The letter expressed concerns about the negative effects of reducing graduate program class sizes, and argued that the cuts may inflict "reputational harms" on Penn.
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Mariana Martinez | A world without foreign aid
Senior Columnist Mariana Martinez explores the tensions between morality and politics in the context of the new Trump administration.
Penn to launch Advanced Research Computing Center in spring 2025
PARCC will provide researchers across the university with enhanced hardware, software, and expert support, creating a platform for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research.
Eden Liu | When experience meets the exit door
Columnist Eden Liu delves into the arguments against term limits for elected officials and the detriments that they would incur.
Mariana Martinez | A world without foreign aid
Senior Columnist Mariana Martinez explores the tensions between morality and politics in the context of the new Trump administration.
Penn to launch Advanced Research Computing Center in spring 2025
PARCC will provide researchers across the university with enhanced hardware, software, and expert support, creating a platform for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research.
Stuart Weitzman School of Design students visit Senegal as part of studio class curriculum
Stuart Weitzman School of Design students traveled to Senegal for eight days as part of their studio class curriculum.
Penn GSE hosts event to discuss importance of social safety net programs for college students
Penn’s Graduate School of Education held an event titled “Role of Social Safety Net Programs in College Student Success,” featuring the work of public policy and economics professor Jesse Rothstein from the University of California, Berkeley.
Penn spent $180,000 lobbying the federal government in fourth quarter of 2024, most spent since 2019
The University spent a total of $640,000 on lobbying in 2024 — a 37.5% increase from the year prior.
Penn names Matthew Grossman to serve as vice president for University Communications
The Feb. 25 announcement — which was made by Interim Penn President Larry Jameson — emphasized Grossman’s leadership and communications experience.
Resilience fuels Penn men’s swimming and diving going into Ivy League Championships
Olympian and senior breaststroke/individual medley specialist Matt Fallon starts his final championship season with the Red and Blue.
‘Cowardice’: Pa. lawmakers express disappointment with Penn’s DEI response at meeting with admin.
One lawmaker said that Penn “has made a cowardly move” in “rushing to heed dog-whistle demands from a feckless federal leadership.”
Elo Esalomi | The illusion of DEI
Columnist Elo Esalomi questions whether the DEI era ever led to real change or if it was just corporate window dressing.
DP Daybreak | Cuts for Penn Medicine graduate programs
Also, Interim Penn President Larry Jameson addressed the University's approach to responding to recent federal actions in an email yesterday.
David Tran | 34th Street takes a walk
Columnist David Tran proposes the closure of 34th and 33rd streets to connect the Engineering School with the heart of campus.
Francesco Salamone | Is Penn just a marriage market?
Columnist Francesco Salamone argues that elite colleges act as marriage markets but romantic relationships do not demand compatibility; they necessitate complementarity.
Penn baseball’s Sebastian Haggard wins season’s first Ivy Rookie of the Week
Haggard pitched 2.1 shutout innings and struck out three batters in his debut at Florida State.
Meet the staff leading Penn’s African American Resource Center
The center continues advocacy efforts dating back to the 1970s and is currently led by Director Valerie Dorsey Allen, Associate Director Darin Toliver, and staff assistant Colleen Winn.
Faculty express disappointment toward Penn‘s ‘anticipatory compliance’ with federal anti-DEI actions
One professor told The Daily Pennsylvanian he finds it “troubling how quickly Penn has seemingly surrendered to the Trump administration’s bullying.”
Penn Medicine graduate programs instructed to cut Ph.D. admissions by 35% due to funding uncertainty
The email noted that the school has admitted an average of 307 students in recent years, but this year plans to admit 201 — a 35% reduction.



















