Administration
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.
Friends, family remember former president Hackney
Friends and family of former Penn President Sheldon Hackney remembered his life in Irvine Auditorium on Thursday night.SP2 dean leaves legacy of revitalization, and a changed name
After 13 years as Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, Richard Gelles' contributions to SP2 have truly opened the door to a new era in the school’s history.
CAPS staff increased unrelated to suicides, admins say
Following the fifth student suicide in 12 months, the University announced the creation of new permanent clinical positions at Counseling and Psychological Services for this fall — a move administrators say likely would have occurred without the student deaths.Chair of Physics and Astronomy department appointed Associate Dean of Natural Sciences
As Associate Dean, Larry Gladney will oversee the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics, Linguistics and Psychology, in addition to a number of research centers.
Comcast VP and Chairman of Penn Board of Trustees talks "digital divide"
Cohen wants to see more financial transparency in political campaigns, based on his experiences first as campaign manager and then as chief of staffuncapitalized for former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell during Rendell's Philadelphia mayorship.
New Social Policy & Practice dean announced
John Jackson, the Richard Perry University professor at Penn and a senior advisor for diversity in the Office of the Provost, is a cultural anthropologist, author and documentary filmmaker.
Documents confirm CAPS complaints
Documents provided to The Daily Pennsylvanian by a former CAPS psychiatrist give a glimpse into the inner workings of an office that has come under scrutiny this semester after two suicides just weeks apart.
Penn announces new Wharton dean
Geoffrey Garrett will take over for current Wharton dean Thomas Robertson on July 1.