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On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
In her debut on the popular Wharton School radio show, President Liz Magill discusses her leadership style, lessons learned from leading during a pandemic, and her optimism for the future.
At Convocation, students encouraged to take a ‘fisheye’ view
At Convocation, students encouraged to take a ‘fisheye’ view
Kicking off the University’s 284th academic year, first-year and transfer students were advised to take a wide view during at least some of their time at Penn, expanding horizons and seeing the borderless nature of knowledge.
New family welcome: ‘The right place; the right time’
New family welcome: ‘The right place; the right time’
President Liz Magill and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. welcomed first-year and transfer students and their families in an afternoon celebration on College Green.
Making a home away from home at Penn
Making a home away from home at Penn
Friends and family from near and far helped the Class of 2027 move onto campus this week.
‘Topping off’ Amy Gutmann Hall
‘Topping off’ Amy Gutmann Hall
Following tradition, members of the University community celebrated the placement of the final wood panel on Penn Engineering’s new data science building.
A sweet treat on a hot summer day
A sweet treat on a hot summer day
President Liz Magill hosted an ice cream social for the Penn community on Thursday afternoon, drawing faculty, staff, and students together on College Green.
Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program
Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program
World-renowned scholar of democratic theory and practice Sigal Ben-Porath, who has been a professor at Penn since 2004, will assume the role Sept. 1.
Sarah Banet-Weiser named Dean of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication
Sarah Banet-Weiser named Dean of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication
Banet-Weiser will assume the role of dean of Annenberg School for Communication beginning August 14, 2023.
Celebrating a stellar year at Penn
Celebrating a stellar year at Penn
A new video offers a glimpse into the 2022-2023 academic year.
$10M gift from Robin and Marc Wolpow’s Arbour Way Foundation launches healthcare entrepreneurship opportunities at Venture Lab
$10M gift from Robin and Marc Wolpow’s Arbour Way Foundation launches healthcare entrepreneurship opportunities at Venture Lab
The landmark gift will create vibrant programming focused on health care innovation and co-curricular learning and collaboration across the University of Pennsylvania.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn to expand its full-tuition scholarship aid to families with a higher income threshold
Penn’s Quaker Commitment will expand full-tuition scholarships and will no longer consider the primary family home as an asset in its calculation for institutional aid. Interim President J. Larry Jameson and director of financial aid Elaine Papas Varas offer remarks.
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Philadelphia Magazine
The 150 most influential people in Philly
Interim President J. Larry Jameson, Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney, Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Olympic discus thrower and alumnus Sam Mattis are noted as some of the most influential people in Philadelphia.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges created task forces to address reports of antisemitism and islamophobia. What have they done?
The University Task Force on Antisemitism recommends investment in faculty and staff, academic experiences, and outreach while also clarifying Penn’s open-expression policies, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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India West
UPenn to confer honorary doctorate on Siddhartha Mukherjee
Celebrated physician and best-selling author Siddhartha Mukherjee will deliver the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement, featuring remarks from Interim President J. Larry Jameson.
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The Washington Post
Claire Fagin, renowned nurse and researcher who led UPenn, dies at 97
Claire M. Fagin, who helped reshape the nursing profession as a clinician, researcher, educator and advocate, and who stepped away from teaching to become one of the first women to lead an Ivy League institution, the University of Pennsylvania, died Jan. 16 at her home in Manhattan. She was 97.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Former Penn president Judith Rodin on the changing relationship between business and universities
In a Q&A, former Penn President Judith Rodin discusses her current role advising the Bellwether District, which seeks to reinvent two square miles of former oil refineries in South and Southwest Philly, and the rapid changes in business-academic relations throughout her career.
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