In his message, Jameson highlighted the potential impacts of the funding cuts and reiterated Penn’s commitment to “identify solutions to minimize the impact” of the federal action.
Federal impacts on Penn
As the legality of Trump's executive order remains unclear, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Penn's legal experts and community members about the potential impacts of revoking birthright citizenship.
University leaders discuss 'time of peril' for higher education at Penn Faculty Senate colloquium
The Jan. 30 event — titled “Higher Education and the State: How Politics are Reshaping America’s Great Universities" — was the first of the Faculty Senate’s three-part colloquium series.
2010 Penn graduate Patrick Stedman defends Jan. 6, 2021 actions, reflects on Capitol riot in DP interview
Stedman maintained that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, and said that he did not regret his participation in the demonstration.
As the legality of Trump's executive order remains unclear, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Penn's legal experts and community members about the potential impacts of revoking birthright citizenship.
University leaders discuss 'time of peril' for higher education at Penn Faculty Senate colloquium
The Jan. 30 event — titled “Higher Education and the State: How Politics are Reshaping America’s Great Universities" — was the first of the Faculty Senate’s three-part colloquium series.
U.S. Department of Justice establishes task force to combat antisemitism on college campuses
The formation of the task force comes after 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to deport non-citizen students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.
NIH communication freeze, DEI funding cuts disrupt medical research at Penn, nationwide
Health and research systems like Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were among those affected by 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s funding cuts from the first two weeks of his second term.
Penn Med pauses antiracism initiative amid escalating DEI attacks, committee members say
In fall 2024, the Perelman School of Medicine scrubbed the website of the Anti-Racism Committee at the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania — an administrative unit which coordinates the work of faculty who practice in clinics at Penn.
The Jan. 29 action is aimed at addressing antisemitism on college campuses, according to a White House fact sheet.
Penn remains silent on Trump’s new immigration policies as campus groups prepare response
In November 2016, shortly before Trump took office for his first-term, then-Penn-president Amy Gutmann announced that Penn would be a “sanctuary” for undocumented students.
How former donor, Penn graduate Ronald Lauder could be responsible for Trump’s push to buy Greenland
Trump suggested purchasing the Danish territory during his first term in office, but touted his plans to buy the island as recently as this month.
Trump administration, U.S. House advance agenda to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports
National controversy surrounding transgender women in women’s sports has persisted following 2022 Penn graduate Lia Thomas’ participation in NCAA swimming.
'I’m definitely worried’: Penn experts discuss abortion, reproductive rights in second Trump term
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke to Penn healthcare experts and Philadelphia-area abortion providers about what the next four years under Trump's second administration may hold, from federal abortion bans to state-by-state restrictions.
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke to Penn professors about the potential consequences of dozens of executive orders signed by President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump, many of which reversed policies from the Biden administration.
Trump pardons 2010 Penn graduate Patrick Stedman for involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Stedman is one of 1,500 people — including some convicted of assaulting police officers — included in sweeping pardons issued shortly after the 1968 Wharton graduate returned to the White House.
1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump sworn in for second presidential term
Trump’s inauguration speech centered around the theme of broad sweeping, America-first change, which he claimed would mark an end to “America’s decline.”
Congressional report on antisemitism calls for increased oversight into Penn
The 42-page report is the culmination of an investigation Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) initiated last April, when he called for a "House-wide crackdown on antisemitism."
Year in Review: Penn braces for increased political scrutiny as Trump returns to office
The Daily Pennsylvanian examined Penn's political experience over the past year and analyzed the potential implications of a Trump presidency for the University's future.
Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell, a Penn lecturer, attributes Democratic defeats to strategy issues
Rendell largely attributed Democrats' electoral losses to issues with strategy rather than with a specific candidate.



















