Penn President Amy Gutmann is a national advocate for affordable education, architect of Penn Compact 2020, and author of Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It.
The Penn Compact “expresses our boldest aspirations for higher education—a compact based on our shared understanding that ‘Divided we fail. United we flourish.’”
Dr. Gutmann works with the deans of Penn’s 12 schools and senior administrators across the University to establish and advance Penn’s highest strategic priorities.
What Penn Stands For
When you walk through this heart of our campus, you see our LOVE statue, which symbolizes what we stand for. We stand for Love, not Hate; Inclusion, not Exclusion; Compassion, not Contempt; Empathy, not Antipathy; Understanding, not Ignorance, and the Elevation, not the Degradation, of the Human Mind and Spirit.
News Highlights
Seven Penn seniors were named recipients of the President’s Engagement Prize. They are Alexa Salas, Camilo Toro and Yaneli Arizmendi for Lanzando Líderes; Marcus Henderson and Ian McCurry for Homeless Health and Nursing; and Antoinette Zoumanigui and Selamawit Bekele for Project Y.V.E.T.A. This year’s President’s Innovation Prize was awarded to William Fry.
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann today announced the selection of four undergraduates as the inaugural President’s Innovation Prize recipients. Awarded annually, the Prize is intended to help Penn students design and undertake innovative, commercial ventures that make a positive difference in the world.
Amy Gutmann, Penn President, celebrated the opening of The Perry World House at a ribbon cutting ceremony. The University is inaugurating this important new space on campus with two days of programming.
By creating an atmosphere for collaboration, creativity, and productivity for innovators from all disciplines, the Pennovation Center will bring people together to foster interaction and the exchange of ideas.