Politics
Gutmann calls Trump's immigration order 'injurious to our work' in speech on College Green
Gutmann's speech came during a Faculty Senate protest on College Green over Trump's controversial order, which temporarily banned immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.
University of Notre Dame President urges Trump to rescind immigration order
In the statement, Reverend Jenkins expressed concern for how the travel ban will affect American universities and international students.
Political science and environmental science professors are puzzled by Trump's climate policy
From his appointment of human-caused climate change skeptics to his Cabinet nominees, to his 2012 tweet defining climate change as a Chinese hoax, climate science has proven a contentious issue for Trump.
Protests against Trump's immigration order erupt at Philadelphia International Airport
By 3:00 p.m., the airport terminal was filled with hundreds of protestors, including several Penn students, chanting, "No wall, no registry, f**k white supremacy,” and “No hate, no fear immigrants are welcome here.”
University advises students from banned Muslim-majority countries to defer travel
The statement did not mention President Donald Trump by name, in keeping with Penn's pattern of declining to acknowledge their most famous alumnus even as he has assumed the nation's highest office.
Quakers for Life president is optimistic after March for Life
In his speech, Vice President Mike Pence pledged to defund national organizations that sponsor abortions, such as Planned Parenthood, and vowed that Trump would appoint a pro-life nominee to fill the vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
This Penn professor was cited in a SCOTUS decision and featured in an Oscar-nominated film
“None of us have six degrees of separation anymore from the criminal justice system,” Marie Gottschalk said. “It’s metastasizing into our wider democracy and questioning the legitimacy of democracy in the United States.”
Trump signs executive order to cut funding for sanctuary cities like Philadelphia
"This is not a dictatorship. This is a democracy. We will take avail of every opportunity we have to protect our citizens and protect our people who are living in our city,” the first-term mayor said, according to 6abc.
Philadelphia City Council is working to protect the city from the Trump administration
"This is the most unpredictable and ominous climate for the City of Philadelphia I have seen in my 17 years in office," Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke said in the press release.
Penn students and alumni protest Trump at GOP retreat
Many protestors held signs denouncing the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Bob Deleon, who carried a poster that read 'Obamacare saved my father', said that the affordability of health insurance under Obamacare helped his father get the care he needed when he had a heart attack in 2015.
In response to Trump's 'extreme vetting' of immigrants, Muslim students express fear
The draft of the order demands a 30-day halt on immigration from several countries that have already been labelled as linked to terrorism under various laws, including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.
President Trump is coming to Philadelphia amid protests and criticism from the Mayor
“This is not a dictatorship,” Kenney said, according to 6abc. “This is a democracy. We will take avail of every opportunity we have to protect our citizens and protect our people who are living in our city.”
Penn students look back on the Women's March on Washington
“We need to come together to undo the isolation of the Trump campaign,” College freshman Lilly Balla said. “You can’t ignore 3 million people.”
With a Penn graduate in the Oval Office for the first time, here's a look at former President William Henry Harrison's time at the University
As the first Penn graduate elected as the President sets up shop in the Oval Office, the brief career at the University of the only other Penn-affiliated President, William Henry Harrison, resurfaces.
Evan McMullin's Wharton classmate speaks out on his friend, the 2016 election
“It was hysterical to see him on CNN and all the news networks, because there’s your friend running for president,” Tony Altimore said.
Legal experts debate the state of free speech in America at Penn Law event
Danish journalist and author Flemming Rose argued that the only valid limitations on free speech are restrictions on speech that incites violence. Other than that form, he said all speech should be tolerated.High school students admitted as amici curiae in Harvard admissions lawsuit
Students for Fair Admissions, which opposes affirmative action in college admissions, is contending in court that Harvard's admissions policies are disadvantageous for Asian American applicants.White nationalist website calls for arrest of Dean of Harvard College
Two Harvard University officials were targeted last week in a blog post on "VDARE," a white nationalist website promoting strict anti-immigration laws.
Meet the recent Penn graduate who helped Trump's inauguration run smoothly
Not far from the Penn graduate taking the oath of highest office, inside the Capitol Building, was another Penn alumna. Behind the scenes, this recent grad was involved in the inauguration in another capacity: she helped to plan it.