Moving Penn Forward
From College Hall | Positioning Penn to lead for the future.
The Hackney Files
For 10 budding history majors living through tumultuous times for Penn and US higher education, Jared Farmer’s class on archival research methods doubled as a crash course on how the University navigated the culture-war clashes of another era.
Carnaroli Steps Down
Departing SEVP Craig Carnaroli W’85 on his 25 years at Penn.
New Appointments Announced
New appointments announced for multiple leadership roles.
Trustees Name Jameson Penn’s 10th President
Jameson and Epstein appointments made permanent.
Kate Griffo Chosen as New VP for DAR
Penn Medicine’s Kate Griffo named DAR VP.
“Quieting Penn’s Institutional Voice”
New statements on public comments and Penn’s values.
New Appointments
New leaders for the College, Arthur Ross Gallery, and Penn Libraries.
Ramanan Raghavendran Elected Trustees Chair
Ramanan Raghavendran EAS’89 W’89 LPS’15 elected trustees chair.
Claire M. Fagin, 1926–2024
Interim president and transformational Nursing Dean Claire Fagin Hon’94.
Jameson Named Interim President
Penn Medicine’s J. Larry Jameson named Interim Penn President.
Drawing Down the Lightning, Making the Moment
On her inauguration day as the University’s ninth president, Liz Magill shared a vision of even greater impact and influence for Penn’s next chapter, picnicked on Shoemaker Green with members of the Penn community and some favorite musicians, and hosted a wide-ranging conversation with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan at a critical time for the institution.
James Husson to Head Development and Alumni Relations
New leadership in DAR, public safety, and treasurer’s office.
Liz Magill Is Listening (in a Good Way)
Penn’s new president says growing up in Fargo, North Dakota, is the most memorable thing about her, but former colleagues and University leaders would rather talk about her warmth, attention to others and their ideas, and ability to bring groups together for a common goal (though the Midwestern thing is interesting, too, and perhaps related).
Trustees Elect Magill Penn’s Next President
After the vote, she praised the University’s “impatience” as a virtue.
Meet Liz Magill
The UVA provost and former Stanford Law dean has been nominated to be Penn’s ninth president.
The New Provost
Provost pick: alumnus and law professor Wendell Pritchett Gr’97.
Gutmann Gets Five-Year Contract Extension
Contract extension will keep Gutmann in College Hall until 2019
New Med School Dean
Northwestern’s J. Larry Jameson named new medical dean and EVP.
Med School Dean Announces Exit
Medical Dean Rubenstein to step down in June 2011
Penn Names New Provost
Vincent Price named provost
Dental School Names New Dean
New dental dean named
The Energizer Dean
From her distinctive outfits to her influential research to her indefatigable efforts to raise the profile of Penn’s School of Nursing, Dean Afaf Meleis commands attention—provided you can keep up with her.
Dental Dean Leaving
Dental School Dean Jeffcoat steps down