Trump Admin Turns Spotlight on Penn Over Years of 'Inaccurate' Foreign Funding Disclosures
The University of Pennsylvania is under federal investigation for filing "inaccurate" disclosures of its foreign funding for years, the Department of Education announced in a Thursday letter.
Trump freezes $175M for University of Pennsylvania over trans athlete policy
The Trump administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the Ivy League school’s past policies supporting transgender athletes, the White House announced Wednesday.
The administration announced the action in a post on one of its X accounts, accusing the university of “forcing women to compete with men in sports” and heralding the penalty as “promises kept.”
Several Penn students face felony charges over attempted anti-Israel occupation
A half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a school building, university police said Saturday.
Their arrests came a week after authorities broke up an anti-Israel protest encampment on campus and arrested nine students — and as other colleges across the country, eager to prepare for commencement season, have either negotiated agreements with students or called in police to dismantle protest camps.
Several people arrested after Penn's community alert of large crowd forming on campus in University City
Several arrests were made Friday night as pro-Palestianian protestors gathered on the University of Pennsylvania's campus Friday night. Police told CBS News Philadelphia there were multiple arrests at 34th and Walnut near Fisher-Bennett Hall.
It is unknown at this time how many were arrested but Penn police and Philadelphia police escorted several people out and they were taken into custody.
The university sent a community alert out to the public ensuring police were on the scene investigating and asked people to use caution and avoid the crowded area.
Cops in riot gear storm anti-Israel ‘tent city’ on UPenn campus
Police in riot gear began dismantling an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pennsylvania early Friday and arresting protesters after more than two weeks of the demonstrations on campus.
The officers, wearing tactical gear, gave the protesters a 2-minute warning around 6 a.m. to leave the Philadelphia campus or be subject to arrest, NBC10 reported.
It’s unclear how many protesters were detained at the encampment, which was erected 16 days ago.
Campus Uprising: Hunger Strike at Princeton, Arrests at UPenn, Victory at Sacramento State
Gaza solidarity protests continue on U.S. campuses. At Princeton, 10 faculty members are joining 12 students who have already been on hunger strike for one week. We’ll be joined by one of the student hunger strikers later in the broadcast. At the University of Pennsylvania, police in riot gear started arresting students early this morning. Yesterday, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro called for the Ivy League school to “restore order and safety on campus” after students refused to back down and end their protest until their demands for divestment from Israel...
Pennsylvania’s governor calls for UPenn encampment to be shut down
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has called for the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pennsylvania to be disbanded. Shapiro was speaking at an event in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, when he called for the encampment to close. He claimed the protesters had violated laws and created safety concerns. According to local media reports, Shapiro said the situation at Penn had escalated to a point where it was now “unstable” and “unacceptable.” “Over the last 24 hours at the University of Pennsylvania, the situation has gotten even more unstable and out of...
Panera says it is phasing out its controversial Charged Lemonade
A Panera Bread spokesperson says the restaurant chain is phasing out its Charged Lemonade, a highly caffeinated beverage that has been blamed for at least two deaths in lawsuits. The beverages prompted controversy in October when the family of 21-year-old Sarah Katz, a University of Pennsylvania student with a heart condition who died after consuming Charged Lemonade, filed a lawsuit. A second lawsuit was filed in December by the family of Dennis Brown, a Florida man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder and a developmental delay who also died after drinking...
Report classifies 87 Pennsylvania state lawmakers as ‘election deniers’
Seven states, including Pennsylvania, that were the focal points of Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election have more than 200 legislators labeled in a new report as being “election deniers.”