Villarruel wrote that the need for “justice and compassion” is “more important today than ever.”

The training included a series of videos describing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as Penn’s policies on equal opportunity, open expression, and non-discrimination.  

The lawsuit stems from a 2021 partnership to develop online courses between the Prysm Group — a technology consulting firm — and Wharton’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education.

Senior Vice President David Asch previously said he had not contacted Epstein — his former high school teacher — in “nearly 50 years.”

The email attributed the cost-cutting measures to “uncertainty about how evolving federal policy changes might impact” Penn.

Shared governance at Penn is a system where faculty "heavily influence" decisions that are considered to fall under their responsibility.

“I’ve seen how the school has felt constrained,” Faculty Senate Chair-Elect Roy Hamilton said while describing “what’s happened to these programs” under the current guidance from the Trump administration.

Her responsibilities will include leading Penn Nursing’s global strategy and advancing the center’s educational mission.

The $100 million donation follows his decision in December 2023 to withdraw an equivalent gift from Penn.

In interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian, graduate workers and administrators described how a strike could change campus life and the relationships between students and teaching assistants.

The Jan. 26 decision was communicated through a UPennAlert at 8 p.m. on Monday, as hazardous conditions persist throughout the Philadelphia area following Sunday’s winter storm.

The Monday brief came almost a week after Penn asserted that the EEOC’s subpoena requesting information about Jewish students and faculty should not be enforced. 

Per University policy, classes will also not report in person on Jan. 26. 

As of publication, the Philadelphia area is expected to receive over a foot of snowfall between next Sunday and Monday. 

The Education Department’s dismissal follows a year-long federal campaign against the inclusion of DEI in university programs.

The brief comes amid an ongoing federal investigation into alleged workplace antisemitism at Penn.

This fiscal quarter, the University spent $510,000 internally and an additional $260,000 to retain the services of three external lobbying firms: BGR Group, Cassidy & Associates, and Mehlman Consulting.