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(04/02/24 3:03am)
Penn lecturer and graduate Lauren Footman, Delaware County’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, was fired after filing a racial discrimination complaint against her employer.
(03/22/24 2:12am)
Members of the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced legislation aiming to make federal funding for higher education institutions contingent upon campus free speech.
(03/20/24 12:20am)
Demolition of the University City Townhomes began on Monday, marking a new stage in the community’s fight against displacement.
(03/18/24 2:33am)
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced her budget proposal on Thursday, highlighting her commitment to public safety and community improvement.
(03/13/24 4:49am)
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee grilled former United States Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur on Tuesday about his report regarding classified documents “willfully retained” by President Joe Biden — many of which were found at the Penn Biden Center.
(03/01/24 5:48pm)
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
(03/01/24 6:03am)
WASHINGTON — A Penn student criticized the University's response to antisemitism during a bipartisan roundtable hosted by the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
(02/29/24 7:19am)
In 2016, a University spokesperson told The Philadelphia Tribune that Penn had “no direct university involvement with slavery or the slave trade.”
(02/23/24 4:11am)
In the 2020 presidential election, two results were clear on Penn's campus: Joe Biden won by an overwhelming margin, and students turned out in unprecedented numbers.
(02/09/24 1:57am)
A United States Department of Justice special counsel declined to prosecute President Joe Biden despite evidence that he intentionally retained classified documents — some of which were at the Penn Biden Center.
(02/08/24 6:32am)
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro allocated funding for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine in his fiscal year 2024-25 budget proposal, despite the state’s withholding of funding last year over antisemitism concerns.
(01/24/24 6:31pm)
The United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce requested a plethora of documents from Penn on Wednesday, citing “grave concerns” about the University’s response to antisemitism on campus.
(01/24/24 5:56am)
1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, paving the way for his nomination as the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
(01/18/24 6:41am)
Penn faculty members expressed concern for the future of academic freedom on campus following a Dec. 12 email to the University Board of Trustees from Wharton Board of Advisors Chair Marc Rowan.
(12/22/23 4:28am)
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives formed a task force to address antisemitism on Penn's campus in the wake of the state's withholding of funding from the School of Veterinary Medicine.
(12/07/23 4:10pm)
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
(12/12/23 4:50am)
Throughout 2023, the Penn and Philadelphia communities protested against the University's investments in fossil fuels and gentrification in West Philadelphia and Chinatown.
(12/07/23 12:12am)
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
(11/30/23 7:07am)
Penn community members expressed concern about academic freedom at Penn after the resignation of History and Sociology of Science professor Harun Küçük as faculty director of the Penn Middle East Center.
(11/28/23 10:25pm)
Penn Middle East Center director Harun Küçük submitted his resignation on Nov. 28, according to the Penn chapter of the American Association of University Professors.