The plan — titled “Penn Forward” — comes amid mounting external pressures and intensifying questions about the value of higher education.
Penn names Ayako Kano as director of Wolf Humanities Center
Kano currently serves as a professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Jameson highlights Penn’s ability to withstand higher education challenges in start-of-year message
Jameson's email welcomed students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the 2025-26 academic year.
Penn student leaders criticize Office of Student Affairs for ‘stressful’ activities fair scheduling
OSA was responsible for organizing the annual Student Activities Fair that was held from Aug. 26-28 on Locust Walk this year.
Penn names Ayako Kano as director of Wolf Humanities Center
Kano currently serves as a professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Jameson highlights Penn’s ability to withstand higher education challenges in start-of-year message
Jameson's email welcomed students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the 2025-26 academic year.
Penn welcomes Class of 2029, transfer students at Convocation ceremony
The hourlong event marked Jameson’s first Convocation since his appointment as Penn’s 10th president.
Penn Fund raises over $70 million in record-setting 2025 fiscal year
The results were published in the University’s Annual Impact Report highlighting the “collective impact of undergraduate alumni, parents, and graduating seniors” in supporting Penn’s undergraduates.
Here’s what you missed at Penn this summer
As the fall semester approaches, here’s what you missed on and around campus this summer at Penn.
Throughout the year, the University navigated student protests, leadership shifts, and new federal mandates — much of it stemming from controversies that first erupted two years prior.
Leigh Whitaker named as Penn’s next vice president for government and community affairs
Whitaker will replace current Vice President for Government and Community Affairs Jeffrey Cooper, who announced his retirement in June.
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with higher education experts and former alumni interviewers about their experiences and hopes for the revised program.
Penn named in lawsuit accusing top universities of using early decision admissions to inflate prices
The lawsuit argues that the early decision admission process disadvantages students because colleges are not given an incentive to provide those who are accepted with increased financial aid.
Associate Vice President Anthony Sorrentino to leave Penn for CEO role at Fairmount Park Conservancy
The Conservancy's July 29 announcement noted Sorrentino's "more than 25 years of experience advancing transformative initiatives" as he is set to begin his tenure on October 27.
Penn renames behavioral science building after donor ends support over antisemitism concerns
Levin first notified then-President Liz Magill in November 2023 that he would not make “further contributions” towards his $15 million pledge for naming rights to the building.
Johanna Burton named next director of Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art
Her term at Penn will begin on Nov. 1, 2025, according to an announcement from the ICA.
Penn biomedical faculty urge reversal of ‘short-sighted’ Title IX settlement in letter to Jameson
The signatories also noted that the resolution agreement was "at odds with" Penn's "core values" and made without “input from faculty governance.”
Penn appoints Stephen Decina as inaugural executive director of climate science, policy, and action
His appointment marks an expansion of Penn’s climate initiatives through the Office of the Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action.
City councilmembers urge Penn to 'respect' union election for postdocs, research associates
The letter called on Penn to honor a recent NLRB ruling that granted postdoctoral researchers and research associates at Penn the right to vote on unionization in a July 16 and 17 election.
The July 7 AAUP statement called on the University to uphold "the freedoms to teach, learn, study, assemble, and speak [that] are necessary to the integrity of higher education and to democracy itself."



















