During the Class of 2025's time at Penn, the University has faced significant leadership changes, including a series of high-level resignations in the face of increasing national scrutiny.

The May 9 joint committee hearing questioned Penn’s rollback of DEI policies in response to recent federal mandates. 

According to an Education Department press release, Penn has 30 days to comply with the agency’s request for information.

The May 5 lawsuit claimed that the NSF’s 15% cap on indirect cost reimbursements could cost Penn's research budget over $10 million annually.

Penn has yet to publicly acknowledge the Education Department’s demands — even as a senior White House official warns that it could lose federal funding for failing to comply.

Several former Penn swimmers expressed their support for the Department of Education’s recent finding that deemed Penn in violation of Title IX and demanded further governmental action.

As Trump surpasses the 100-day mark of his second term, the DP spoke with Penn experts to understand the impact of his policies and rhetoric on higher education.

Here are six key moments from the DP’s 90-minute conversation with former Board of Trustees chair Scott Bok. 

The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with four politically oriented student groups to discuss campus sentiments in response to recent federal actions.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several Jewish students and faculty about their reactions to recent federal policies targeting higher education institutions.

Nearly three months after funding cuts to research were announced, the DP spoke to faculty members and researchers about the effects the federal actions have had on their colleagues and employees. 

The April 28 announcement includes a “Resolution Agreement” from the Office of Civil Rights that gives Penn 10 days to “voluntarily” enact three demands.

Bok reflected on the events that led to his departure, the forthcoming release of his book, and the federal government’s campaign against higher education — which he said “started at Penn.”

The reactivations come as the Trump administration walked back its cancellation of over 1,500 student visas nationwide on April 25, following weeks of ongoing legal action to halt the revocations.

The letter urged Jameson to resist the federal government's “assaults” on American colleges and universities.

In three separate requests for comment — regarding NIH funding, visa revocations, and a $175 million funding freeze — a spokesperson for the Mayor declined to comment, redirecting the DP to Penn.

Across the Ivy League, many of Penn’s seven peer institutions also have policies of institutional neutrality, yet some have taken markedly different public stances in criticizing the Trump administration.