Education, Business, & Law

Penn Leads the Vote Students to Hold Election Day March and Rally Nov. 2

MEDIA ADVISORY WHO:           Amy Gutmann, University of Pennsylvania   president           Penn Leads the Vote student representatives  Penn marching band, Penn cheerleaders   WHAT:        Election Day “Get out the Vote” March and Rally              

Jacquie Posey

”The Dogon: Work, Women and Water” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery

PHILADELPHIA — “The Dogon: Work, Women and Water” opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Nov. 5.  Featuring 15 photographs by renowned Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin, this exhibit is in cooperation with the 2010-11 Year of Water at Penn.

Jill DiSanto-Haines

Penn GSE Student Earns Social Entrepreneurship Award

            PHILADELPHIA –- Scott Stimpfel, a doctoral student in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, will receive the 2010 Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Manhattan Institute on Nov. 4 at the Princeton Club in New York for co-founding and serving as the executive director of Resources for Educational and Employment Opportunities.

Jill DiSanto-Haines

Wharton School to Host 2011 Global Alumni Forum in San Francisco

Philadelphia and San Francisco – The Wharton School announced that, for the first time in the history of the Wharton Global Alumni Forums, the School next year will combine the three regional Forums into a single event, to be held in San Francisco on June 23-24, 2011.

Peter Winicov

Dr. J. Larry Jameson to Lead Penn Medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the next executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2011.

Lori N. Doyle



In the News


Philadelphia Inquirer

Vanguard raises eyebrows in search for new CEO

Charles Elson of Penn Carey Law says that Vanguard is an insular and tightly run organization with a self-perpetuating board that’s insulated from challenges.

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Business Insider

Teacher shortages in America are holding Gen Z students like me back

Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that qualified teachers make a difference for students by both knowing the subject and knowing how to teach the subject.

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The New York Times

Colleges are putting their futures at risk

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education argues that universities don’t build social justice messages to account for multiple perspectives.

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The Atlantic

The hidden toll of surviving layoffs

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that companies have become less humane since the Great Recession with how they handle layoffs.

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CNN

Boeing’s got serious problems. The solution has baffled everyone

Gad Allon of the Wharton School says that Boeing’s first step to regaining trust should be firing its entire C suite.

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