Also, graduate students continue to prepare for a vote to unionize.
Tuesday, March 12
Good morning, Penn.
The days are longer, the nights are warmer, and I have three midterms next week.
Penn researchers are working with NASA to develop a new telescope, and the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation granted funding to five solutions-based research projects which aim to advance social justice in Philadelphia.
But first, Penn faculty members filed a lawsuit against the University alleging ‘McCarthyism’ for preventing speech in opposition of Israel.
Associate professor of Arabic literature Huda Fakhreddine and history and Africana studies professor Troutt Powell filed the lawsuit in tandem with Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine.
PFJP wrote in a press release that it hopes the lawsuit will discourage the University from handing over documents requested by Congress in relation to its ongoing investigation into antisemitism at Penn.
Graduate Employees Together at UPenn released a union bargaining survey to assess graduate student workers' thoughts as they await a NLRB decision on whether they are eligible to unionize.
1963 Wharton graduate Stuart Weitzman spoke with the DP about his thoughts on philanthropy amid donor backlash over antisemitism concerns.
Penn researches are collaborating with NASA to develop the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in an effort to further insights on dark energy and plants outside the solar system.
COLUMNIST AKIVA BERKOWITZ questions the wisdom of releasing a standalone artificial intelligence major and asks whether it can truly justify its existence.
SPORTS
After a loss to rival Princeton closed out a difficult campaign for Penn men's basketball, Sports Associate Conor Smith explores what steps the team needs to take moving forward.
Penn men's swimming brought home a fourth place finish at the Ivy League Championships with junior breaststroker Matt Fallon's recording the fastest 200 yard breaststroke time in the NCAA of the year.
Nine days after crossing the 1,000 point threshold, Penn men's basketball's Clark Slajchert is entering the transfer portal for his graduate year of eligibility.
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TODAY IN DP HISTORY
Photo by Chase Sutton
In 2020, the DP reported that — as a result the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — the Ivy League cancelled all spring athletic events. This year, Penn women's basketball secured its spot in Ivy Madness by defeating Harvard.
TAKE A BREATHER
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