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David Asch: Putting the framework to work
David Asch.

David Asch, senior vice president for strategic initiatives.

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David Asch: Putting the framework to work

As he completes his fourth decade at Penn, the senior vice president for strategic inititiatives takes on putting the University’s strategic framework, In Principle and Practice, into work.
Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania
interim president larry jameson at solar panel ribbon cutting

Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, FRES Senior Vice President Anne Papageorge, Interim President J. Larry Jameson, and AES Senior Director of Origination Walter Crenshaw cut a ribbon to celebrate the operation of the Great Cove I and II solar facilities.

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Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania

Solar production has begun at the Great Cove I and II facilities in central Pennsylvania, the equivalent of powering 70% of the electricity demand from Penn’s academic campus and health system in the Philadelphia area.
MLK Interfaith Commemoration highlights allyship of Black and Jewish communities
Keynote at MLK interfaith event.

Rev. William Gipson moderates a keynote discussion with Rabbi David Wolpe and actor, writer, and director Jonah Platt, both Penn alumni.

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MLK Interfaith Commemoration highlights allyship of Black and Jewish communities

The annual event this year featured a discussion between Rabbi David Wolpe and alum, actor, writer, and director Jonah Platt, along with student performances and the presentation of awards.
Remembering pathbreaking nurse, researcher, and leader
Claire Fagin stands in front of Claire M. Fagin Hall on Penn campus.

Former Interim Penn president and Nursing dean Claire Fagin in front of the Nursing School’s Claire M. Fagin Hall, which was named in her honor.

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Remembering pathbreaking nurse, researcher, and leader

Claire Fagin, the former Nursing dean who served as Interim President of Penn in the early 90’s, died Jan. 16. Members of the Penn community share their thoughts on Fagin’s legacy.

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Claire Fagin, renowned nurse and researcher who led UPenn, dies at 97
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.

Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson
J. Larry Jameson at a podium during the MLK Day of Service.

Named Penn’s interim president this past December, J. Larry Jameson addresses and thanks volunteers gathered for the MLK Day of Service at Houston Hall on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson

Penn’s leader offers a glimpse into his background; his thoughts on academic freedom, shared governance, safety on campus; and his priorities for the semester ahead.

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Aiming to build community on campus, new Presidential Commission takes shape
students on locust walk

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Aiming to build community on campus, new Presidential Commission takes shape

Reporting to Interim President J. Larry Jameson and co-chaired by deans Vijay Kumar and Katharine Strunk, the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community unveils its charge and members.

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Former Penn president Judith Rodin on the changing relationship between business and universities
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.