39pm
On Friday and Saturday, Penn hosted hundreds of university professors and administrators from around the world to discuss the future of massive open online courses.
By Seth Zweifler
03/21/13 11:47am
For the fourth year in a row, the price of a Penn education will increase by 3.9 percent for the upcoming school year, the University announced Thursday.
By Seth Zweifler
03/19/13 12:03am
Penn has received a $10 million donation to fund the creation of a new “world house” on campus, the University announced Tuesday.
By Seth Zweifler
03/13/13 12:00am
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller will be among the panelists at an April 5 discussion about online learning and what it means for the future of higher education, the University announced Wednesday.
By Seth Zweifler
03/12/13 10:03pm
Following Penn’s announcement Tuesday morning that Biden will be delivering the commencement address on May 13, students from both sides of the political aisle have said they are excited about the decision to bring the vice president to campus.
By Seth Zweifler
02/28/13 8:00pm
Easily surpassing its goal of $3.5 billion, Penn’s Making History campaign has brought in a total of $4.3 billion for the University, President Amy Gutmann announced to the Board of Trustees Thursday night.
By Seth Zweifler
02/12/13 10:38pm
Just two of Penn’s 31 senior administrators and deans are minorities, putting the University ahead of Brown and Yale universities
By Seth Zweifler
02/04/13 6:01pm
The University announced Monday evening that Ronald Perelman has donated $25 million to create a new center for political science and economics on campus.
By David L. Cohen
02/04/13 12:28am
In her pursuit of her ambitious diversity goals, President Gutmann has the full and unwavering support of the Board of Trustees.
By Robert Hsu
02/01/13 12:58am
Even in the midst of all the demand for compromise in recent years, rarely do we hear a call for voters to compromise their own political beliefs and expectations of the political system and politicians.
By Seth Zweifler
01/31/13 8:25pm
Penn President Amy Gutmann is still under fire over claims that she has not done enough to promote diversity across the University administration.
By Seth Zweifler
01/30/13 7:46pm
Penn President Amy Gutmann’s father, who escaped Germany at the beginning of the Holocaust, influenced her in powerful ways.
By Senior Faculty of Africana Studies
01/30/13 12:32am
Not only has President Gutmann failed to show leadership in diversifying the highest levels of University administration, those individuals appointed by President Gutmann have often modeled her example and made similarly nondiverse appointments of vice provosts, associate deans and other high-ranking administrative staff.
By Robert Hsu
01/18/13 1:40am
Although Gutmann is comfortably in the one percent, she deserves a break.
By Seth Zweifler
01/09/13 8:33pm
Penn President Amy Gutmann’s salary of $1,462,742 in 2010 made her the 12th-highest-paid private university president in the nation.
By Seth Zweifler
01/09/13 5:26pm
On the heels of a series of broad changes to Penn’s practices governing alcohol use, the University announced Wednesday afternoon that it will be forming a new commission to study the impact of alcohol on student safety.
By Seth Zweifler
01/08/13 7:44pm
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Penn President Amy Gutmann has become the latest in a slew of university leaders urging the federal government to do more to promote gun control, calling the problem of gun violence a “scourge of American life.”
By Spencer Small
12/14/12 1:32pm
About 20 PennWalk and Penn Park officers, members of the Philadelphia Security Officers Union, gathered in front of President Gutmann’s house on Walnut Street around 11 a.m. on Friday to protest the negotiation delays between AlliedBarton and the PSOU.
By Sarah Smith
11/30/12 12:41am
“Fiscal cliff” is a term used to describe automatic budget cuts and tax increases that would take effect if Congress does not reach a compromise by Dec. 31.
By Caroline Meuser
11/26/12 12:29am
For the sixth year in a row, the Division of Public Safety ranks first in safety and security, according to Security Magazine.
By Lois Lee
11/15/12 8:06pm
Last December, President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced a four-year, $2 million grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts for these positions.
By Christian Gilberti
11/08/12 1:01am
Huffington began with an assortment of personal anecdotes that colored her speech and made the room of 500 people seem intimate
By Alexandra Getsos
10/24/12 8:49pm
Huffington was ranked 29th on Forbes’ most recent list of the “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
By Seth Zweifler
10/17/12 10:59pm
The capital donation is one of the largest in Penn Medicine’s history, according to a press release
By Avi Grunfeld
10/15/12 12:17am
The Rotunda has hosted some big names in music over the years. John Legend, a 1999 College graduate, performed there as a student, and Matisyahu, Spoon and Wiz Khalifa are among the many other performers brought in.
By Becki Steinberg
10/14/12 11:00pm
With a 73.5 percent response rate, the University’s first-ever survey of all standing faculty members offers a window into the faculty’s opinions of their workloads, compensation and resources for teaching and research, among other topics.
