As Penn quietly rolls back policies, programs, and initiatives it once championed, The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the changes the University's schools have made to their DEI websites so far.
Front Breaking
Laura Perna reappointed as Penn’s vice provost for faculty
Perna was first appointed to the position in 2020 and has furthered a number of initiatives including “new websites, interactive dashboards, and e-newsletters catering to faculty needs and interests.”
Seven goals from Brandt not enough as No. 12 Penn women’s lacrosse falls to No. 10 Johns Hopkins
The Quakers ultimately couldn’t keep up as they fell to the Blue Jays golden goal in overtime.
In a Feb. 23 email, Kallberg said that the “difficult” decision to reduce graduate program admissions rates by one-third was a “necessary cost-saving measure.”
Laura Perna reappointed as Penn’s vice provost for faculty
Perna was first appointed to the position in 2020 and has furthered a number of initiatives including “new websites, interactive dashboards, and e-newsletters catering to faculty needs and interests.”
Seven goals from Brandt not enough as No. 12 Penn women’s lacrosse falls to No. 10 Johns Hopkins
The Quakers ultimately couldn’t keep up as they fell to the Blue Jays golden goal in overtime.
Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team hosts third annual five-minute CPR training event
This is the third year MERT has offered this program and the largest to date, with 697 attendees.
Crain | Penn men’s lacrosse is back on the right track
The Quakers have bounced back from a season-opening loss.
Penn gymnastics wins second consecutive Ivy Classic
The Quakers set a new season-best score en route to the victory.
Penn faculty express concern over lack of institutional support, funding cuts for DEI research
Professors expressed concerns about the future of federal funding for DEI-related research and a lack of institutional support for their work from Penn.
Penn men’s basketball eliminated from Ivy League tournament contention following 79-78 loss to Harvard
A second-half comeback from the Red and Blue fell short in an overtime heartbreaker.
Penn women’s basketball downs Cornell 68-63 in tight matchup
The Quakers keep Ivy Madness hopes alive with this hard-fought win.
Hurrah, hurrah: Penn men’s basketball snaps five-game losing streak with win over Dartmouth
Nick Spinoso tied his career-high of 23 points to pull Penn to a victory.
Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs — a decision faculty members say will force them to rescind offers from newly-accepted students.
Mia Vesely | Black Penn is not a monolith
Senior columnist Mia Vesely highlights the diversity of the Black student experience at Penn this Black History Month.
DP Daybreak | City Councilmember condemns Trump
Also, Amy Wax spoke at a conference at Harvard University.
Jamie Gauthier condemns Trump for ‘Long live the king!’ post in Phila. City Council resolution
Gauthier introduced the resolution at the Feb. 20 city council meeting in a response to a Feb. 19 Truth Social post in which Trump wrote, “Long live the king!”
Penn professor Kathryn Hellerstein discusses Yiddish poetry translation at Kelly Writers House event
Hellerstein, who is also the former director of the Jewish Studies Program at Penn, has authored multiple translations, including “A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987.”
Penn students, faculty conduct preservation project of Stuart Weitzman Hall ahead of renovations
During the spring 2024 semester, students participated in a preservation project of Stuart Weitzman Hall through a course titled "Documentation, Research, Recording II."
Amy Wax speaks at Harvard conservative clubs’ conference weeks after suing Penn
The conference was co-hosted by various conservative and Republican student clubs at Harvard University and The Harvard Salient, a conservative campus publication.



















