At the Oct. 15 conference, lawmakers criticized Penn for not immediately rejecting the White House agreement, and asserted that it threatens campus diversity and academic freedom.

The expansion marks the continuation of a partnership that began in 2020 when Penn Med became the Flyers’ official health provider. 

Over 30 members of Penn’s research and postdoctoral community joined the bargaining committee to offer suggestions for negotiation priorities.

Amid lower, off-year turnout, they argued, individual voters will have an outsized impact on several notable local and state races. 

The student groups — Penn Democrats, Penn College Republicans, and Penn Leads the Vote — emphasized the importance of civic engagement ahead of this year’s election. 

The research program funds four different types of awards: the Pioneer Award, New Innovator Award, Transformative Research Award, and the Early Independence Award. 

In a talk hosted by the National Association for Business Economics, Smetters detailed that his research has determined tariffs damage the economy and will not reduce the deficit.

With less than a week remaining before the Oct. 20 deadline for universities to provide feedback on the draft document, The Daily Pennsylvanian examined the potential University-wide implications of signing it.

The statements call on Penn to hold the students in the video accountable for their actions, publicly acknowledge the video, and reaffirm its commitment to supporting and protecting Black students.   

The document was drafted in partnership with student representatives from six of the eight other universities initially approached with the federal government’s proposed higher education compact.

Supported by the National Governors Association, the project seeks to help determine policy outcomes surrounding restricting phone use. 

The forum featured comments from Penn leadership and Philadelphia officials on construction, workforce development, and strategies for the growth of local businesses, while the following expo highlighted 51 local suppliers.

The initiative aims to study how wildlife adapts to highly developed environments and how urbanization affects animals’ daily activity.

Mann attributed the departure from his vice provost role to tension between his science policy advocacy work and Penn’s institutional neutrality policy. He remains a professor at Penn, and is the director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.

The proposed policy would abolish the “duration of status” period — which allows international students to stay in the United States through the length of their academic program.

According to English faculty members, the decision to end the nearly 40-year-old program was made abruptly by Penn Abroad at the start of the fall 2025 semester. 

His appointment follows the departure of former Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein in August, who previously led the implementation process.