PENN ENGAGING P E N N C O M PA C T
E X PA N D I N G G L O B A L P E R S P E C T I V E S AT P E N N A N D A B R O A D
GLOBALLY
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INCREASING ACCESS We must make an excellent Penn education available to all outstanding students of talent and high potential who can benefit from and contribute to our
PENN
COMPACT
The Penn Compact, launched at the inauguration of President Amy Gutmann
University. In a democracy, and at great universities, diversity and excellence go together. To keep them together, we must significantly boost scholarship aid to make Penn even more affordable to exceptional students from all backgrounds. I N T E G R AT I N G K N O W L E D G E The most challenging questions and problems of our time cannot be addressed by one discipline or profession. To comprehend our complex world, we must better integrate knowledge from different disciplines and professional perspectives in our research and teaching. Beginning with the recruitment of eminent scholars who will hold joint appointments in two schools and departments, Penn will achieve a truly successful partnership between arts and sciences and our professional schools that will benefit our students, our society, and our world.
in October 2004, expresses the Penn community’s aspiration to move “From Excellence to Eminence.” The Compact embraces the notion that a great 21st-
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century American university engages dynamically with communities all over the
Through our collaborative engagement with communities all over the world, Penn
world to advance the central values of democracy and to exchange knowledge
is poised to advance the central values of democracy: life, liberty, opportunity,
that improves quality of life for all.
and mutual respect. As we prepare to expand Penn’s campus to the east, we
Under the Compact, we seek to retain and attract the very best faculty and students. The Compact sets the stage for our achieving eminence by embracing three principles that are deeply rooted in Penn’s proud history and distinct character: increased access, integrated knowledge, and local and global engagement.
strengthen our ties with our neighbors and help drive economic and technological development throughout the City and Commonwealth. At the same time, we will share the fruits of our integrated knowledge wherever there is an opportunity for our students, faculty, and alumni to serve and to learn. I invite every member of our extended Penn family and friends to unite behind the Penn Compact and contribute to our bold vision for moving our great University forward. AMY GUTMANN
President, University of Pennsylvania
President Amy Gutmann visits Penn alumni in Singapore as part of her Penn Compact World Tour.
Students on the Fox Leadership Program’s International Service Trip distribute clothes to needy families in Paraguay.
ON THE COVER
Frank Bowen (left) and Pavan Atluri (right) were part of a Penn Medicine group that joined with Children of the Americas, Inc. to provide volunteer medical/surgical services to indigent children and their families in Guatemala. • The 12-ton Sphinx of Ramesses the Great (circa 1293-1185 B.C.E.) sits in the Lower Egyptian Gallery of the Penn Museum.
PENN ENGAGING GLOBALLY With outstanding international faculty, the
internationally focused curriculum with college
largest international contingent of students in
preparatory activities.
the Ivy League, and a strong track record of
During the second year of her presidency,
translating cutting-edge theory into effective practice,
Amy Gutmann made the first official visits
Penn is a leader in contributing vital research and
by a Penn president to alumni and families
on-the-ground support to communities in Asia,
in India, China, and Singapore to enlist their
Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Many of our
support for the University's global agenda.
schools and centers collaborate with partner insti-
Penn’s international alumni are prominently
tutions around the world. Penn is now moving
positioned to play vital roles in promoting
forward to nurture these networks and to encour-
their nations’ growth and progress across
age more innovative, cross-disciplinary solutions
many sectors.
to global problems. Penn is in the process of creating a new
To advance the Penn Compact’s commitment to global engagement, Penn is launching several
public high school of international studies in
initiatives that leverage our global network to
Philadelphia that will prepare local students to
enhance opportunities for students to study
be full participants in a global society. Featuring
abroad and to bring additional outstanding
extensive study of world languages and cultures,
international faculty and students to campus.
the school will draw upon Penn’s tremendous
Such exchanges will enhance the entire Penn
academic and cultural resources in developing an
community’s global perspective.
Professor of English Ania Loomba is a native of India.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Licia Verde is a native of Italy.
Research Associate Professor of Sleep and Chronobiology Hans Van Dongen is a native of the Netherlands.
