From the President and the Provost |
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July 14, 2015, Volume 62, No. 01 |
Reappointment of Denis Kinane as Dean of the School of Dental Medicine
We have received the report of the Consultative Review Committee on the Reappointment of Denis Kinane as Dean of the School of Dental Medicine, and we are delighted to recommend to the Trustees the reappointment of Dean Kinane for a second term, to run through June 30, 2021.
The Consultative Committee conducted a comprehensive review of Dean Kinane’s first term as Dean and identified the major challenges and opportunities facing Dean Kinane and the School of Dental Medicine in the years ahead. We concur with the Committee’s conclusion that Dean Kinane’s first term was marked by a commitment to reenergizing and rebuilding the School across its missions and in a wide array of domains. With an ambitious vision and through a series of bold moves, the Dean has realized significant change in virtually every aspect of the School’s programs and operations.
Penn Dental today—its stature, scholarship, clinics, finances and facilities-—is considerably stronger and better positioned than it was just six years ago. Dean Kinane’s five key priorities for Penn Dental Medicine—institutional effectiveness, educational programs, faculty and staff, patient care and research—have helped advance, in his words, an impressive and broad-based commitment to “pre-eminence and sustainability” at the School.
While important progress has been made during Dean Kinane’s first term, important work remains to be done. The Dean’s second term will present an opportunity to bring strategies and plans to fruition and to further strengthen and deepen relationships with stakeholders and friends across the School, the Penn campus, the profession and the community.
Dean Kinane has performed exceptionally well in his first term, and we are confident that he is the academic leader best able to work with the School’s faculty and the University administration to articulate a future vision for the School and to develop and implement the plans necessary to realize it. We look forward to working closely with him in the months and years ahead as the School of Dental Medicine continues along its ambitious and exciting path.
—Amy Gutmann, President
—Vincent Price, Provost
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