The changes were announced on April 2 and come after a 5% cut to the UA’s allotted funding from the Office of the Provost.

The Penn Japanese Language Program invited students from Penn, the Community College of Philadelphia, and Lower Merion High School to tour the Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens on Friday.

The Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey from March 28 to March 30. Ages ranged from 18 to 78 years old, with a relatively even distribution of men and women. 384 people attended the competition. 

Effective immediately, each Penn Abroad program will have a cap on the number of applications that can be opened per advising cycle. The changes were announced in a March 31 email.

The Penn AI launch event offered insight into the growing use of AI in research as well as the need for Penn to keep up with technological advancements.

Organized in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition is on display in the Goldstein Family Gallery on the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library until May 27.

Wellness at Penn held “i care” training for students, teaching exercises focusing on supporting mental health, identifying signs of stress, and crisis intervention. 

The Penn Association for Gender Equity organized their gender equity week featuring guest speakers, student-run workshops, and hands-on experiences in learning how to be a gender equity advocate.

The Office of the President and Office of the Provost awarded its inaugural Draw Down the Lightning Grants to 12 interdisciplinary projects, funding initiatives that aim to tackle global challenges. 

Penn will also grant Banks — who made her directorial debut with “Pitch Perfect 2” in 2015 — an honorary doctor of arts degree.

The Daily Pennsylvanian examined undergraduate Penn students’ study abroad trends to understand how many students participate, which destinations are the most common, and which students choose to go abroad.

The concert will take place at Penn Park at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4 and will be followed by the Daytime Fling carnival on Saturday, April 5.

Penn’s main minority coalition groups — commonly known as the 7B — released a statement expressing concern about the impact of the University's changes to DEI policies.

The Penn Museum’s renovations in the Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries are the second part of the Penn Museum’s Building Transformation project, which began in 2014 and reimagines 75% of the museum’s footprint.

The email strongly advised students who are citizens of one of the listed countries to avoid “non-essential travel outside of the United States” until more details are available.

Distributed by the Provost's office, the UA 2025-26 budget totals over $3 million, marking around a 2% increase from the previous academic year. 

The eight-day conference series aimed “to promote research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and foster scientific exchange between researchers, practitioners, scientists, students, and engineers across the entirety of AI and its affiliated disciplines.”