Diversity News

Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor in Computer and Information Science, is the recipient of the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women (TCPW) Provost Award for contributions to advancing the role of women in higher education and research at Penn.

A Message to Penn Faculty, Students, and Staff
As universities across the country debate the often difficult but essential topics of inclusion, intolerance and free speech, we thought it important to reach out to everyone on campus with a reminder of the values and principles that are at the very heart of the University of Pennsylvania, and which define what it is to be a part of the Penn community. 

President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price are pleased to announce the appointment of Donita Brady as the seventh Presidential Professor, effective July 1, 2015.  Brady will be Presidential Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine.

In an op-ed, Devesh Kapur of the Center for the Advanced Study of India laments congressional inaction on an IMF-reform measure with “virtually no cost to taxpayers.”

ACE announced today that Penn President Amy Gutmann will receive the 2015 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award. The award is given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated sustained commitment to diversity in higher education.

Penn Law professor Dorothy E. Roberts has been named the recipient of the 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award by the American Psychiatric Foundation. The award honors a black citizen who has pioneered in an area which has significantly benefited the quality of life for black people.

Keith Weigelt, the Marks-Darivoff Family Professor at the Wharton School, aims to help reduce the “racial wealth gap” by teaching financial literacy classes to people in Penn’s surrounding community.

Joseph Mensah L’15 discusses his Penn Law experience, from the collegial atmosphere at the Law School to his interdisciplinary studies. He also discusses his career considerations and why employers are always looking for Penn Law graduates.

Females remain significantly underrepresented in scientific research internationally, but Penn, with support from the highest levels, is making progress in gender equity.

The Women in Computer Science program is aimed at students like Sally Kong of Seoul (fourth from left). The digital media design major says it “encouraged and helped me."