> Supporting developing communities with research and hands-on experience > Advising governments and NGOs on policy development > Leading the way toward integrated responses to global issues
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GLOBAL PROGRESS
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Arancha Garcia del Soto of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict speaks with displaced persons in Iraq. • Faculty and students from Penn Medicine treat HIV/AIDS patients in Botswana. • Angie Barr Feltman from the Graduate School of Education provides math training in Indonesia. • Penn Engineering students Jina Chung and Elaine Khoong create a prosthetic limb for a disabled patient in China. • Keith Timko digs a septic tank in Sri Lanka as part of the Penn student post-tsunami relief effort.
PENN ADVANCING
GLOBAL PROGRESS While governments, multinational corporations,
of Education both have been offering post-tsunami
and international and nongovernmental organiza-
support to Sri Lanka.
tions are largely responsible for flattening the
S T U D E N T I N T E R N S H AV E D E S C R I B E D T H E I R T I M E I N BOTSWANA AS A “LIFE-TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE”
In Botswana, where 37% of the adult population
world socially and economically, constructive
is infected with HIV, Penn Medicine’s doctors and
where Penn has the strongest ties of any American
Penn recently launched China’s first Doctor of
global engagement also must occur locally among
nurses are delivering life-saving AIDS treatments.
university. The Wharton School’s annual India
Education programs jointly with Beijing and East
individuals and communities. Penn is leveraging
They also are training our students and their
Economic Forum recently celebrated its 10th
China Normal universities. Students will begin
its vast experience by engaging individual com-
local counterparts to care for AIDS patients, an
anniversary, and Wharton’s customized executive
studies at these schools and complete them at Penn.
munities, organizations, and governments to pro-
initiative that includes Wharton faculty and stu-
education programs in that country are models for
In 2006 Penn will help bring together domestic
mote positive global change.
dents. Student interns have described their time
expansion throughout Asia.
For example, The Solomon Asch Center for the
and foreign policy experts in Washington, D.C.,
in Botswana as a “life-transforming experience.”
Penn also is working collaboratively with the
Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict recently advised
Penn’s Center for Advanced Study of India
Ministry of Education in the People’s Republic of
capacity in this country and abroad and to tailor
the Kurdish delegation to Iraq’s constitutional con-
is the only research center in the United States
China on research focused on the U.S. student loan
policies to specific regional situations.
vention. The Asch Center and the Graduate School
devoted to the study of contemporary India,
system. Through its Graduate School of Education,
to explore ways to build healthcare workforce
> Encouraging students to engage internationally > Building cultural bridges through study-abroad programs > Promoting progress through international research projects
PENN ENHANCING
P E N N S T U D E N T S M A K E I M P O R TA N T C O N T R I B U T I O N S T O C O M M U N I T I E S B Y PA R T I C I PAT I N G I N I N T E R N AT I O N A L RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INTERNSHIPS
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Penn ranks first among the Ivy League schools in the number of students studying abroad; in the 2005-06 academic year, 1,850 students received credit toward graduation through academic
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Urban studies major Amelia Duffy-Tumasz (left) spent a summer studying microfinance in Senegal. • Students in the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum in Peru. • Ph.D. student Andrew Koh conducted chemical analysis of ancient pottery from an excavation site on East Crete. • Graduate student John Lee makes drawings for the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project in Greece. • Rhodes Scholar Brett Shaheen spent a summer working as a consultant in rural India.
programs in more than 36 countries. Penn under-
ABROAD In 2005 two Penn students were awarded presti-
graduates also make important contributions to
gious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships that will
communities by participating in international
send them to Britain for graduate study. The
research projects and internships.
Rhodes scholar spent a summer working as a
A political science student interested in compar-
community development consultant in rural India.
ative electoral systems spent summers interning,
While helping villagers obtain bank loans, he saw
first with a member of the British Parliament and
how small businesses can help build up the local
next with the U.S. Mission to the European Union.
economy. He plans to pursue studies in this bur-
An anthropology student who studied in Bolivia
geoning field of microfinance.
and Argentina worked with think tanks in those
The Marshall scholar plans to apply her travel
countries and in Peru. She would like to become
and study in Japan and Russia, as well as her
a specialist in Latin American development.
facility in three languages, to a career that promotes economic development in Central Asia. Penn is creating a fund to make important international opportunities like these available to all students who want to participate.
