Plumbing issues underneath and around Locust Walk also impeded access to academic buildings and community spaces.

Rowan, the outgoing chair of the Wharton School’s Board of Advisors, contacted Epstein on multiple occasions between 2013 to 2016. In one instance, Rowan’s assistant wrote that “Marc is looking forward to seeing Jeffrey.”

In recent weeks, seven of the 18 Penn graduates in the originally consolidated case have withdrawn their claims.

In total, 47 colleges and universities, including the entire Ivy League, have joined the case.

“If federal agents are allowed to violate the law with impunity, then it will keep happening, and it will escalate, and they’ll do more of it,” Finkelstein said. 

Penn’s cybersecurity incident information and FAQ webpage — which previously offered community guidance and described the investigation into the Oct. 31 data breach — now displays a 404 error.

Villarruel wrote that the need for “justice and compassion” is “more important today than ever.”

The training included a series of videos describing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as Penn’s policies on equal opportunity, open expression, and non-discrimination.  

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with event coordinators and participants about how the full-day activities aimed to share Asian cultures with the community.

The lawsuit stems from a 2021 partnership to develop online courses between the Prysm Group — a technology consulting firm — and Wharton’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education.

Senior Vice President David Asch previously said he had not contacted Epstein — his former high school teacher — in “nearly 50 years.”

According to Garnett, the stalking charges did not meet the statutory definition of a “crime of violence” — a necessary qualification to pursue the death penalty against a defendant.

The email attributed the cost-cutting measures to “uncertainty about how evolving federal policy changes might impact” Penn.

Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Leigh Stearns said that there is “a lot of evidence” that extreme climatic events will worsen in the future.

“A choice not to get one of those vaccines is a real choice to get one of those infections,” Penn Medicine professor Paul Offit said.

Shared governance at Penn is a system where faculty "heavily influence" decisions that are considered to fall under their responsibility.

The National Park Service is holding the exhibits — which were dismantled last week — in the National Constitution Center.