Amanda Mott manages media relations related to the Office of the Executive Vice President which includes facilities and real estate, Penn’s Climate Action Plan, student financial services, business services, campus housing and dining, and the endowment. In addition, she covers Commencement and Penn Global including Perry World House, the Penn Wharton China Center, and the Penn Biden Center.
University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program
Penn announced a $6 million gift to launch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, which will reimagine the ancient Greek ideal Paideia—or “education of the whole person”—with courses focusing on wellness, service, and citizenship.
Penn Trustees approve 2019-20 financial aid budget and tuition
The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approved a 3.9% increase in tuition for the coming year, while also approving a record $247 million undergraduate financial aid budget.
Gregory Eells. (Photo: Penn Counseling and Psychological Services)
Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named
Dr. Gregory Eells, a national leader in university counseling services, will take the helm as executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services in March.
The cemetery of the Church of St. Thomas (above) in Mosul, Iraq, was badly damaged by Islamic State militants. The new grant awarded to the University of Pennsylvania will go toward stabilization and conservation of such culturally important sites.
State Department awards Penn $2 million to preserve cultural heritage in northern Iraq
The two-phase, three-year project aims to revitalize the city and its culture.
Before a packed audience at Perry World House, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (left) and PWH Visiting Fellow Sozi Tulante address the topic of immigration policy and the role of the city.
Unpacking Philadelphia’s response to shifting immigration policies
At Perry World House, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sat down with former City Solicitor Sozi Tulante, a PWH Visiting Fellow, to discuss the administration’s role in significant immigration-policy decisions.
Top row left to right: School of Arts and Sciences’ Zahra Fakhraai, Marsha I. Lester, and Abraham Nitzan. Bottom row left to right John Crocker, Chinedum Osuji, and Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society
Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.
Former United Nations High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein named Perry World House Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence
In addition to his residency at PWH, Penn’s global policy research institute, Al Hussein will also co-teach a class at the Penn Law School during the spring semester.