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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD
> Promoting interdisciplinary study that enhances global engagement > Recruiting promising international students from developing countries > Bringing global leaders to campus to probe international issues
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Penn students from around the world include: Florence Varodayan, originally from Sri Lanka; Kennedy Gachiri, from Kenya; and Yam King Mak, an exchange student from Hong Kong. • Associate Professor of Women’s Health Nursing Marilyn Stringer instructs Egyptian nurses on neonatal resuscitation. • Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi of Iran gives the first lecture of the Provost’s Global Forum.
BRINGING THE WORLD TO PENN
BRINGING THE
WORLD TO PENN
Penn’s global campus does not consist of buildings,
more robust models of integrated global teaching,
centers, and parks. Rather, it defines itself through
research, and practice across our schools.
the pursuit and exchange of ideas that lead to
Outstanding recent examples of cross-disciplinary
deeper understanding of and effective solutions
efforts mounted at Penn include a global confer-
to the pressing global issues of our time. Penn’s
ence on women’s health, a new master’s program
global campus includes an internationally diverse
in nongovernmental organization management,
P E N N ’ S G L O B A L C A M P U S I N C L U D E S A N I N T E R N AT I O N A L LY DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS WHO C O L L A B O R AT E R O U T I N E LY W I T H D I S T I N G U I S H E D C O U N T E R PA R T S AROUND THE WORLD
community of scholars and practitioners who
and the Project for Global Communication Studies
class includes 281 students from 63 countries, the
their studies with significant help from Penn alumni
collaborate routinely with distinguished counter-
at the Annenberg School for Communication.
largest percentage of international students among
mentors from their home countries where possible.
parts around the world. The University is launching
Penn is establishing competitive funding to
our peers. Penn is planning a new program to
Another new program will bring to campus
several new initiatives that will foster an even
encourage more events, projects, and research
identify more outstanding scholars from a geo-
renowned global leaders who have made a significant
more dynamic global perspective.
collaborations that cross geographic and discipli-
graphically, linguistically, and culturally diverse
impact on important issues. Each guest will be
nary boundaries.
pool of students with strong leadership potential,
invited to remain for a week to deliver lectures,
Penn was among the first Ivy League schools to
academic achievement, and financial need. These
meet with faculty and students, and be integrated
enroll international students. Today, our freshman
students will be financially supported throughout
into the College House programs.
Penn was the first American university to focus on integrating practical and professional training with liberal arts study. Today Penn is building ever
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Holding a prism to the past at the University Museum Nurturing the creative spirit at Annenberg Center Showcasing avant-garde international artists at ICA Advancing interdisciplinary knowledge at the Morris Arboretum
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A R T S A N D C U LT U R E
Civilizations past and present express core values
tion of artifacts from every continent with themed
through their artistic and cultural activity. Penn is
presentations that allow us to see more deeply into
home to outstanding cultural resources that
today’s world through the prism of past cultures
enhance our understanding of the global human
and civilizations.
condition and of our natural world. A globally renowned focal point for scholars of
At the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts culturally diverse theater, music, and dance
P E N N I S H O M E T O O U T S TA N D I N G C U LT U R A L R E S O U R C E S T H AT E N H A N C E O U R U N D E R S TA N D I N G OF THE GLOBAL HUMAN CONDITION AND OF OUR N AT U R A L W O R L D campus with a heady international flavor and a deeper appreciation of the global creative spirit. For more than 40 years, Penn’s Institute of
contemporary art in the 1980s and early 1990s. The Morris Arboretum extends our appreciation of the world’s ecology with its collection of exotic
ancient cultures, the University of Pennsylvania
presentations transcend time and place. Ranging
Contemporary Art has presented innovative exhi-
international plants and through interdisciplinary
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
from world music to Asian dance troupes to
bitions of artists, architects, photographers, and
and scholarly programs. Each year interns from
reveals how ancient peoples perceived their role
multi-media performances, the Annenberg’s
designers of international renown. The ICA
all over the world come to study the complex rela-
on earth. The Museum integrates its rich collec-
year-round parade of performers spices up Penn’s
recently assembled the works of three generations
tionships between plant life and human life. Many
of European and American artists to explore the
of the Arboretum's international interns have gone
mythic and art historical significance of Cologne,
on to assume key environmental and horticultural
Germany, which served as the global epicenter of
leadership positions throughout the world.
SEEING THE WORLD
THROUGH
ARTS AND CULTURE
INCREASING
ACCESS ENGAGING
LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY
INTEGRATING
KNOWLEDGE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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