Penn Compact • Engaging Globally 2006

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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