Roberts was presented with the award on Oct. 23 at the annual conference of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in Portland, Ore.

Deeley was joined by Committee of Seventy Program Manager Brisa Díaz-Zorilla at the Oct. 23 event. 

Penn has contracted security through Allied Universal since 1996.

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

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%.

Biden reportedly underwent weeks of treatment at Penn Medicine’s Radiation Oncology clinic in Philadelphia.

Two days after the Oct. 20 deadline to provide feedback, seven of the nine universities initially asked to sign the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” have rejected the proposal.

According to a recently filed disclosure, Penn lobbied the federal government on multiple issues, including National Institutes of Health and research, international student visas, and student financial aid.

During the demonstration, AAUP-Penn members emphasized that the University’s rejection of the compact was only the “beginning” and argued that the White House would continue “exerting pressure” on Penn.

The Philadelphia protest was part of a series of over 2,700 demonstrations that took place across the country. 

The bill was introduced in partnership with students in Penn Government and Politics Association’s Forum for Legislative Action.

According to an Oct. 16 email from Penn President Larry Jameson, the University rejected the compact after considering input from Penn faculty, alumni, trustees, students, and staff.