FrePenn’s Making History shcampaign has exceeded expectations, raising $4.3 billion and “catapulting” the University “from excellence to eminence.” After a pause to celebrate the more than 300,000 supporters who made that success possible, University leaders are determined to keep Penn’s momentum growing. By John Prendergast

Only the total amount raised and select- ed top-line figures were available before this a wow for us, yes,” says Penn President issue of the Gazette went to press. (By now, Amy Gutmann, summing up the results of all the details can be found at the Campaign “It’s Final Report website, finalreport.upenn. the University’s Making History campaign, which concluded on December 31, 2012. edu.) But here are some of the highlights: ■ More than $652 million was raised It seems like a fair assessment. for financial aid for undergraduate, grad- Start with the total amount: $4,302,890,707. That’s far uate, and professional-school students, and away the most money ever raised at the University, including $366.3 million for undergradu- and among the largest capital campaigns ever in higher ate aid. These contributions have assured education. It’s also about $800 million more than the that Penn can “follow through on our all- grant/no-loan financial aid policy, so our announced goal of $3.5 billion—which was reached well students can graduate [debt-free], as never over a year before the campaign’s formal end. before was possible,” says Gutmann, refer- (In fact, while the numbers that get cited in fundraising ring to the program—which went into full campaigns are amounts that people have pledged to effect in 2009—that replaced student contribute, it’s evidence of how far Making History loans with grants for all families eligible for financial aid. has exceeded expectations that the University has ■ The University’s ability to recruit and already received $3.6 billion in cash.) retain the best faculty has been enhanced Oh, and this outpouring of generosity took place by the establishment of 161 new endowed during a period roughly coinciding with the worst chairs, thanks in large part to $573.4 mil- economic downturn since the Great Depression. lion raised for faculty support. That includes funding for 22 Penn Integrates “I have to say it feels amazing, given what we’ve Knowledge (PIK) professorships, a pioneer- accomplished, which is beyond our highest aspira- ing effort in interdisciplinary teaching and tions,” Gutmann adds. “It feels a little like a dream research in which faculty hold appoint- that’s come true on many levels.” ments in two separate Penn schools. (Sixteen positions for coaches, curators, and directors have also been endowed.)

28 MARCH | APRIL 2013 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN BARTLETT THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE MARCH | APRIL 2013 29 ■ With a total of $752.7 million raised With Enthusiasm President Lee Spelman Doty W’76 “ubiq- for buildings and renovations, the cam- To hear others tell it, Penn’s president had uitous” for her frequent presence on cam- paign has “beautified [Penn’s campus] quite a bit to do with that success as well. pus and at alumni gatherings elsewhere. as never before,” says Gutmann—funding When Amy Gutmann, previously Prince- “Lee gives of her time like nobody I’ve major renovations and new construction ton’s provost, took office as Penn’s eighth ever seen, with the possible exception of projects for teaching, research, and president in 2004, it was widely assumed George Weiss and David Cohen.” patient care; creating 24 acres of new that the University would be embarking Penn’s 12 deans and six center directors green space and athletic facilities at on its first comprehensive capital cam- first led the development of priorities for Penn Park; and achieving a striking rede- paign since 1994 (which raised $1.47 their institutions, and then the fundrais- velopment of the area around the Palestra billion, a record at the time). ing efforts to achieve them, Gutmann and Franklin Field with Shoemaker Gutmann’s predecessor in College Hall, notes, and their success has “been at the Green and Weiss Pavilion. Judith Rodin CW’66 Hon’04, had called her heart of the campaign” as well, she says. ■ Some $2 billion was raised for pro- strategic plan the “Agenda for Excellence.” “The deans have been phenomenal part- grams and research—a very broad cate- Gutmann launched her presidency with ners,” from those—like Engineering Dean gory that encompasses everything from the announcement of the “Penn Compact,” Eduardo Glandt GCh’75 Gr’77 and Michael research and development efforts and a guide to advance the University “from Fitts, dean of the Law School—who “signed other programming throughout the excellence to eminence,” built around the on for extended tours of duty,” to relative University’s schools and centers to stu- goals of increasing access, integrating newcomers