The Oct. 22 event was co-sponsored by Truth and Disinformation in the Writing Arts and the Povich Journalism Program and featured David Corn, an American political journalist and author.

The Oct. 15 meeting brought together various unions at Penn who urged University administrators to respect workers’ rights to organize. 

The brief accuses Penn and the district court that dismissed the lawsuit of ignoring a “hostile educational environment” for Jewish students.

The event — organized by the Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy — featured lightning talks by two Penn professors, as well as veteran journalist and media executive S. Mitra Kalita. 

The center will be located on the Penn Med Princeton Medical Center campus, marking the largest expansion of Princeton Health since 2012, and is set to open in May 2028.

The program will use $10 million of the new donation for the existing scholarship fund and put $1 million toward other initiatives, including establishing an annual philanthropy challenge. 

During the talk, Mahdawi spoke about her personal experiences with harassment while working as a journalist, particularly while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. 

The webinar recognized Sadler’s career in health education, community outreach, and mentorship. It also launched the next round of nominations for Penn Nursing’s annual alumni awards.

Nitrous oxide production typically increases in the absence of oxygen, but Sun’s research shows that this relationship is not smooth and instead a result of competition between different microbes. 

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.

The agenda for the Oct. 22 meeting in Houston Hall included the proposed renaming of the “Committee on Diversity and Equity” to the “Committee on Belonging” — which would require a change to the Council bylaws.

The notice follows the school’s February decision to reduce admissions by one-third amid uncertainty over federal funding.

The AAUP-Penn executive committee wrote that these meetings have discouraged free speech while promoting overly vague definitions of on-campus antisemitism.

The John Scott Award, which Fajgenbaum is set to receive by the American Philosophical Society, is presented to individuals whose inventions have improved the “comfort, welfare, and happiness” of humankind. 

The newly elected members from Penn are CHOP pediatrics professor Gerd Blobel; biostatistics, epidemiology and informatics professor Enrique Schisterman; and nephrology and genetics professor Katalin Susztak. 

The discussion focused on the creation and possible outcomes of a peaceful two-state solution between Palestine and Israel. 

Passed in July 2025, the legislation establishes a three-tiered endowment tax system for the nation’s wealthiest private universities. Penn will fall in the middle bracket at 4%.