The committee's database cited 15 grants awarded to Penn faculty by the National Science Foundation, identifying them as “woke” and “questionable” for advancing DEI and “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” 

The letter stated that educational institutions have 14 days to comply with the new requirements in order to continue receiving federal funding.

The scrubbed website contains only a brief three-sentence statement about Penn’s “commitment to equal opportunity.”

Despite a judge temporarily halting changes to the funding policy after Penn and 12 other universities sued the NIH, researchers say the future of their work remains uncertain.

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. 

The investigation was launched one day after 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.

The executive order promises to “rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities." 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

National controversy surrounding transgender women in women’s sports has persisted following 2022 Penn graduate Lia Thomas’ participation in NCAA swimming.