like Penn Medicine’s J. Larry dent activities and support services pro- knowledge by fostering interdisciplinary Jameson and Dental School Dean Denis vided by the Office of University Life. teaching and research, and engaging Kinane, who have “come on board and hit ■ The total added to the University’s locally and globally. Those principles, in the ground running and been so dedi- endowment was $1.9 billion—an amount turn, helped shape many of the priorities cated to moving our priorities forward.” that topped the campaign’s “hugely ambi- identified in Making History, which got Besides praising Gutmann and Weiss— tious” $1.75 billion goal, and that puts its public launch in October 2007. “an amazing individual philanthropist for Penn on a much stronger footing “in David L. Cohen L’81, chair of the trust- the University, [and] an amazing leader of perpetuity,” Gutmann adds. “A great uni- ees, says that Gutmann’s “extraordinary this campaign”—Cohen expresses special versity doesn’t live only for the present. leadership” has been essential to the suc- gratitude toward Riepe, who chaired the It really invests in the future. [This] cess of the campaign and to Penn’s prog- trustees from 1999 to 2009, and John means that Penn is not only strong today, ress throughout her presidency. “She has Zeller, vice president for development and but you can project Penn’s strength articulated an ambitious vision for the alumni relations. “I get to be chair at the indefinitely into the future.” University. And she has an almost unique end, but Jim led the effort in designing the ■ Finally, the campaign was highly way of communicating that vision and of campaign and in launching it, and was the effective in implementing a series of generating excitement for it.” leader of the trustees for a majority of the non-financial goals aimed at strengthen- George Weiss W’65, the longtime trust- time of the campaign,” he says. As for ing alumni participation and engage- ee who chaired the Making History cam- Zeller, “We knew we hired the right head ment. (The fact that these were explic- paign and was also among its most gen- of development when we hired John, but itly included among Making History’s erous donors, describes Gutmann as “the there’s nothing like seeing him in action priorities has been touted as a first for best college president in the land.” during the course of the campaign.” a capital campaign.) For her part, Gutmann returns the com- But when it comes to listing those respon- “The numbers there are staggering,” pliments, praising Cohen and former sible, “you almost don’t want to stop,” says says Gutmann. “Our alumni are more Trustee Chair James Riepe W’65 WG’67 Cohen. “You cannot have a campaign as engaged than ever before.” One indica- Hon’10 for their commitment and support. successful as this was without an army of tion: 117,148 of them contributed to the She calls Weiss “the heart and soul of the leaders and supporters. You have the mega- campaign, accounting for 62 percent of campaign,” recalling the moment when gifts, which attract headlines. But there the amount raised. (The most inclusive he handed her an envelope—addressed To are so many first-time million-dollar count of donors, including parents, Amy and sporting a smiley face—that con- donors. There are so many first-time friends, foundations, and corporations, tained a $14 million check for financial donors. There was so much outreach and as well as alumni, was 326,952.) aid. (Among Weiss’s other contributions so much engagement.” Even without the “fabulous” $225 million to the campaign was a $20 million gift to “It really takes a whole university to unrestricted gift announced in Spring 2011 endow four PIK professorships.) make a campaign that’s as comprehen- from Ruth and Raymond Perelman for the Gutmann also singles out as key alum- sive as ours,” Gutmann says. “The amount Perelman School of Medicine—the largest ni volunteer leaders the campaign’s co- of passion, as well as generosity, and the in Penn’s history—the campaign still would chairs—Andrea Mitchell CW’67, Rosemary delight that all of those people had in have exceeded its goal with months to go, Mazanet Gr’81 M’86, Robert M. Levy being part of this—that’s what made it Gutmann adds. “So that’s really the mes- WG’74, and “the late, alas, Henry Jordan move forward. I like to quote Emerson: sage and the lesson—the broad base of [M’62 GM’67] and Chris Browne [C’69]”— ‘Nothing great is ever achieved without support makes all the difference in the and the members of the Major Gifts enthusiasm.’ And the enthusiasm of our success of Penn and our campaign.” Committee. And she calls Penn Alumni strongest supporters is unrivaled.”

30 MARCH | APRIL 2013 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE “The amount of passion, as well as generosity, and the delight that all of those people had in being part of this—that’s what made it move forward.

