Previously, RAs and GRAs overwhelmingly chose to unionize in a 142-22 vote, representing an approximate 75% turnout from the University’s nearly 220 RA. 

McCaffery spoke about the unique power of the state Supreme Court to make decisions that affect Pennsylvanians.

Last week, organizers entered College Hall and delivered a letter with nearly 500 signatures directed to President Liz Magill and Provost John Jackson.

FFP members set up a table on Locust Walk to hand out pamphlets with the names of the 21 lobbyists employed by the University and highlight the new finding from the F minus report.

Smerconish is the host of Smerconish on CNN and the host of his daily radio show on SiriusXM. 

The topics of conversation at the discussion ranged from the University City townhomes to Penn’s community engagement and gentrification of West Philadelphia.  

The letter, addressed to President Liz Magill and Provost John Jackson, said that GET-UP intends to file a petition with the NLRB if the University does not voluntarily recognize the union by Oct. 6.

The 24 incoming visitors are experts in fields spanning climate, finance, journalism, and architecture. 

Penn Law professor Osagie Imasogie has been named an inaugural member of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States.

Voting took place over two days, from Sept. 27 to 28, in the Golkin Room on the second floor of Houston Hall.

A simple majority of votes in favor of unionizing will allow the vote to pass and continue a trend among peer universities.

Penn placed second to last for the second year in a row.

Irvine Auditorium's stage was filled with demonstrations of Palestinian culture — from speeches, to dance numbers, to spoken word poetry — from Sept. 22 to Sept. 24. 

Magill's letter details several actions that Penn is taking, which include initiating a review of the process that external groups use to reserve Penn's space and host events on campus.

The disparate responses — combined with the impact of external Jewish activist groups across the country — represent only some of the Jewish communities who have weighed in on the controversy. 

Several Arabic courses, including ARAB 0100: "Elementary Arabic I" and ARAB 0300: "Intermediate Arabic III," had previously required that students attend.

Literature and humanities professors called on Penn President Liz Magill to immediately amend administrators' statement on the festival.