By Lois Lee
10/09/12 10:51pm
Last month, Tilghman announced that she will be stepping down from her position in June. When Tilghman assumed her presidency in 2001, one of her first administrative actions was to appoint Gutmann as the school’s provost.
By JY_Lee
10/09/12 1:02am
Penn should embrace its proud democratic tradition that began with Benjamin Franklin.
By Dina Moroz
10/08/12 12:06am
The allocated funds were to be spent by this summer, but will now be able to extend through the academic year, according to Civic House Director David Grossman. Civic House is looking into future funding options, as its future is currently unclear, he added.
By Louis Capozzi
10/02/12 11:22pm
The event centered around honoring philanthropists Bruce and Martha Karsh, who are donating 2.5 million dollars to help send 12 to 15 KIPP students per year to study at Penn.
By Allison Herzig
09/28/12 12:03am
The Center for the Advanced Study of India is celebrating 20 years of serving as a hub for research on India at Penn.
By Lois Lee
09/19/12 9:29pm
Coursera, an online open-learning platform, announced Wednesday that 17 new universities have joined to offer “massively open online courses,” known as MOOCs. These new schools will double the number of Coursera’s partnerships from 16 to 33.
By Lois Lee
09/12/12 11:52pm
Wednesday evening, Penn began a new chapter of its two-year reaccreditation process, with the Provost’s Office hosting a gathering to officially kick off the University’s self-study.
By Seth Zweifler
09/09/12 8:00pm
Gutmann received $1,462,742 in total salary in 2010, a nearly 11 percent increase from her compensation package in 2009.
By Amy Gutmann
09/05/12 12:33am
An Olympic medal is wonderful, but the real gold at Penn can be found in all this great University has to offer.
By Seth Zweifler
09/04/12 10:18pm
Through the position, Rock will serve as a senior adviser to President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
By George Rosa
09/04/12 10:12pm
One year ago today, freshmen took cover from a rainstorm at the Palestra as Penn President Amy Gutmann declared them the most talented and diverse class Penn had ever seen. Tonight, they did it again.
By Nikkita Collins
07/03/12 10:52pm
Under Penn Connects 2.0, Penn has added 45 additional acres to its campus and a combined 4.8 million square feet of new spaces while restoring current campus facilities, according to Penn President Amy Gutmann.
By Anna Pan
06/20/12 10:14pm
Penn President Amy Gutmann, members of the administration and the 57 members of the Board of Trustees attended the semi-annual meeting on June 14 and 15.
By Shelli Gimelstein
06/28/12 10:13pm
On June 14 and 15, the Board of Trustees voted to re-elect Huntsman as a University Trustee after his 11-year departure.
By Jenny Trang
05/23/12 3:59pm
Addressing Penn’s graduating Class of 2012, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada asked, “Do you care about those who won’t make it without real help?”
By Jelani Hayes
05/11/12 1:24am
The top Google hits for “Amy Gutmann” may return the familiar face of Penn’s president, but further down is another President Amy Gutmann — owner and manager of the Canine University of Ohio.
Like most universities, the school consists of students, professors and administrators.
By Seth Zweifler
05/11/12 1:37am
Penn has voted to extend University President Amy Gutmann’s contract for five years, the Board of Trustees announced in a statement Tuesday morning.
By Michelle Seetho
05/11/12 1:32am
In an auditorium inside the National Constitution Center Wednesday evening, about 180 people listened eagerly as Penn President Amy Gutmann and Harvard University professor Dennis Thompson spoke about the state of American democracy in 2012.
By andie davidson
04/26/12 9:19pm
What began as a formal ceremony in 1916 has developed over the years into a somewhat tongue-in-cheek celebration complete with fake straw hats and canes.
By Shelli Gimelstein
04/24/12 11:26pm
In addition to her duties representing the University, next month Penn President Amy Gutmann will be releasing a new book, The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It.
By Anna Pan
04/23/12 12:11am
Members from Penn Police, PennComm, Department of Fire and Emergency Services and AlliedBarton Security were awarded commendations of merit.
By Kyle Hardgrave
04/23/12 12:11am
In a move that will put Penn at the forefront of an online education movement making waves throughout higher education, 12 Penn professors will open versions of their most popular courses to a global internet audience.
By Ana Blinder
03/20/12 11:31pm
The forum is an annual discussion panel sponsored by Penn trustee David Silfen and his wife Lyn. This year’s forum focused on the question, “Is America broken?”
By Glenn Shrum
03/16/12 12:31am
With half a year behind them, Penn’s religious organizations are preparing for the second leg of this year’s White House Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
