Being a parent myself, I know it's hard to let go, but you just have to do that, ... Students have to deal with their parents in their own ways.

Jodie Foster is an eminent Ivy League graduate who has achieved tremendous success and influence in the powerful entertainment industry.

[The upcoming case] is an important priority for Penn because we have a policy that says that recruiters on campus should not discriminate, ... [The amendment is] really limiting our freedom.

He's [helped us] ... to free up resources for things like scholarships, ... Penn is resource-poor. We do more with less. One of the biggest challenges for any EVP is to see how much more we can do with the resources we have.

I like mixing it up with students,

The idea that we can sit down at a table and have a true dialogue which is open and aimed at mutual understanding across differences is terrific. We're under no illusion that we'll agree on everything, but we do agree on the importance of reaching some common understanding.