The task forces, which will focus on four key issues — alcohol and drugs, hazing, sexual assault, and mental health — will establish their respective goals at their first meetings.

Only three of the top 20-compensated private university presidents are women.

College Houses are repurposing cafe space in beneficial ways for residents, following college house cafe closings.

Amy Gutmann puts her signature on more than just Penn paperwork.

Penn's religious community has begun increasing its focus on mental health services. 

The decision to not re-open the college house cafes in Rodin, Harnwell, Harrison, Reipe, and Kings Court College Houses was made at the beginning of the summer.

Gutmann is the top-paid Penn employee for the first time in fiscal year 2013. 

Vice Provost for Education Andrew Binns will step down from his position after this year, Provost Vincent Price said on Thursday.

Current Dean Eduardo Glandt will step down in June 2015 at the end of his current term.

Penn graduates can hang their degrees with pride for another ten years, thanks to the University’s reaccreditation earlier this summer. On June 26, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaffirmed the University’s accreditation after a rigorous process rooting back to October 2012.

Drexel University will announce to trustees and senior staff tomorrow that Harris Steinberg, currently executive director of PennPraxis, will head the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, according to an article in Philadelphia Magazine. 

The grand opening of Penn's innovation center, the Pennovation Center on Penn's South Bank campus, will be celebrated on Oct. 31 at University-wide event

Acting director Dr Max King says the search should conclude by the end of the semester.

Penn’s mental health task force is in the process of synthesizing information and developing recommendations aimed at improving mental health resources on campus, after conducting research and interviews last semester and over the summer.

Penn Medicine is currently in the planning stages of development on a new hospital tower, which could cost $1.5 billion, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Marilyn Taylor, who began her term as PennDesign dean in 2008, will now serve until 2016. During her time at Penn, she has increased the school's visibility and influence.

Beginning her interim term on June 16, Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiative Director Julie Lyzinski Nettleton will serve until Michele Goldfarb’s permanent replacement is appointed. She will continue to lead the AOD — where she has worked since 2005 — while serving as interim director.