02/25/10 8:35am
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 8:03am
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 10:37am
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 10:29am
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 1:03pm
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 11:26am
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 10:03am
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 11:00am
The containment period has been extended until June 2011, with a targeted $100 million in “cost avoidance."
01/20/10 5:30am
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 10:29am
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 8:03am
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 6:06am
Lynn Hollen Lees, a history professor, has been appointed the Vice Provost for Faculty, according to Provost Vincent Price.
01/12/10 12:49am
If approved by the Board of Trustees Michael Delli Carpini will be dean until 2015.
12/16/09 8:13am
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 11:24am
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 5:23am
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.”
11/23/09 11:32am
In a celebration of the founding of fraternity Psi Upsilon, Penn’s Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli discussed the University’s past, present and future.
11/13/09 10:39am
In the Chronicle of Higher Education's ranking of university presidents' salaries, Penn's Amy Gutmann is one of the best-paid, earning $1.28 million in fiscal year 2008.
11/09/09 8:24am
Although a major part of each of the fall trustees meetings was spent celebrating James Riepe’s decade as chairman of the board, much discussion also surrounded the University’s financial health, academic goals and environmental sustainability.
11/04/09 5:23am
Long-time University trustee David Cohen is four days from becoming the chairman of the Board of Trustees.
