President Amy Gutmann appeared with Charlie Rose last Friday night talking about American democracy, politicians, relationships and money as it relates to her new book The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It (co-authored with Dennis Thompson of Harvard University). Check out a clip from the show after the jump! More […]
Being labeled as “the gateway between West Philadelphia and the rest of the city”, the $46.5M Penn Park has finally opened and it marks the beginning of Penn’s eastward expansion. After the jump watch President Amy Gutmann introduce us to this beautiful new addition to Penn’s campus. $46.5M! That’s about 6.2 million Pat’s cheesesteaks! How […]
If you click ‘play’ on both of Dr. Gutmann‘s commencement 2009 and 2010 videos above and let them run at the same time, it’s kind of fun to listen to some of the similarities in the beginnings of both year’s inspirational speeches. Enjoy! 🙂 Check out videos from this year and previous Penn graduations HERE […]
Photo Credit: University Communications Yesterday, I posted the enthusiastic commencement speech given by Jon Huntsman Jr. at Penn’s 254th graduation ceremonies from this past Monday. Today, I have Penn President Dr. Amy Gutmann‘s 2010 Commencement Address to share. Again, I encourage everyone to listen to this speech. It’s a great source of inspiration! After the […]
During last Friday’s “Hey Day”, President Amy Gutmann pronounced the students of Class of 2011 “seniors”. As you alumni see (and remember), much excitement and debauchery ensues during this ceremony. I too remember feeling this way, but for some reason when I looked at this year’s video above, I had a different perspective altogether… So […]
Earlier this week, Penn had its Opening Convocation for the Class of 2013 at The Palestra. Below you’ll find the 45 minute video, but let me point out some highlights for you: 7:40 – President Amy Gutmann talks about a Penn undergrad who won $250,000 on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and also used […]