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.

With the decision, Penn became the third university to decline the offer.

The Executive Committee emphasized that signing the compact would “compromise” Penn’s academic freedom and scholarly diversity.

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.

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. 

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 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.

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.

Topics focused on Chapin’s personal experiences as a journalist and her thoughts on the recent funding cuts made to public broadcasting by the second Trump administration.

The Oct. 11 message was sent in response to a memo from Penn that outlined recommendations for department chairs to “maintain teaching continuity” should graduate students participate in a work stoppage.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Chen detailed his journey from Penn to Silicon Valley, the culture of Elon Musk’s company, and his relationship to Diego Pasini. 

He described his new role as an effort to maintain the University’s momentum — a mission that requires institutional flexibility amid an evolving landscape of federal policies and financial stress.