The Feb. 2 discussion welcomed Ambassador Kevin Rudd — the former Australian Prime Minister — as the speaker at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China’s annual lecture series.

Plans to renovate the park — which located within walking distance of Penn’s campus – date back to 2006. 

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In recent weeks, seven of the 18 Penn graduates in the originally consolidated case have withdrawn their claims.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

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.  

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.

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

“I’ve seen how the school has felt constrained,” Faculty Senate Chair-Elect Roy Hamilton said while describing “what’s happened to these programs” under the current guidance from the Trump administration.

The $100 million donation follows his decision in December 2023 to withdraw an equivalent gift from Penn.

If passed, the legislation would prohibit federal immigration officers from obscuring their identity and prohibit city agencies from cooperating with ICE.

On Thursday, Independence Park employees began removing all displays at the memorial honoring the nine people enslaved by George Washington.

While promoting the memoir, set for release on Jan. 27, Shapiro addressed Pennsylvania’s readiness to handle U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations across the state.