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Amy Gutmann

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Penn's administrators are responsible for the thousands of students and millions of dollars that pass through the University every year, and their decisions affect every member of the Penn community.


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Penn has accumulated a number of traditions over its 268 years. Some are dignified, others are more whimsical, but you can hardly consider yourself a true Quaker until you've booed the Princeton Tigers on Franklin Field during a football game or eaten fried Oreos during Spring Fling.













A facelift for Franklin Field

Despite graduating from Wharton in 1965, George Weiss never really left Penn. A generous benefactor of the University and many charitable projects, the charter trustee has stayed intimately involved in the school's affairs. His more than $60 million of donations to the University has already garnered two institutions bearing his name: the Weiss Tech House and the Weiss Center for International Financial Research at Wharton.


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When it comes to the running back position, the Class of 2013 recruits are only an added bonus to an already talented Penn backfield. "I think it's our deepest position, certainly on the offensive side of the ball," coach Al Bagnoli said. After bringing in five more skilled runners, Bagnoli is pleased with the depth of "experience and talent and different kinds of running styles" he has in his backfield.



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University President Amy Gutmann and incoming Provost Vincent Price announced Shelley Berger as the 10th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor. Berger will hold appointments in the School of Medicine's Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology.


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It’s the first thing overly eager pre-frosh see as they plan their first semester at Penn, and it’s the last thing seniors check before they are cleared to graduate. And in recent history, Penn InTouch, with its archaic design and clunky interface, has been the shame and chagrin of every Penn student.


W. Lax | Not quite the Civil War

Women's lacrosse may have come up short of a national championship, but two of the team's seniors can now say they won their final collegiate contest. Becca Edwards and Kaitlyn Lombardo were selected by coach Karin Brower to represent Penn in the IWLCA/Under Armour North-South Senior All-Star game last Saturday.