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President Donald Trump’s Administration said that it is pausing $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania. NBC10’s Lili Zheng reports. 

After coaching the Quakers’ men’s basketball team for nine seasons, University of Pennsylvania officials announced on Monday that Steve Donahue would not return next season.

Elected officials in Philadelphia are calling foul after the University of Pennsylvania made sweeping changes to how it handles Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.

Lawmakers are expected to meet on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, to discuss Penn Medicine canceling a DEI program in the wake of the Trump administration dismantling similar initiatives. 

A University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor is apologizing after comments she made about UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Julia Alekseyeva shared her thoughts in a TikTok and Instagram stories, which have since been taken down. The university put out a statement addressing her comments.

An assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania issues an apology after making public comments about Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, on social media.

The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions on a professor over her comments about race in recent years.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races because judges ruled she did not have standing to bring the case.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, a former University of Pennsylvania student, has failed in her challenge against World Aquatics rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races.

After a Pro-Palestinian encampment settled at the University of Pennsylvania for 16 days, the school has temporarily banned similar protests to ensure “expressions of free speech are appropriately managed.”

Security for the University of Pennsylvania’s graduation ceremony was similar to that of TSA at an airport following the pro-Palestine encampment on its campus that ended with 19 arrests. The ceremony went off without a hitch and NBC10’s Miguel Martinez Valle spoke with grads about the big day.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from the University of Pennsylvania Monday as students are celebrated at their commencement amid heightened security after a semester filled with unrest over the Israel-Hamas War. 

People attending the University of Pennsylvania’s commencement Monday should expect extra security after recent Pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

Nineteen protesters, including six students, were taken into police custody Friday night, after attempting to occupy a building on the University of Pennsylvania campus, a University spokesperson said.

Police in Philadelphia were called to the University of Pennsylvania after hundreds of protesters broke into a building on campus and then took to the streets. NBC10’s Johnny Archer reports. 

A group of people took to the streets of Philadelphia holding Palestinian flags on Friday night. This all comes just one week after the encampment at the University of Pennsylvania was disbanded with more than 30 people arrested.

Penn’s campus is now much quieter after police moved in on the encampment that had taken over the yard for weeks. Just hours after the disbandment pro-Palestinian protesters march through the streets of Center City. NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl has the latest on what’s next between the university and the protesters.

Protesters were carrying Palestinian flags as they went to the house of University of Pennsylvania’s interim president before they marched through Philadelphia. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the latest. 

Video sent to NBC10 by a viewer shows pro-Palestinian protesters outside of the home of the interim-president of the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night. 

Hundreds of people, some carrying Palestinian flags, were seen marching through University City on Friday night.