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Dec 10, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
Penn entered 2024 in a state of turmoil following widespread protests surrounding the Palestine Writes Literature Festival and controversy surrounding the campus' response to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. The year included significant pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli activism, and the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the end of the spring semester sparked Penn's controversial implementation of temporary open expression guidelines. Jan.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
On Thursday — over two weeks after Election Day — Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in the closely contested race for Pennsylvania’s United States Senate seat. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick on Nov. 7, with a margin of just under 30,000 votes separating the two candidates. Casey — who was seeking a fourth term — contested the call, citing the potential for an automatic recount. The recount was triggered on Nov.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
1968 Wharton graduate and President-elect Donald Trump tapped fellow Penn graduate Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday. Oz received his M.D. from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and an MBA from the Wharton School in 1986. If confirmed, he will lead the second Trump administration’s oversight of major health insurance programs.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Anusha Mathur |Diamy Wang
Ahead of Election Day, The Daily Pennsylvanian has compiled a comprehensive ballot guide to all of the candidates — national and local — on the ticket, along with where you can go on campus to vote for them on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The deadline to register to vote has already passed in Pennsylvania, but voters can check their registration status here.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Emily Scolnick |Ethan Young |Diamy Wang |Jasmine Ni
This story is developing and will continue to be updated. A congressional probe into campus antisemitism revealed the extent of Penn’s response over the past year to allegations of antisemitism on campus, calls for former Penn President Liz Magill’s resignation, and pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
Pennsylvania has emerged as the epicenter of what has shaped up to be a contentious and unprecedented 2024 election cycle. Both major party presidential candidates — 1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris — have crisscrossed the state several times in the months leading up to Nov. 5. Democratic and Republican candidates up and down the ballot have visited Philadelphia and Penn’s campus in the hopes of courting young voters.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
Former Penn Professor of Presidential Practice and President Joe Biden said in an interview on Wednesday that he "want[s]" to resume his involvement inthe Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement after leaving the White House. Biden used the Penn-affiliated global think tank as his main office in Washington after he departed his vice presidency under former President Barack Obama in 2017.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Elea Castiglione |Diamy Wang
Penn Student Government announced the results of the Class Board 2028 and Undergraduate Assembly elections on Monday morning. College first year Mert Kayabas was elected Class of 2028 president with 456 votes — more than twice as many votes as runner-up and Wharton first year Joel Wang, who received 218 votes. College first year Eddie Mukalazi was elected executive vice president of the class with 370 votes.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thedp.com | Diamy Wang
A Penn student, speaking at a press conference organized by the American Jewish Committee, urged the University to take action against campus antisemitism during the new school year. College sophomore Talia Shapiro, a 34th Street Magazine staffer, was one of four Philadelphia-area Jewish college students to speak at the press conference held Monday in Philadelphia. Shapiro and the other students discussed their experiences as college students in the aftermath of the Oct.