True Test had ever tried to raise—was seen as a stretch initiative “tremendous,” and one that harks That unflagging enthusiasm met its by many, even without the economic turmoil back to Benjamin Franklin himself, “when greatest challenge when the bottom fell since 2008. “So you start with a very ambi- he set up Penn for the people.” out of the stock market in the fall of tious goal. Then this enormous recession And scholarship aid resonates power- 2008, about a year after the launch of hits, and we still end up at the end of the fully with donors, Weiss adds. “It’s a win- the campaign’s public phase. Gutmann day with this record-breaking performance. win because the student feels so grateful calls the Great Recession “the true test It helps to underscore the remarkable to the donor [and] the donor feels equally of both our momentum and the dedica- nature of everyone’s performance in con- happy, because they’re providing that tion, loyalty, and pride of Penn alumni nection with the campaign.” opportunity to get a great Penn education. and friends.” Despite the downturn, “we So literally, as somebody once said, it’s continued apace,” she says. “And all the All About Access the sweetest gift that you can give.” credit goes to our alumni, parents, and Gutmann speaks often of the importance “I’m incredibly proud of how the campaign friends who believed in our mission.” of financial aid in making her own edu- was able to exceed our goal [of $350 million] Weiss points out that “people’s net cation and subsequent career possible— in an important area like undergraduate worth dropped precipitously, roughly and of extending the opportunity of a financial aid,” Cohen says, which he adds about 40 percent in that [2008-2009] Penn education to students who may was one of the highest priorities from the market decline.” That certainly had an assume that it is academically or finan- trustees’ perspective. That fact “speaks vol- impact on donors’ willingness—and abil- cially out of their reach. umes, I think, about the commitment of the ity—to give, “but what really came through “Amy is all about access and diversity,” entire Penn community to making sure that is [that] people love Penn,” he says. “They says Weiss. These days, when student debts the spectacular advantages of a Penn educa- love the great job that Amy’s done.” Both are often so heavy, the fact that “kids are tion are available to all.” current students and alumni share this coming out of Penn loan-free” thanks to Making Penn more accessible and spirit, he adds. “They speak, you know, the all-grant policy has “a huge impact”— affordable through increased financial- with great love for the University. So when even if it did put more stress on him. “I aid resources makes the University even you sit down with somebody [about sup- keep referring to myself as Sisyphus,” he more dynamic, says Gutmann. “It’s more porting Penn] and find out where their says (joking that he is maybe the only of an engine of opportunity for the very passions are, it has actually been a lot “Wharton guy” who can spell it). “Every best, most talented, hard-working stu- easier task than one would think.” time, you know, she comes up with one of dents than before.” Cohen notes that the campaign’s goal of those proposals, to endow it really raised One out of seven students in Penn’s cur- $3.5 billion—far more than the University the bar.” In fact, though, Weiss calls this rent freshman class is the first in his or her family to attend college, she notes. Since 2006, the percentage of students receiving aid has increased from 37 per- cent to 46.5 percent. “We’re seeing more and more both low- and middle-income students [understanding] that they can afford to come to Penn and being attracted to Penn” because of the all-grant program, Gutmann says. “So it’s both changed the composition of Penn to be able to attract more students who otherwise wouldn’t think Penn is affordable—and it’s made Penn more affordable to everybody.” While financial aid for graduate and pro- fessional students tends to generate fewer warm feelings on the part of donors, it’s no less essential to Penn or the individual stu- dents who benefit from it. The $285.8 mil- lion contributed for graduate and profes-

THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE MARCH | APRIL 2013 31 sional aid in the campaign is more money breaking teaching and scholarship. “We in 1993-94, are updating classroom and than ever before in the University’s his- have multiples of those PIK professors laboratory spaces to accommodate tory. “All of our graduate and professional across all of our schools who now have advances in the nursing curriculum and schools had that as a priority, and it made joint appointments between departments making the building more useful and a huge difference in our success,” says and schools,” Gutmann says. “The PIK welcoming to students, faculty, and Gutmann. “We’ve really increased gradu- professors highlight the strength of alumni visitors. ate aid and professional aid by a lot over Penn, and they are very distinctive. But On 34th Street between Spruce and the course of the campaign.” they’re collaborating with and part of a Walnut, the Music Building, once an And having added resources from larger faculty that is distinctively inter- eyesore, has been “beautifully restored donors dedicated to financial aid has disciplinary and also problem-driven.” and renovated.” Repointing and cleaning “allowed us to strengthen every part of Gutmann—who holds the Christopher made the “gorgeous brickwork” visible Penn,” says Gutmann. At