The Latest Breaking News from Penn

GOP lawmakers block $33.5m to Penn University veterinary school in antisemitism row

Republicans withhold funding accounting 18 per cent Penn‘s veterinary school budget

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are rejecting legislation to send more than $35 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school over criticism that the Ivy League school has tolerated antisemitism

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Students left silenced by speech debates

It may seem nonsensical to say that calls for genocide are protected speech but colleges are in a tough spot

Salon · Dec 14, 2023

Academic freedom is the loser when big donors hound US university presidents

The leaders of Harvard, Penn and MIT should have clearly condemned calls for genocide but the response has been almost as repugnant

The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2023

Washington Post Op-Ed Argues That Colleges Should 'Restrict' Speech To Fight Antisemitism

In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."

Reason · Dec 12, 2023

Experts: Why "speech we hate" matters

Controversy around Elise Stefanik's antisemitism hearing fueled by "hypocrisy" and PR concerns, say legal experts

Salon · Dec 12, 2023

Here's the latest fallout at Harvard, MIT and Penn after the antisemitism hearing

Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.

WEKU · Dec 11, 2023

After Resisting Demands To Punish 'Hate Speech,' Penn's President Capitulated. It Did Not Save Her Job.

Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus.

Reason · Dec 11, 2023

This billionaire just helped topple UPenn’s president. Is Harvard next?

The hedge-fund billionaire has allied with right-wing activists and Republicans in Congress to pressure universities, but some students and faculty say he’s gone too far, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Stefanik criticized for support of Trump after push against campus antisemitism

Representative celebrates UPenn president’s resignation as critics point to her support of Trump, who associates with antisemites

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2023