Nearly 900 meal swipes were donated, according to Hospitality Services University Engagement Coordinator Ray Franckewitz.

In a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Villarruel wrote that the changes are likely to discourage applicants from pursuing professional education in the nursing field.

Discussions surrounding Israel and Palestine have shaped student activism, administrative responses, and discussion about academic freedom on campus for over seven decades.

The petition supports the University’s refusal to submit information related to Jewish employees’ discrimination complaints, Jewish-related campus groups’ membership lists, and Jewish Studies Program employee names.

The Department of State–sponsored Open Doors report, which surveyed nearly 3,000 U.S. colleges and universities, ranked Penn 19th in international student enrollment.

The debate followed a structured format that included opening statements, timed issue rounds, audience questions, and votes to determine which organization presented the strongest argument for each topic.

A spreadsheet accompanying the memo evaluated universities on a four-point scale, with red-marked universities showing “clear DEI hiring policy” and green universities — including Penn — demonstrating “merit-based hiring with no evidence of DEI.”

Trump noted Olson’s involvement in the lawsuit when he announced the nomination in a Nov. 14 social media post.

Penn professors attributed the heightened Democratic turnout to voters’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies, while cautioning against over-interpreting the implications of the results for elections in 2026 and 2028.

A total of 2,126 ballots were cast at Penn’s four on-campus polling locations on Election Day — nearly half the number of votes cast during last year’s presidential election.

The Nov. 10 brief was principally authored by Penn Carey Law professor and CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein.

Due to the shutdown, the Department of Agriculture paused over $366 million of monthly food assistance benefits in Pennsylvania for November, affecting nearly 2 million state residents. 

A Daily Pennsylvanian analysis found that in the first two fiscal quarters of 2025, Rowan contributed millions to primarily Republican-aligned groups and candidates.

The three faculty members set to teach the classes described the process of adapting their curriculum to an “unprecedented” political landscape in interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian. 

Temporary waivers for telehealth services — first instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic — recently expired following congressional gridlock over a budget deal and the subsequent government shutdown. 

Until Friday, Penn was the only university that had declined to sign the compact but did not publicly disclose its response to the government.

The messages marked a higher level of transparency with the University's stakeholders in comparison to Penn's prior dealings with the government — including its July resolution with the Department of Education.