The letter calls on University administrators to halt Penn's cooperation with the committee’s requests for records, protect academic freedom, and apologize to the faculty members whose information may be shared with the committee.

The course, COMM 4280: “Convention, Debates, and Campaigns,” sent a delegation of its students to both the Republican National Convention in July and the Democratic National Convention in August.

The first presidential debate on June 27 led to President and former Penn professor Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race and his endorsement of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. 

Here are four courses highlighting how Penn is approaching teaching about the election.

Ware, a current professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, received his Ph.D. from Penn and was a former professor at the University of Michigan.

The Daily Pennsylvanian acquired a trove of previously unseen emails and documents which reveal disagreements about Penn and the City's perceptions of the encampment and how to handle it.

Raghavendran discussed the question of institutional neutrality, the role of the University’s trustees, and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement at Penn.   

While the six-foot fences that surrounded College Hall no longer limit access to campus, the University is operating under a new set of temporary guidelines for campus demonstrations.

The Aug. 24 debate centered around which candidate — Vice President Kamala Harris or former President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump — was the best choice for president of the United States.

The two House committees sent a letter to Interim Penn President Larry Jameson and University Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran on Aug. 22.

Penn's Office of Government and Community Affairs has remained committed to nonpartisan initiatives, including encouraging voter turnout in conjunction with student-led organization Penn Leads the Vote.

Interim Penn President Larry Jameson was seen entering the same building as Biden before his arrival.

Rising College senior Isabella Corman moderated a panel at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18 in partnership with a course offered by the Annenberg School for Communication called “Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns.”

URAP filed an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 12.

The funding will support the creation of the Coordinated Southeastern Pennsylvania Workforce Development System, which aims to connect residents to quality employment opportunities in the health care, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

The full house at Temple University’s 10,000-seat Liacouras Center welcomed the newly completed Democratic ticket with raucous applause and palpable enthusiasm during the two-hour rally.

The report detailed the implications of such a decline, despite the judiciary historically garnering more public trust than the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.