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President Gutmann poses with members of the 1978-79 Final Four team.

Penn honors 1978-79 Final Four team

On Saturday, Jan. 12, Penn President Amy Gutmann was on hand at the Penn vs. Princeton game at the Palestra. While the men’s basketball team lost, 62-53, the 1978-79 team was honored during halftime of the game. The 1978-79 Quakers are the last Ivy League team to reach the Final Four.

Fighting the assault on free press

In The Philadelphia Inquirer, commentary from Penn President Amy Gutmann emphasizes the importance of open expression for any democracy to survive and flourish.

For democracy to flourish, we must fight the assault on free press

In an op-ed, President Amy Gutmann wrote about the role of journalism and free speech in democracy. “I am grateful for journalists who go to work every day to champion open inquiry and constitutional democracy. In many ways, these days are darker than we have seen in some time. But every day, you go to work on behalf of free speech and honest and open inquiry,” she wrote.

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President Amy Gutmann honored as an Inquirer Icon

President Gutmann was one of six leaders recognized by The Philadelphia Inquirer for work enriching the Philadelphia community.

The 2018 Inquirer Industry Icons Awards

President Amy Gutmann was among those honored for outstanding business leadership with a 2018 Industry Icon Award.

A celebration as thank-you note

The Fall Scholarship Celebration brings together donors to undergraduate financial aid with their scholarship recipients every year to build connections with the students that their philanthropy supports.

A Global Rhodes for Penn

Adamseged Abebe of Gondar, Ethiopia, has been awarded an inaugural Global Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

President Amy Gutmann to receive 2018 William Penn Award

Gutmann, who has served at Penn since 2004, will be honored in April for her transformative and innovative work at the University.

Amy Gutmann: Penn’s long-serving president seeks to bridge the divide

President Amy Gutmann is among the five new inductees to the Inquirer Business Hall of Fame. Trustees board chair David Cohen said of President Gutmann: “Any topic you want to pick, that you want to judge the president of the University of Pennsylvania on, and she has knocked the ball out of the park in every single one of them.”

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The Power of Penn in London

In London, President Amy Gutmann presented the vision for the University’s $4.1 billion campaign, The Power of Penn.

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