Black Wharton members and alumni described the group’s history on campus and plans for the future in speeches at the gathering. 

The event featured a range of speakers, including faculty, students, and researchers from Penn.

Centered on the Jewish American experience, the event featured a cocktail hour, dinner and program that culminated in Gutmann’s acceptance of the award and remarks.

Due to the shutdown, the Department of Agriculture paused over $366 million of monthly food assistance benefits in Pennsylvania for November, affecting nearly 2 million state residents. 

The fund comprises over 8,800 individual endowments and provided nearly $1.1 billion in annual budgetary support for the University during the 2025 fiscal year.

In a statement to the DP, one of the students featured in the video wrote that the University, following its investigation, concluded he did not use racial slurs. He added that he was not issued any disciplinary measures.

In a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, OFSL wrote that it will maintain a 100-person capacity limit for events this year, but “no further restrictions" will be in place.

Several Penn programs — including Penn Abroad, International Scholar and Student Services, and select services at Penn Medicine — are monitoring potential disruptions from the shutdown.

After the film screening, members of the audience engaged in a question-and-answer session with Ayup, when he discussed his efforts to preserve the Uyghur language. 

Wilson spoke about her experiences as deputy chief of staff, a Democratic National Committee regional political director, and National Political Director for the 2020 Biden campaign.

Lui spoke to the audience about being the first Asian-American to anchor a daily national cable news broadcast as well as his experience as a filmmaker and journalist. 

Turnout approached nearly half the number of votes cast in last year’s presidential election — an unprecedented campus showing for an off-cycle election year.

On Nov. 1, Grammy-nominated saxophonist Jimmy Greene played with the band as their guest artist.

In the interview, Murphy spoke about his goals for the working group, which aims to improve non-academic services at Penn.

In a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services explained that the incident was caused by a broken hot water line in the Cleeman building. 

The event featured cultural celebrations as well as college insights from current Penn students and Emmanuel Martinez, the associate director of Scholarly & Professional Development at Penn First Plus.

The Nov. 2 event commemorated Black Wharton’s decades on campus and was attended by student leaders of the organization’s subcommittee.