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Administration

03/17/10 8:24pm

Penn Med dean will step down in 2011

Arthur Rubenstein, Dean of the School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the Penn Health System, will step down when his term ends on June 30, 2011.
03/17/10 6:07am

Penn administrators, faculty build ties with China trip

Specific goals were to increase internship and study abroad opportunities for Penn students in China, as well as opportunities for collaboration between Penn and Chinese faculty.
03/10/10 9:00pm

Former Penn admin named Drexel president

Penn’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Fry was named president of Drexel University on Wednesday, March 10.
03/01/10 4:33am

Trustees talk tuition and renovations

Penn’s 57-member Board of Trustees, led by chairman David Cohen, convened last week at the Inn at Penn to approve some of Penn’s large-scale efforts and decisions.
02/25/10 3:35am

Unlike peers, no major cuts for SAS grad division

The struggling economy has caused a nationwide decrease in the size of doctoral programs, but Penn’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences does not plan to make any significant cuts.
02/22/10 3:03am

U. offers hundreds of job opportunities to grads

For those seniors willing to stay on campus post-graduation, several hundred jobs are available within the University, according to Career Services Director Patricia Rose.
02/16/10 5:37am

Valentines for labor rights

Members of the Student Labor Action Project delivered Valentines to Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli and pillows to Penn President Amy Gutmann every hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
02/12/10 5:29am

Gutmann supports the DREAM Act

Minority student groups worked together to convince Penn President Amy Gutmann to take a public stance on the Development, Relief, Education for Alien Minors Act.
02/04/10 8:03am

Gutmann’s grant will help students

The $500,000 Carnegie award that Penn President Amy Gutmann received in the fall will go toward research, internships and GAPSA meetings.
02/03/10 6:26am

Gutmann signs green pledge in Switzerland

Gutmann joined 24 university presidents to sign the Sustainable Campus Charter at the World Economic Forum, an annual conference seeking to improve the global economy.
01/29/10 5:03am

Annenberg sets long-term goals

If reapproved by the Board of Trustees in Feb., Annenberg Dean Michael Delli Carpini will continue in his role for a second term, during which he hopes to continue setting and fulfilling his goals.
01/28/10 6:00am

Cost-containment strategy saves Penn $59 million

The containment period has been extended until June 2011, with a targeted $100 million in “cost avoidance."
01/20/10 12:30am

Penn receives $20 million gift

George Weiss — a Penn alum, trustee and chair of the Making History Campaign — donated $20 million to endow four new professorships in the Penn Integrates Knowledge program.
01/15/10 5:29am

Professor emeritus William Evan dies at 87

Evan taught sociology and management at the University for over 50 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from Penn in 1946.
01/14/10 3:03am

Funding for Vet School cut 13 percent

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell exercised a line item veto and reduced the Vet School appropriation from $34,419,000 to $30 million.
01/13/10 1:06am

Lynn Hollen Lees named vice provost for faculty

Lynn Hollen Lees, a history professor, has been appointed the Vice Provost for Faculty, according to Provost Vincent Price.
01/11/10 7:49pm

Annenberg dean recommended for reappointment

If approved by the Board of Trustees Michael Delli Carpini will be dean until 2015.
12/16/09 3:13am

U. Trustee Browne died at 62

Christopher H. Browne, who graduated in 1969 from the College, died Sunday of a heart attack. Since 2000, he has given over $25 million to the University to create professorships.
11/25/09 6:24am

Gutmann to lead Obama panel on bioethics

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that University President Amy Gutmann will be the chairwoman of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
11/25/09 12:23am

Around the world with Penn Admissions

Admissions representatives travel to over 30 countries in any given year, according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda. And in spite of University-wide budget cuts, the admissions travel budget “hasn’t been cut at all.”

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