Also, Penn Abroad implemented changes to the study abroad application process this week.
Thursday, April 3
Good morning, Penn.
Happy Thursday! I’ll be filling in for Vivi today.
The Penn Abroad office announced changes to the study abroad application process, and the Wharton School announced a new AI concentration and major yesterday.
But first, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with some of the 56 total Penn professors who signed an open letter condemning recent federal actions against science and higher education.
A total of 56 Penn professors signed an open letter condemning funding cuts and federal investigations into American universities.
The faculty members are among nearly 2,000 signatories, all of whom are academic researchers and elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The March 31 letter called on 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s administration to end its “wholesale assault” on science and asked the public to “join this call,” urging the American people to understand that the United States’ “scientific enterprise is being decimated.”
The letter comes after higher education institutions across the country — including Penn — have been targeted with funding cuts by the Trump administration. A March 19 order suspended $175 million in grants from Penn, citing the University’s failure to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports.
Penn Abroad has implemented changes to the study abroad application process, imposing program-specific application caps and advancing the application timeline.
Yesterday, the Wharton School announced that it will offer a new undergraduate concentration and MBA major titled “Artificial Intelligence for Business” this fall.
Kevin Wang, a 2024 College graduate and current Engineering graduate student, won the top prize of $10,000 at the inaugural New Jersey Lottery Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown.
Penn’s Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative hosted its second annual Wharton AI Hackathon this past week.
The Penn Japanese Language Program invited students from the University, the Community College of Philadelphia, and Lower Merion High School to tour the Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center on Friday.
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, the DP examined the progression of the anti-sexual harassment and Take Back the Night movement on campus.
TODAY IN DP HISTORY
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In 2024, the DP reported that Matt Fallon took second in his signature event — the 200-yard breaststroke — at that year’s NCAA Championships. This year, Fallon once again finished second at the NCAA Championships.
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