the start of her H. Browne Distinguished Professorship again; that, combined with a well- presidency, only 10 percent of financial- in Political Science, one of five professor- received addition behind the original aid funding came from endowment ships in the School of Arts and Sciences structure, made it something that pass- income rather than the University’s oper- endowed in 2008 through a $15 million ersby “smile [at] rather than ignore.” ating budget. Now, about 22 percent gift from the late campaign co-chair—also Another important renovation project comes from endowment—this despite the notes that the PIK professors make up a is the soon-to-be-completed Special fact that in actual dollar terms the annu- relatively small percentage of the 161 posi- Collections Center in Van Pelt Library, al financial-aid funding has more than tions newly endowed through the cam- occupying parts of the fifth and sixth doubled. “So that, of course, allows us to paign. “Those professorships, plus the floors, which will be the new home of the free up resources for all the other things PIK professorships, have established Rare Book & Manuscript Library and that make Penn a great university.” Penn as the university to be at if you want other collections. In one dramatic fea- to conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary ture, the library renovation will create a PIKs and More research and teaching.” top-floor outdoor terrace with “views of Of the 22 Penn Integrates Knowledge [College Green] and Center City that are professorships funded through the cam- Look in Any Direction really to die for,” Gutmann says. paign, 14 have been named as of this From the middle of College Green, Gutmann Further up Locust Walk, work to restore writing, representing fields from film- says, “no matter what direction you look and modernize the old Christian Asso- making to genetics. in, there’s an important facility” that has ciation building—now the Arts, Research, The PIK concept was inspired by Penn’s been built or renovated, is under way, or and Culture House (ARCH)—is under way, “distinctive strength as an interdisci- in the planning stages, thanks to the and next door on 36th Street is the home plinary, collaborative university with 12 Making History campaign. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, schools on one compact urban campus,” South of Spruce Street, for example, completed in 2009. Golkin Hall, which says Gutmann. That combination of phys- there has been an explosion of construc- opened in 2012 on Sansom Street between ical setting and philosophical openness is tion related to medical research and 34th and 36th, strengthened the Law something that is “really hard for our peer patient care. In the area where the old School’s facilities for classrooms, offices, institutions to replicate and compete with Civic Center once fell into decline, now and lectures and other events. us” on, she adds. “What we did by creating stand the Ruth and Raymond Perelman Other new projects are still under PIK professors is attract the greatest schol- Center for Advanced Medicine, the Roberts construction—like the Singh Center for ars from around this country, who really Proton Therapy Center, and the Smilow Nanotechnology, set to open its doors thrive by collaborating with faculty here Translational Research Center. “These this year—or in the planning stages—like across schools and actually having a joint are facilities and programs that have the Neurobehavioral Science building, appointment between two schools.” transformed Penn Medicine and will con- for which the necessary funding has Weiss highlights the PIK professors tinue to bear fruits for decades to come been secured. And while no gift announce- as exemplary of the collaborative spirit after the campaign,” says David Cohen. ment can yet be made, “we’re moving full at Penn. “I don’t know of any other [uni- “The lives we save and the quality of steam ahead with the College House on versity] that’s been able to accomplish our patient care” at Penn’s clinical prac- Hill Square” included among the cam- what Amy has been able to do. She’s got tices and hospitals “is something we paign’s goals, Gutmann says. these schools working together,” he says, measure day in and day out,” says But the most striking physical trans- and quotes one of the PIK professors Gutmann. The new medical and research formation lies at the eastern edge of that the resulting cross-fertilization facilities “are making a huge difference, campus. That’s where the green space provides a kind of “stimulation [that] both in giving hope to families, and and state-of-the-art athletic fields of just doesn’t occur in other universities” through discoveries that are making a Penn Park have replaced the weedy, and has been “the most fascinating aca- difference in the lives of people today.” cracked asphalt expanse of the former demic experience of his career.” At the School of Nursing, phased reno- “postal lands,” and Weiss Pavilion and But the PIK professors are far from the vations to Claire M. Fagin Hall, named Shoemaker Green have remade the area only representatives on the faculty of for the professor and dean emerita who around those historic Penn athletics Penn’s collaborative strength or ground- also served as Penn’s interim president icons, Franklin Field and the Palestra.

32 MARCH | APRIL 2013 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE “Nobody gave to Penn to make us sit back on our haunches and be satisfied. We are not a complacent university, and we’re not going to declare victory and retire.”

