Home - Penn Nursing Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence The Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is part of a major initiative by the John A. Hartford Foundation to build academic geriatric nursing capacity in the United States Welcome to the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Penn Nursing HCGNE is one of five Centers funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to build geriatric nursing capacity in the United States.