Katie Bartlett

Dec 10, 2024 | thedp.com | Ben Binday |Katie Bartlett

2020 Engineering graduate Luigi Mangione’s ties to Penn immediately drew attention after he was named a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO on Monday. Mangione was charged in Manhattan with second-degree murder for the killing of Brian Thompson on Monday evening, as well as three gun charges and forgery.

Sep 17, 2024 | thedp.com | Elea Castiglione |Gabriel Jing Huang |Katie Bartlett

Penn community members expressed support for Interim Penn President Larry Jameson's new policy on institutional neutrality, but some shared concerns about Penn’s ability to commit to the new policy. Jameson announced last week that University leaders will no longer issue public statements on local or global events that do not have a direct impact on Penn, claiming that the new policies aim to protect the “diversity of thought” central to Penn’s mission.

Sep 10, 2024 | thedp.com | Katie Bartlett

Penn dropped to No. 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best National University rankings, marking its lowest position since 1997. A preliminary copy of the top 10 schools in the 2024-25 rankings, obtained exclusively by The Daily Pennsylvanian, shows Penn ranking four places lower than it did on last year’s list — and No. 4 among Ivy League schools.

Sep 10, 2024 | thedp.com | Katie Bartlett

Penn will limit statements on local and world events in a major move toward institutional neutrality, Interim Penn President Larry Jameson announced in an email to the University community on Tuesday afternoon. Jameson wrote in the announcement that University leaders will no longer issue public statements on local or global events that do not have a direct impact on Penn, claiming that the new policies aim to protect the “diversity of thought” central to Penn’s mission.

Aug 28, 2024 | thedp.com | Katie Bartlett

Former Penn President Amy Gutmann has returned to Penn as a professor in the Annenberg School for Communication, according to a fall message from Annenberg Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser. Gutmann’s 18-year presidency — the longest in the University’s history — ended in 2022, when she stepped down to serve as the United States Ambassador to Germany. After resigning from her ambassadorship in May, Gutmann is returning to Penn as the Christopher H.