Gutmann unlikely to change U. personnel
While administrative shake-ups are a necessary part of any presidential transition, it is unlikely that the University will see any major changes immediately after Amy Gutmann takes office in July.
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While administrative shake-ups are a necessary part of any presidential transition, it is unlikely that the University will see any major changes immediately after Amy Gutmann takes office in July.
Though Amy Gutmann is officially only the presidential nominee, she is assured of receiving endorsement as the next president of the University of Pennsylvania during next week's University Board of Trustees meeting.
The search committee charged with finding a new vice provost and director of libraries expects to secure a candidate by the end of the semester, committee members say.
The appointment of Laurie Robinson as director of the master's of science in Criminology program marked another step forward in the development of Penn's new Criminology Department.
Now that a presidential nominee has been named, Penn can soon move forward in its efforts to fill a multibillion-dollar vacancy.
With the nomination of Amy Gutmann as the next University president, the words "Princeton" and "provost" have been uttered together repeatedly across campus.
Penn filled another administrative vacancy yesterday when Provost Robert Barchi announced that Wharton School professor Janice Bellace would be the University's next associate provost.
In the day following her nomination as successor to University President Judith Rodin, Amy Gutmann has received nothing but praise from those on the presidential search committee and her future administrative colleagues.
Today, after about four months of searching, the Executive Search Committee will officially announce Amy Gutmann, the provost at Princeton University, as its nominee to serve as the eighth president of the University.
Tomorrow, after almost exactly four months of searching, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania will announce Amy Gutmann, the provost at Princeton University, as the eighth president of the University.
With recent announcements from Duke and Rice universities, Penn has been effectively left alone in the search for a new University president.
Faced with increasing costs and a weak economy, the University announced a pay freeze for upper level administrators and the discontinuation of end of the year bonuses for all employees for the next fiscal year, which begins in July.
Mayor John Street announced the appointment of Vice President and Chief of Staff Pedro Ramos to the position of city solicitor for Philadelphia yesterday morning.
Penn is now largely alone in the search for a president after Rice and Duke universities announced the conclusion of their successful searches in mid-December.
With several law schools now suing the United States Department of Defense, attorneys, professors and students from across the country are hoping to bring an end to forced discrimination on law school campuses.
After Justin Wynter's assault case was dismissed last Tuesday, students across Penn's campus are questioning the actions of both the University Police and The Daily Pennsylvanian.
All charges were dismissed against Wharton sophomore Justin Wynter at a preliminary hearing Tuesday due to lack of evidence.
All charges were dismissed against Wharton sophomore Justin Wynter at a preliminary hearing Tuesday due to lack of evidence.
In the wake of the October arrest and pepper-spraying of Spruce College House Associate Faculty Master Rui DaSilva, a faculty committee has been meeting weekly to discuss issues of public safety and race at Penn.
Though the attorney for the man charged with assault after entering the high rise room of a female resident said his client was acting in accordance with Penn guidelines, University policy strictly forbids facilities workers or contractors from entering student rooms without express need or permission.