The Office of Faculty Affairs facilitates every stage of a faculty member's life at Penn, from appointment through post-retirement. It manages appointments and promotions; supports University initiatives to enhance faculty recruitment and retention; provides resources, policies, and information; collaborates with peer institutions on important initiatives for faculty; works closely with the Faculty Senate and other senior leaders across the university; and advances Penn’s commitment to gender and minority equity for faculty.  

The Penn Libraries, with six million printed volumes and a digital collection equivalent to millions more, are a prominent scholarly resource composed of 15 units on Penn's campus, as well as the nearby Heritage Collection and the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.  Penn's students and faculty annually draw more than 300,000 items from the print collections and download in excess of five million journal articles from the electronic sources. 

The Division of the Vice Provost for University Life aims to enhances the ability of Penn students and other community participants to reach their fullest potential through diverse academic, personal, and professional development experiences.  To achieve this, we foster a welcoming, stimulating campus life environment where students and participants develop intellectually, experience meaningful co-curricular opportunities, evidence civic responsibility, model intercultural and interpersonal understanding, and promote health and well-being.