Also, Penn’s Office of Student Affairs has outlined a new funding model for undergraduate student organizations.
Tuesday, March 25
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Elizabeth Banks was announced as the Commencement speaker for the Class of 2025, and The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several student political groups about their goals for the rest of the semester.
But first, three Penn research projects that received funding from the National Institutes of Health have been terminated by the federal agency.
Three Penn research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health have been terminated by the agency in recent weeks.
The NIH notified Penn’s Office of Research Services of the grant terminations in letters addressed to former Associate Dean for Research Stuart Watson — who retired in 2022 — and Associate Vice President Elizabeth Peloso. The termination letters, obtained by the DP, told the researchers that their awards were “incompatible with agency priorities, and no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities.”
As a result, all three projects were immediately terminated rather than suspended. One project focused on researching the impact of HIV vaccines, while the other two examined nicotine addiction and vaping among sexual and gender minorities.
Penn’s Office of Student Affairs, along with the Undergraduate Assembly and Student Activities Council, has announced a new funding model for undergraduate student organizations.
American actress and 1996 College graduate Elizabeth Banks will deliver the Commencement speech for the Class of 2025.
Multiple student political groups shared their agendas for the rest of the semester in interviews with the DP.
Emily Bhatnagar — a first-year student in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies — was recognized with the Margaret L. Hodges Leadership Award for her nonprofit work.
The Penn Museum has taken steps to conserve and renew the artistic and cultural legacies of two Buddhist murals taken off display in 2016.
In 2021, the Pennsylvania Convention Center — governed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency — announced the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine for COVID-19. This year, researchers from Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine developed a strategy for optimizing vaccination rollouts.
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