Isha Chitirala

The increase in national scrutiny of Penn coincided with a series of lawsuits against the University, as well as federal investigations and ongoing negotiations with the White House.

Penn’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives David Asch was referenced in a 2015 email exchange between his high school classmate and Epstein — Asch’s former teacher.

The University attributed its decision to withdraw the motion to Goldberg's retirement in September. adding that the case the justice dismissed is currently on appeal.

Penn is in the process of notifying individuals whose personal information was compromised by the incident, according to a University spokesperson.

The agency initiated an investigation into Penn in May for “reports of inaccurate and untimely foreign funding disclosures.” 

The petition supports the University’s refusal to submit information related to Jewish employees’ discrimination complaints, Jewish-related campus groups’ membership lists, and Jewish Studies Program employee names.

Brown — who worked as a custodian in Penn's Housekeeping division — was walking to work when she was struck by a car that later fled the scene.

The revisions mark the first notable bylaw reforms to the body in over a decade. 

Also, Penn experts analyzed the 2025 off-year election results.

In the recent filing, Wax alleged that Penn violated her academic freedom by imposing disciplinary measures for her comments on race.