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17 hours ago
The scrubbed website contains only a brief three-sentence statement about Penn’s “commitment to equal opportunity.”
02/13/25 12:35am
Senior Associate Vice President for Research Elizabeth Peloso wrote in an affidavit that Penn has 1,803 active NIH awards — amounting to a total of $2.6 billion — across its research system.
02/13/25 12:33am
The DEI page for the Wharton School of Business has been scrubbed, and the Penn Libraries DEI website is no longer active. These modifications and removals are the latest signs of the University backpedaling on its DEI initiatives from recent years.
02/11/25 11:01pm
Despite a judge temporarily halting changes to the funding policy after Penn and 12 other universities sued the NIH, researchers say the future of their work remains uncertain.
02/11/25 9:27pm
Thomas, a former Penn swimmer and transgender woman, may be affected by sweeping NCAA policy changes.
02/10/25 9:25pm
The changes include the renaming of several statements, offices, and policies, and the elimination of terms including “diversity.”
02/07/25 12:44am
Former Ukrainian first lady Kateryna Yushchenko spoke at Perry World House on Thursday, addressing Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia. 
02/06/25 8:57pm
The changes — which come amid federal attacks on DEI — suggest Penn is backpedaling on some of the initiatives it has championed in recent years.
02/06/25 1:19pm
The investigation was launched one day after 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.
02/05/25 11:05pm
Following the end of Biden's term, The Daily Pennsylvanian looked back at some of the most notable Penn alumni and affiliates who served in his administration.
02/05/25 11:01pm
Former Cohen Clinic employees say it was clear to them that criticisms of Penn's response to allegations of antisemitism played a role in the closure.
02/05/25 7:53pm
The case was filed in federal court on Feb. 4 and alleges that the four defendants — Penn, Harvard University, the Ivy League, and the NCAA — violated Title IX regulations.
02/05/25 6:01pm
The executive order promises to “rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities." 
02/04/25 10:05pm
Stedman maintained that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, and said that he did not regret his participation in the demonstration.
02/04/25 9:14pm
As the legality of Trump's executive order remains unclear, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Penn's legal experts and community members about the potential impacts of revoking birthright citizenship.
02/03/25 9:40pm
The Jan. 30 event — titled “Higher Education and the State: How Politics are Reshaping America’s Great Universities" — was the first of the Faculty Senate’s three-part colloquium series.
02/03/25 9:39pm
The formation of the task force comes after 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to deport non-citizen students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.
01/30/25 9:35pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled some key moments from past Januarys to paint a picture of Penn's campus at the start of the last four years.
01/30/25 2:52am
1998 Wharton MBA graduate and former Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) was tapped by 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump to head the National Nuclear Security Administration. 
01/29/25 5:32pm
The Jan. 29 action is aimed at addressing antisemitism on college campuses, according to a White House fact sheet.