Engagement Warriors

“Universities are not succeeding at what they’re supposed to do,” declared Ira Harkavy C’70 Gr’79, the founding director of Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships. “We’re doing more and better, but we are not connected to the world we need to be connected to.”

Considering the occasion—the culmination of a two-day conference celebrating the Netter Center’s 25th anniversary—it was a curious choice of parting thoughts.