Also, Penn Vet was allocated money in the Pa. state budget.
Thursday, February 8
Good morning, Penn.
The FDA released a new warning about a Penn-pioneered cancer treatment, and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce confirmed that it received requested documents from Penn as part of its antisemitism investigation launched two months ago.
But first, let's look at an update on Penn lecturer Dwayne Booth, whose cartoons have been denounced as antisemitic and incited controversy.
Annenberg School of Communication lecturer Dwayne Booth's cartoons have been denounced as antisemitic — and Interim President Larry Jameson criticized them in a recent statement.
Booth, however, told the DP in an interview that the cartoons are intended to spark political debate — even as he faces mounting criticism from Jewish community members. Read the latest on the controversy here.
Penn began submitting documents to the House education committee in response for their antisemitism investigation — but said that the process would take several weeks beyond the Feb. 7 deadline.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro released his initial budget proposal, which allocates money for the School of Veterinary Medicine despite state legislators withholding the school's funding in December 2023.
The FDA mandated a displayed warning for CAR-T cancer therapy — a treatment pioneered at Penn — amid concerns that it causes an increased risk of cancer.
The Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in favor of the stateover concerns of insufficient funds to treat Philadelphia's opioid crisis.
Thirty-seven years after the inaugural celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, much has changed. The DP took a look at how the landscape of female participation in college athletics has changed at Penn.
Click here to play today's DP mini crossword, which was constructed by Garv Mehdiratta.
FROM 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
Are you a victim of “girl interrupted syndrome,” as Dasha Nekrasova lovingly calls it? Or you might think of it as the Esther Greenwood cultural epidemic: listening to Lizzy Grant, getting lobotomies at Claire's, i.e. girls being sad. But when 14x Grammy Winner Taylor Swift calls herself a member of the Tortured Poets Department and corporations start capitalizing off of it, that’s how you know there's a greater cultural shift occurring.
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