President Amy Gutmann began the Sept. 11 meeting with a moment of silence for Greg Eells, the former executive director of of Counseling and Psychological Services, who died on Monday.

Nominations and Elections Committee Chair and College senior Olivia Crocker said the NEC is hoping to place an emphasis on mental wellness internally and in the elected branches of student government through their role as election facilitators.

For over two decades, Penn Press has been led by Eric Halpern, who took the position in 1995. Francis, who will succeed Halpern on Sept. 23, will be the press’s 13th director. 

The new rabbis met with students and staff during the summer and began their roles in late August.

The renovated basement, which suffered from several broken electrical outlets, now has a rewired electrical system and fully functioning outlets. 

Previously, Penn Global Seminar courses were only courses that did not require prerequisites.

Holahan comes to Penn from Georgetown, where she had worked as the Academic Director for the Institute for College Preparation, a pre-college program with a 30 year history supporting underrepresented first-generation low-income students in D.C.  

The highest-level course available within each department will change from 999 to 9999.  This change will be applicable to all 12 schools across the University at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Penn has been ranked number eight for the past three years. Now, the University shares the No. 6 spot with Stanford University and the University of Chicago. 

On September 5, the complainant reported that packages that were delivered to the porch had been tampered with and that some items were missing. 

Virginia M.Y. Lee is the director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the Medical School.

Clinicians are available at Student Health Service on Tuesday and CAPS will resume its regular appointments Wednesday.

Eells was appointed to lead CAPS in January 2019 and started his term in March. Penn informed the community of the death Monday afternoon, but did not specify the cause of death.

Ruger sent an email in late August to the Penn Law community to introduce structural changes to Penn Law's Office of Inclusion and Engagement, which was established in May.

Penn Violence Prevention is moving to a new office at 3535 Market St., the same building that houses Student Health Service, due to limited campus space.

Valerie Jarrett served in the Obama administration for all eight years of his presidency, and was seen as a trusted advisor who pushed for liberal policies in the administration.

New College House was renamed Lauder College House Thursday afternoon, after a major donation from the Lauder family.