Doug Lynch has been named the new vice dean for graduate admissions and executive education in the Graduate School of Education. In this role, Lynch—who came to Penn April 1—oversees admissions policies for GSE’s traditional and non-traditional programs. Lynch will also assist faculty in the development of executive model and continuing education programs.
Previously, Lynch served as assistant dean for corporate learning and new business initiatives at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Before that, he worked at the College Board as director of member services and at Arizona State University, where he helped create the Genesis Academy, one of the states first charter schools designed to meet the special needs of kids involved in street gangs.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
