Administration
Students express frustration at open forum toward Penn's AAU survey results
At the forum, held at the LGBT Center, students criticized Penn for the lack of significant change from the last AAU survey in 2015 to the report that was released earlier this month.
After a two-year search, interim director Josephine Park stays on to lead ASAM program
ASAM has struggled with maintaining leadership since the founding director of the program left Penn in 2017. Park was named the ASAM program's interim director in 2018 and was set to serve for a year.
Penn pledges action in response to AAU survey results — but students demand more
Provost Wendell Pritchett said the University plans to expand staff members for Penn Violence Prevention and create a series of focus groups to analyze the survey responses.
Penn produced the most 2019 Forbes 400 members out of any university
Penn is the best-represented school in the rankings and 24% of the Forbes 400 graduated from an Ivy League school.
More than 25% of Penn undergraduate women report unwanted sexual contact in AAU results
At Penn, 25.9% of undergraduate women said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact since entering college, a decline from 27.2% in 2015. Among undergraduate men, the rate rose from 5.5% to 7.3%. Among transgender, genderqueer, and non-binary undergraduates, the rate rose from 19% in 2015 to 21.5% in 2019.
Penn Law minority student groups plan to protest Amy Wax on Monday morning
At 8 a.m., protesters will begin to march from the Starbucks located at 34th and Walnut streets toward the Sansom entrance of the Penn Law school building. The protest will then continue in front of the law school building until 9 a.m. when classes begin for law students.
Angela Duckworth will teach a new Penn course next spring focused on 'grit'
Duckworth said the goal of the class is to help students find and engage with their passion — the main part of the course will involve students picking a new skill and reflecting as they pursue and develop it further.
Dean Furda's Eagles tirade featured on Stephen Colbert's late-night show
“Plot twist: turns out that man is Eric Furda, the University of Pennsylvania’s dean of admissions,” Colbert said to horrified laughter from the audience.
Penn First Plus to find its first permanent home in College Hall next fall
Construction on Penn First Plus' permanent home will begin later this semester and is expected to open in the 2020-2021 school year.
'The job is to nurture talent': Hitomi Yoshida joins PAACH as new coordinator
Yoshida, a 1995 graduate from the Graduate School of Education, brings an extensive background in intercultural education and community work to her new role.
'Reach out, and someone will reach back': Messages cover love statue to honor Greg Eells
The all-day event was hosted by CogWell@Penn, a student group for active listening and suicide prevention.
Gutmann honors Eells at U.C. meeting Wednesday and urges students to spread resources
President Amy Gutmann began the Sept. 11 meeting with a moment of silence for Greg Eells, the former executive director of of Counseling and Psychological Services, who died on Monday.
In the wake of tragedy, student leaders focus on improving mental wellness among members
Nominations and Elections Committee Chair and College senior Olivia Crocker said the NEC is hoping to place an emphasis on mental wellness internally and in the elected branches of student government through their role as election facilitators.
Mary Francis to become new Penn Press director
For over two decades, Penn Press has been led by Eric Halpern, who took the position in 1995. Francis, who will succeed Halpern on Sept. 23, will be the press’s 13th director.
Meet Weingarten's new executive director, who comes to Penn after a decade at Georgetown
Holahan comes to Penn from Georgetown, where she had worked as the Academic Director for the Institute for College Preparation, a pre-college program with a 30 year history supporting underrepresented first-generation low-income students in D.C.
CAPS Executive Director Gregory Eells died by suicide Monday morning
Eells was appointed to lead CAPS in January 2019 and started his term in March. Penn informed the community of the death Monday afternoon, but did not specify the cause of death.
Penn undergrads can now major in environmental anthropology
Anthropology professor and Undergraduate Chair Katherine Moore said the new concentration was created because of interest from students and faculty in past years, amid the growing benefit of studying anthropology through an environmental lens.
SHS Director Giang Nguyen will leave Penn to lead Harvard’s Health Services
Nguyen will assume a new role as executive director of Harvard University Health Services on Nov. 18, Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé announced Thursday.
Penn Institute for Contemporary Art Director Amy Sadao steps down
Sadao will now be pursuing a book project on museums, an ICA press release said.