Penn begins search for Jameson’s successor, invites community input

The event combined the Penn Museum’s annual Juneteenth celebration with the Wellness Empowerment Project, a collaboration between the Wharton School and Penn Medicine.

Construction began in January and is expected to be completed in time for the 2027-28 academic year, according to a June 3 press release.

The DP spoke to unions and organizations across campus about GET-UP’s impact on their work at Penn.

The final draft is now tentatively due on Nov. 18 — roughly two months after the Committee on Open Expression’s original September deadline.

The blistering temperatures come amid preparations for America’s semiquincentennial on Penn’s campus and across the city. 

Communications professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who had led the center for over three decades, will remain part of the center as a director emerita.

On June 3, Penn announced a new Center for Civil Rights in an effort to centralize civil rights resources, streamline the reporting and resolution of complaints, and ensure legal compliance. 

Many Penn student-athletes have nonetheless used redshirts in the past, transferring to other schools after graduating to better their chances of competing professionally or profit from increased NIL opportunities. 

Nine total Quakers will be playing elsewhere in the 2026-27 season.

On America’s 250th birthday, Philadelphia ends its stint as a host city.