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When Jodie Foster was selected as last year's Commencement speaker, University officials had little to worry about her views on the Middle East, the United States and politics in general.
Jonathan Spector, vice dean of Wharton Executive Education, will leave Wharton to be the next president and CEO of The Conference Board.
Leah Popowich, associate director at the Office of the University President, was married Saturday night to Penn alumnus Andrew Hohns, The New York Times reported yesterday.
Penn Medical School professor Stephen Emerson will be the next president of Haverford College, Haverford officials announced at a public ceremony last night.
Penn's Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia - an advanced networking computer center - has connected to the Internet2 Network, University officials announced last week.
Chemistry professor Alan MacDiarmid, one of three recipients of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died yesterday afternoon.
Penn President Amy Gutmann has signed the American College and University Climate Commitment in an effort to combat global warming, University officials announced on Monday.
The University has received a $2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles, officials announced yesterday.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - Economics professor Rafael Robb will stand trial on charges of first- and third-degree murder, District Judge William Maruszczak ruled at a preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon.
The University has tapped Pamela Caudill to be the next executive director of the Office of Research Service, Penn officials announced earlier this week.
Eduardo Glandt will chair the 14-person consultative committee that is charged with replacing Wharton Dean Patrick Harker, University President Amy Gutmann announced in a press statement yesterday.
The Department of City and Regional Planning - part of the University's School of Design - has been ranked No. 5 in the U.S., University officials announced last week.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is now stable and comfortable despite a setback in his recovery last week, doctors announced yesterday. Doctors discovered last Tuesday that the horse had a bad reaction to a cast put on his left hind foot on Jan. 3, according to a press release from Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine. Richardson proceeded to remove the cast, in addition to inflamed tissue that was discovered inside of Barbaro's hoof. Now, however, Barbaro is regaining an appetite and seems to be on the road to recovery. "Barbaro's comfort improved considerably following the procedure on Saturday morning," Chief of Surgery Dean Richardson said in another press statement. Richardson added that Barbaro has been standing and moving around his stall. Richardson - who, last week, said his treatment of Barbaro would now be "aggressive" - has been treating Barbaro since his accident last May. Barbaro is still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of Penn's George D. Widener Hospital at the New Bolton Center. In the meantime, loyal Barbaro fans are continuing to post well wishes for Barbaro on an online message board established by the New Bolton Center. "You are in my prayers and in my thoughts," read one post from Karen Haines on yesterday's message board. "Keep up the good work at being able to roll with the punches." The next update on Barbaro's condition will be posted on the Penn Vet Web site on Jan. 19, unless there is a significant change in Barbaro's condition.
Retired nurse Elizabeth Kendall has donated $1 million to her former employer, the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine officials announced yesterday. The donation will establish the John C. and Elizabeth Kendall Fellowship Fund in Radiation Oncology at Penn. "The fund will be used to train nurses, technicians and physicians in cutting-edge technologies and novel radiation therapies to fight cancer," Penn Radiation Oncology Department Chairman Stephen Hahn said in a statement. The fund was announced at a reception in University City that many attended, including Robert Goodman, the first to chair the department of radiation oncology from 1977 to 1991. "This gift is such a great honor to the department, and a great honor to the Kendall family . the likes of which I've never seen from a former employee," Goodman said in the same statement. Kendall began working as a nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania directly after graduating from Penn's School of Nursing in 1968.
Wharton alumna Judith Bollinger and her husband, William, have donated $6 million to the Wharton School, University officials announced yesterday. Half of the Bollingers' gift will be used to establish the Judith and William Bollinger Endowed Scholarship. It will be awarded to Wharton undergraduates, with a preference given to international students. The other $3 million will be designated to create the Judith and William Bolinger Endowed Fellowship. The Fellowship will be used to benefit MBA students and will also be given with a preference to international students. Judith Bollinger is a 1981 graduate of Wharton's MBA program and has been a member of the Executive Board for Europe, Africa and the Middle East since 2001. She is currently the director and strategic planning consultant for ABG Sundal Collier, a firm that provides investment banking, stock brokerage and corporate advisory services for international investors and Nordic corporate clients.
Roch Guerin, an Electrical and Systems Engineering professor, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, University officials announced Monday.
Wharton alumnus John Patience has donated $1 million to the Wharton School, Wharton officials announced yesterday.
The University's Project on Civic Engagement kicked off its major initiative, Great Expectation: Citizen Voices on Philadelphia's Future, at St. John's University last night. The forum is part of a series that will take place at community centers, hospitals and college campuses in different neighborhoods across the region. Great Expectations was created by the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board in conjunction with the Project on Civic Engagement. It is funded by the Office of the University Provost, Penn's Annenberg School for Communication and the Fels Institute of Government. The entire series will feature reporting, research and public forums on solutions to municipal problems that have worked in Philadelphia regions in the past. Election-related events, online and televised debates and a city-wide Deliberation Day two weeks before the May primary election will take place as a part of the Great Expectations program. The series will culminate in the declaration of an agenda produced by Philadelphia citizens that will be delivered to the city's next mayor and city council in 2008.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was named the nation's best pediatric hospital by Child magazine, CHOP officials announced last week.
University alumnus Ralph Roberts and his son, alumnus Brian Roberts, have pledged $15 million towards a $144 million proton-therapy center scheduled to open in 2009.