The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Mason residents and representatives from the City of Philadelphia to discuss the causes of the shutdown, the current state of the building, and its potential future.

The task force, which is co-chaired by Breanna Moore, a Ph.D. candidate in history at Penn, aims to “stud[y] and develop … reparations proposals and programs for Black Philadelphians.”

Judge Mitchell Goldberg granted Penn's motion to dismiss on June 24 and denied the plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction aiming to prevent the University from submitting documents to Congress. 

Effective Sept. 1, 2024, Washington will succeed Jack Heuer, who is retiring this year. 

In front of a crowd of nearly 4,000, Trump doubled down on his previous rhetoric relating to immigration, crime, and the economy and attacked President and former Penn professor Joe Biden.

According to a press release from Penn Libraries United, a “supermajority of eligible library staff have signed union representation cards.”

Among Ivy League students receiving financial aid, University of Pennsylvania alumni have the highest median income 10 years after matriculation.

Also, the Mason on Chestnut received a Cease Operations Order from the City of Philadelphia.

The event — the second annual Juneteenth Festival — featured a family-friendly event to celebrate the holiday and encourage visitors year-round.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several campus leaders and local experts about the new guidelines — which explicitly ban encampments, among other divisive rulings — and compiled the resulting reactions.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System has appointed Julia Puchtler to serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer starting on July 1. She will succeed Keith Kasper, the CFO for the last 20 years, who recently acquired the position of executive vice president and chief administrative officer of UPHS. 

Penn Medicine recently announced that it is phasing out desflurane, a potent greenhouse gas used in anesthesia.

The amicus urges the court to reject the arguments for immunity by Trump and claims that “any form of immunity doctrine is both unnecessary to protect the interests of the presidency and ultimately dangerous for U.S. national security.”

The experimental vaccine could help manage the existing H5N1 outbreak and also prevent human infections. 

Penn Washington aims to “enrich the connection between federal and global policy makers and Penn faculty, students, and staff” by establishing connections between three programs. 

Out of a pool of 65,235 applicants, 3,508 students were admitted, resulting in an acceptance rate of 5.4%.

The complaint claimed bias on the side of the University’s student government, citing the Fair Practices Code for Referenda that the Nominations and Elections Committee of the University’s student government must abide by.