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President Amy Gutmann issues a statement on Penn and the economy

Dear Members of Our University Community:Over the last few weeks the world has seen the American capital and credit markets experience their worst turmoil in three generations. It is no wonder that the state of the economy is on everyone’s mind, even as we go about our day-to-day work of studying, teaching, conducting research, volunteering in our communities and supporting the mission of this great university.Dear Members of Our University Community:

Penn to Host "Impact '08 in Pennsylvania: Building a Better, Safer World"

PHILADELPHIA -- Henry Kissinger and Robert Rubin are among national leaders who will speak Oct. 22 at the University of Pennsylvania as part of “Impact ’08 in Pennsylvania: Building a Better Safer World.”

”Kings, Chiefs and Women of Power: Images From Nigeria” to Open at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery

PHILADELPHIA — “Kings, Chiefs and Women of Power: Images From Nigeria,” which opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Nov. 14, is an exhibit of 30 large Cibachrome prints by Phyllis Galembo.These photographs, taken in 1993-1994, highlight the costumes, customs and traditions of the Benin and southern Nigerian communities.

Penn Announces Continued Commitment to Affordability

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it remains firmly committed to making a Penn education affordable for students from all economic backgrounds regardless of the uncertain economic times.“The founder of the University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, once commented that an investment in education pays the best dividends,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “His perspective came during a period of history when an emerging nation also faced turbulent times.”

Trials of the working poor

In researching her 2006 book, “Jobs Aren’t Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families,” Roberta Iversen spent five years tracking 25 American families living week-to-week, month-to-month, paycheck-to-paycheck. Most of the time, Iversen says, they weren’t getting by.

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Gives $2 Million to Penn for HIV/AIDS Treatment Center in Botswana

PHILADELPHIA -- The Botswana-UPenn Partnership has received a $2 million grant from The Tiffany & Co. Foundation to join with the Botswana Ministry of Health in building a facility for HIV/AIDS treatment in Botswana and to support the University of Pennsylvania's health-care initiative through clinical care, education and research. Set for construction on the grounds of the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the facility will help Penn impact the people of Botswana who are affected by HIV/AIDS as well as improve HIV-related research and medical education.

Class of 1949 Generational Bridge

Staff Q&A/Eric Halpern

Photo credit: Mark Stehle A dozen years ago, Eric Halpern took the helm of a Penn Press that published a mere 50 books a year, with minimal attention to design and promotion. It was, as he says today, a press not held in particularly high esteem.

Strange alliances along the border

In what he described as an effort to “help protect the American people,” President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act in 2006, authorizing the federal government to take a series of steps to secure the U.S./Mexican border.

Penn makes the grade in sustainability

Last month, the Cambridge, Mass.-based Sustainable Endowments Institute issued the latest edition of its College Sustainability Report Card, an annual review of the environmental sustainability efforts being made by colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Of the nearly 300 schools surveyed in the report, only 15 received an A-minus—the highest grade awarded this year. Penn was one of them.