Besides the benefits to Penn students, Since the start of the campaign, the was first offered in October 2010 and faculty, and staff, Penn Park also relates level of alumni engagement “has soared,” will return this fall. “In many cases there powerfully to the engagement goals of she says, rising by some 66 percent since are alums who had been out of school the Penn Compact, says Cohen. “Penn 2007. “That can be measured in lots of for decades who had never been back on Park and the investment that that repre- different ways, but basically in terms of campus until they responded to the out- sented for the east end of the Penn cam- touch-points with our alums.” reach for Penn Spectrum,” she says. pus provides green space and recreation- First, attendance at Homecoming and Attendance at events isn’t the only al space for the Penn community, but it Alumni Weekend “has gone way up,” she measure of outreach. These days, Penn also represents a huge investment in the says. “In part it’s because I like to think is just a click away, so visits to the [larger] community in providing this that we’ve made it a lot more compelling University’s website; Penn-related activ- amazing green link between the University for alumni to come back.” At Homecoming, ity on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and and Center City Philadelphia.” for example, the traditional attraction other social networks; and alumni sub- “The whole vision of Penn Park is of the football game—still an important scriptions to email newsletters like Penn transformational. It’s like heaven out one, Doty is quick to note—has been aug- News Today and Red & Blue Online are there,” Weiss says, calling it a “great sig- mented with an arts & culture theme, additional measures of engagement (not nature of the work that Dr. Gutmann has including gallery tours, panel discus- to mention the Gazette’s reach in our done for dear old Pennsylvania.” sions, and performance events. print, web, and iPad platforms). Weiss admits that initially he was luke- “I think we’ve done a lot over the last Alumni education efforts, like webinars warm about Weiss Pavilion, the training several years to recognize that Penn where professors offer “office hours” to facility ingeniously tucked under the alums are not homogeneous, just the way discuss their research and answer ques- North Arches of Franklin Field, but says Penn students aren’t homogeneous,” she tions, and participation in Penn Alumni he is now “delighted with it,” if only says. “There are lots of different constit- Travel are other potential “touch-points” because it puts his name next to emeri- uencies, lots of different areas of focus. Doty cites. The latter program, which used tus trustee and former trustee chair Al And we’ve tried to create programs that to be “sort of a random collection of trips,” Shoemaker W’60 Hon’95—for whom appeal to as many people as possible.” has been revamped to be “much more Shoemaker Green, which replaced the Doty calls “Engaging Minds,” which sends connected with Penn professors” provid- old tennis courts in front of the Palestra, PIK professors and other topflight schol- ing relevant expertise along the way. is named. “[Al] is a dear friend and ded- ars to share their work with alumni audi- “We have 300,000 alums, so there are icated to Penn in so many different ways. ences, “the signature event” in these efforts. lots of ways that we can get out and reach Having us juxtaposed forever, overlook- What she values most, she adds, are the them,” says Doty. “There’s always more ing Franklin Field, really gives me great exchanges between the professors and we can do, but I feel really good about personal pleasure,” Weiss says. “And I the alumni in the audience, who are often what we’ve done so far.” kid him that my football players are leaders in the relevant fields as well. “To going to throw beer cans on his lawn.” see that interaction has been great.” Celebrate!—then Move Forward A push to engage younger alumni, called On April 19, Penn will celebrate the conclu- Home Away from Home yPenn, has paid off in increased atten- sion of the campaign here on campus with The campaign’s non-financial goals came dance at the five-year reunions, Doty says, a party at Penn Park and other events, and out of a recognition that “for the health which have been setting records. “I think that will be followed by gatherings to mark of the institution going forward, it’s not last year we had close to a thousand peo- the success of Making History in cities just what dollars you bring in in a given ple come. We’d never had anywhere near across the country and internationally. year,” says Penn Alumni President Lee that kind of attendance.” And keeping the But nobody’s slowing down. Doty. “It’s creating that connection so alumni connection strong from the begin- “We will celebrate, largely to thank the that alums really feel that Penn is their ning tends to make continuing involve- people who have made all of these mean- home away from home for the rest of ment more likely. ingful differences possible,” says Gutmann. their lives. It’s their intellectual home. Another initiative Doty highlights is “But that will be a fraction of the time that It’s their social home. It’s something that Penn Spectrum, targeted to minority, will be spent over the next year in moving they really feel tied to forever.” LGBT, and other diverse groups, which Penn forward. The whole point of this cam-

THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE MARCH | APRIL 2013 33 paign is to continue Penn’s momentum, As she did at the start of her presidency, we’re not going to declare victory and making a difference in scholarship, teach- Gutmann began this process “by talking retire,” she says. “We’re going to declare ing, and clinical practice, which are the to people who were an important part of victory and show how much of a differ- three things that are the engine of oppor- enabling the Penn Compact to move for- ence this makes, not just for the tunity and advancement in our world.” ward, trying out my ideas on them and University, but for our community and “We can’t afford to rest on our laurels,” saying, ‘Is this something that you think, the world. And that means more work. Cohen agrees. “We still have to continue A, would make a big difference to Penn; There’s a lot more work ahead.” to fundraise, and make sure that we con- and, B, you would want to be part of the The purpose of the Penn Compact was tinue to engage the thousands and thou- team that drives it forward?’” to create a framework to “take Penn from sands of alumni who have either become Ultimately, she put together a list of excellence to eminence,” Gutmann says. engaged with Penn for the first time or 10 strategic priorities—a mix of what she “And now we’re on the road from emi- reengaged with Penn.” calls “evergreen goals” and new initia- nence to preeminence.”◆ The end of the campaign provides a tives—for the University’s next phase. moment to “pause and take stock and to Among the “evergreens” is the need to set certain objectives for the next five “continue to build financial aid,” she In articles in years or the next 10 years,” he says. says. While Penn’s position has improved History the Gazette, we “While that may not involve a new capi- enormously in this area, “we’re still often cite related tal campaign denominated like the relatively underendowed compared to Review stories that have Making History campaign was, it does the peers we compete with on financial appeared previously in the magazine at enable us to identify a new set of priori- aid.” Similarly, fundraising for faculty a convenient spot within the text. With an effort as broad and extended over as ties, both to fundraise against and to support will continue to be emphasized— many years as the Making History cam- attempt to move the University’s objec- more PIK professorships, more endowed paign, that quickly became cumbersome. tives in a positive direction.” and term professorships (designed to But here is a selection of past articles In George Weiss’s view, Penn’s has last for a limited time)—as will maintain- available in the archives at our website, achieved the goal of moving the University ing Penn’s leadership in key fields of www.upenn.edu/gazette, for readers who “from excellence to eminence,” in Gutmann’s scholarship and research. may be looking for more background. formulation. “You can almost use the word Among the new goals is to “do more to “From Excellence to Eminence” catapult because this campaign has cata- improve our undergraduate housing at Nov|Dec 2004 pulted us into a new stratosphere,” he says. Penn,” says Gutmann. The new College Introducing the Penn Compact. “To maintain that and get even better, House slated for Hill Field is just the there’s still a lot of work to be done.” beginning. “We’re going to have to con- “Whence the Money?” Both men express satisfaction that the tinue to improve all of our undergraduate Mar|Apr 2006 next phase of that work, like the last one, college housing.” Why does a rich school like Penn need will be accomplished under the leader- Penn will also seek to accelerate and support, anyway? ship of Amy Gutmann, who last spring expand initiatives to bring “discoveries “New Campus Dawning” agreed to extend her contract as Penn’s to the world with translational research, Sept|Oct 2006 president through 2019. making Philadelphia more and more of Crafting the University’s master plan, “To give us a total of 15 years with Amy, a place where entrepreneurs gravitate.” Penn Connects. that was absolutely huge, and that gen- Key to this effort will be Penn South “Seizing the Moment” erated a lot of excitement,” says Weiss. Bank, the 23-acre property in Grays Ferry Nov|Dec 2007 “There is no better evidence of the that the University purchased in 2010 How Making History was planned work that there is to do—and the com- and hopes to transform into “a tech and launched. mitment that Amy has to do that work— transfer center for our campus and the “The Great Aid Race” than her decision to sign on so early and city,” Gutmann says. Mar|Apr 2008 to commit herself” for an additional five Still other new priorities have to do Penn’s no-loan/all-grant financial aid years in College Hall, Cohen says. with expanding Penn’s global presence, policy explained. Before she could accept the trustees’ in China, for example, and exploring the “Proof of Concept” “generous invitation to continue as presi- rapidly developing world of online educa- Sept|Oct 2008 dent,” Gutmann says she had to determine tion through the University’s involve- The first six PIKs. whether she could develop a “set of goals ment with Coursera. (For more on that, with my team—I have a fabulous team—that see the article on page 56.) “Penn Connected” would enable me to be as busy, as well as As the Making History campaign Nov|Dec 2011 excited about the future, as I’ve been about becomes, well, history, Gutmann describes All about Penn Park. my time—my nine years now—as president” herself as “at least as excited about the We’ve also run stories on many of the and that would be as “challenging and future as I am about the past.” individual buildings cited in the story, inspiring as the original ones that the “Nobody gave to Penn to make us sit which can be found by searching the whole team and the Penn community back on our haunches and be satisfied. website by project name. —J.P. adopted under the Penn Compact.” We are not a complacent university, and

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