Students get it: it’s shameful how Penn treats ASL lecturers, whose classes fill up quickly and are loved by students. Read this great guest column by a first-year calling for fair pay, echoing their demands as faculty and as leaders of our Disability Task Force t.co/nM1TRtaxzx

Garv Mehdiratta | Penn must pay its ASL lecturers more

Guest Columnist Garv Mehdiratta argues that Penn must rectify disparities in compensation for its ASL lecturers before it’s too late.

I’m deeply disturbed by our administration. Over the past week there has been increasing aggression directed AT the camp from outsiders, yesterday a man sprayed them w/ skunk spray, today an uptick of these aggressors. The protesters safety is at risk, the uni is making them less and less safe

Philadelphia Police Department declines to disband encampment after Penn requests immediate help

Penn Public Safety recently issued its fourth UPenn Alert — the first alerts since the encampment started eight days ago.

“Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment”

LIVE UPDATES: Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment

Several students have received disciplinary hearing notices, and students previously reported threats from Penn's administration that the encampment would be cleared on Wednesday.

today is the second and final day of voting for UPenn grad workers to form a union! tomorrow morning votes will be tallied. the union will comprise of about 4k workers. the vote comes roughly one year after penn medicine residents and fellows voted to form a union.

Penn is abusing the Guidelines on Open Expression, manufacturing violations of invented rules, and using the Committee on Open Expression as cover for a crackdown on speech that the administration doesn’t want to hear. You can read our full statement here aaup-penn.org/statement-on...

Statement on Abuse of the Guidelines on Open Expression | AAUP–Penn

This year, we have seen university administrations across the country revise and violate their own policies in order to repress nonviolent protest against the war in Gaza. We write because we believe ...

A WKCR reporter is describing how much more damage NYPD caused to Hamilton Hall than the protestors

good morning to students, faculty, staff, and alums fighting for the souls of their higher ed institutions, for the right to shared governance, for the freedom to learn, for collective space

Wondering what Marc Rowan, Chair of the Wharton School's Board of Advisors, has been up to lately in his day job as Apollo CEO? Oh, just a bit of illegal human life wagering www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apollo Accused in Lawsuit of Illegal Human Life Wagering Scheme

Apollo Global Management Inc. bet on the longevity of senior citizens by acquiring illegal life insurance policies and funneling the payouts through shell entities, according to a new lawsuit.

From a year ago: “Amnesty International accused Penn of failing to adequately screen its investments in venture capital for their potential to contribute twd human rights abuses. Penn was joined by Stanford, Princeton, Duke, MIT, UChicago, and U of TX in receiving a grade of D or F.”

Penn endowment receives 'D' grade in passing human rights standards, report finds

Penn, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, MIT, the University of Chicago, and the University of Texas in receiving a grade of D or F.

🤔 Who could've predicted that a univ prez previously known for blocking faculty members from testifying in court and signing amicus briefs b/c they might be deemed "adverse to the state of Florida" might now oversee censorship of dorm room doors in their fancy new gig? www.aaup.org/report/repor...