The 90-minute debate was a chance for Harris to showcase her policy goals and public speaking chops on the national stage, while Trump faced a new competitor for the first time.

Debate watch parties took place everywhere, from high-rise rooftop lounges to academic buildings to Smokey Joe’s.

The Daily Pennsylvanian is live from the 2024 presidential debate, with reporters and photographers fanned out across spin rooms, watch parties, protests, and political events.

Jameson wrote in the announcement that University leaders will no longer issue public statements on local or global events that do not have a direct impact on Penn.

Penn received a “Very Poor” rating for its speech climate in FIRE’s 2025 College Free Speech Rankings, placing 248th out of 251 schools nationwide.

The University declined to provide a breakdown of the data based on race. 

The letter calls on University administrators to halt Penn's cooperation with the committee’s requests for records, protect academic freedom, and apologize to the faculty members whose information may be shared with the committee.

The course, COMM 4280: “Convention, Debates, and Campaigns,” sent a delegation of its students to both the Republican National Convention in July and the Democratic National Convention in August.

The first presidential debate on June 27 led to President and former Penn professor Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race and his endorsement of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. 

Here are four courses highlighting how Penn is approaching teaching about the election.

Ware, a current professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, received his Ph.D. from Penn and was a former professor at the University of Michigan.

The Daily Pennsylvanian acquired a trove of previously unseen emails and documents which reveal disagreements about Penn and the City's perceptions of the encampment and how to handle it.

Raghavendran discussed the question of institutional neutrality, the role of the University’s trustees, and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement at Penn.   

While the six-foot fences that surrounded College Hall no longer limit access to campus, the University is operating under a new set of temporary guidelines for campus demonstrations.

The Aug. 24 debate centered around which candidate — Vice President Kamala Harris or former President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump — was the best choice for president of the United States.

The two House committees sent a letter to Interim Penn President Larry Jameson and University Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran on Aug. 22.

Penn's Office of Government and Community Affairs has remained committed to nonpartisan initiatives, including encouraging voter turnout in conjunction with student-led organization Penn Leads the Vote.