Administration
New fiscal year sees largest financial aid budget in University history
Allocating $197 million toward undergraduate financial aid, the recently enacted budget — which took effect July 1 and will terminate with the fiscal year on June 30, 2015 — saw a 4.5 percent increase in undergraduate financial aid.
Proposal for tobacco divestment dies without a vote
Board Chair David L. Cohen recognized the detrimental health effects of tobacco, but said that it does not constitute a “moral evil.” According to Penn’s divestment policy, areas being considered for divestment must qualify as “a moral evil implicating a core University value that is creating a substantial social injury.” Cohen also stressed that the Trustees are obligated to the growth and protection of the University’s endowment.
Rodin illuminates gender payment gap among Penn faculty
On Monday at the White House Summit on Working Families, former University President and current President of the Rockefeller Foundation Judith Rodin shed light on the payment gap between male and female faculty members after she was asked if women always know and communicate their value.“When I was offered the Presidency of Penn...I think the board believed that I would and should feel extremely grateful,” Rodin said. “They offered me a salary and I went home overnight and started to get really angry.”
Provost Price receives second term
Gutmann created a consultative committee to advise her on the reappointment of Provost Price. The Trustees voted to reappoint him to a second term at their Friday meeting.Penn to revamp NSO sexual violence training
As colleges around the nation have come under scrutiny for alleged failings in handling sexual violence on campus, Penn has updated both its sexual violence policy and sexual violence education to make sure it is fully in compliance with federal law.For adjuncts, a disappointing academic experience
The replacement of tenure-track faculty positions with adjunct, or contingent, faculty positions at universities has gained significant public attention in the past year. Now, two organizations are targeting the perceived inequity that contingent faculty are facing.Annenberg dean extends term until 2018
Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication Michael Delli Carpini, who was appointed dean in 2003, has agreed to extend his deanship until June 30, 2018.SHS director died on Thursday
Evelyn Wiener, the director of Student Health Services, died on Thursday. She was 62.Penn proposes revisions to sexual violence policy
The proposed additions would add specific definitions for relationship violence, domestic violence and stalking.University council discusses nap spaces, political bullies
The four committees presented their findings on a variety of topics at the University Council meeting WednesdauyCAPS trains students, faculty to care for those around them
iCare, a new initiative by CAPS, is intended to integrate a variety of different approaches through an eight-hour workshop in order to help further the mental health conversation on campus.Mental health task force organizing, meeting with students
Two months after the University administration convened a mental health task force in response to a string of student suicides, the task force is still in its organizational phase.
Porter, outgoing GSE dean, renewed focus on research
Andrew Porter, the outgoing dean of the Graduate School of Education, will leave behind a legacy of increased emphasis on research and innovation.
Students upset with details of Penn proposal for ARCH stained glass
Students were frustrated with the University's recent proposal for the sign's text, which generally describes all of the stained glass panes in the ARCH, without any specific details on the rising sun.Consultative committee for Provost's reappointment announced
Provost Vincent Price's term is set to end on June 30, 2016.UPDATED: Wendell Pritchett appointed interim Penn Law Dean
On Tuesday afternoon, President Amy Gutmann and Vice Provost Vincent Price announced Wendell Pritchett as the interim dean of the Law School in the upcoming academic school year.Joke Issue: Penn offered $2 billion to buy Drexel
Newly uncovered documents show the University offered to purchase Drexel University in November, but the offer was dropped when the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to block the proposed merger.Joke Issue: Finding Memo's: Mexican restaurant to come to campus
Don Memo Mexican Restaurant will be coming to campus next month, the University announced Sunday.
New SP2 dean, an interdisciplinary choice
John L. Jackson Jr., the next dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, is the only one of four recently appointed deans who currently teaches at Penn.