The lawsuit aims to convince the University not to comply with a congressional request for documents pertaining to on-campus antisemitism.

Weitzman is the founder and current chairman emeritus of footwear brand Stuart Weitzman and a longtime donor to the University. 

The Penn Admissions announcement did not include any rationale for the extension.

"The resolutions are grouped as we are unable to continue," Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran said.

SCUE is the first branch of student government to issue a public statement on academic freedom since the University’s leadership crisis began last fall.

The Penn Board of Trustees approved a 3.9% tuition hike for the 2024-25 academic year.

The documents reveal that the hearing board decided to conduct Wax’s case as one of “flagrant unprofessional conduct by a faculty member.”

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with multiple people affiliated with the Penn & Slavery Project about their efforts for wider visibility of the project and its findings — both on campus and outside of it — and how the University has responded. 

As of publication, who sent the fraudulent email and how student email addresses were collected is unknown.

The professors who teach AFRC 1187 and students currently enrolled spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian about why the class is important.  

Supernova is a one hour film that uses video footage and eyewitness accounts from survivors and first responders to recount the attack on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants 

Penn Police and law enforcement concluded that the threat was "not credible," with DPS stating that several other institutions across the country received an identical message. 

Penn's test-optional policy was first implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020-21 admissions cycle and has been extended every cycle since.

The hearing board's ruling follows an uncommon disciplinary procedure that began in January 2022, continuing the national debate about the boundaries of protected speech by academics.

A DP analysis found that the number of full-time non-medical school administrators at Penn increased by 78%, compared to a 40% increase in full-time non-medical faculty over the past 20 years. 

In a letter sent on Feb. 8, the AAUP Penn Executive Committee wrote that the harassment experienced by Penn lecturer Dwayne Booth must be condemned as a “threat to academic freedom.” 

Ciaccio formerly served as Senior Director for Academic and Residential Programs and succeeds Karu Kozuma, who now serves as Vice Provost for University Life.