Category: News

Spear phishers impersonating Penn Clubs, Office of Student Affairs (OSA), and others attempted to gain access to the accounts of the Penn Post and other student organizations.

Around 75 to 100 people rallied on January 16th 2026, calling for the end of the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran and for violence against protestors to cease. The rally was organized by the Penn Persian Society following several days of anti-government protests in Iran.

At about 4:30 AM, Meaza Brown was struck and killed by a vehicle at the intersection of 33rd and Market Street. The vehicle allegedly blew through a red light at a high speed before then fleeing the scene of the crime. She was pronounced dead at 4:59 a.m. 

Penn’s board of trustees has made the first substantial changes to its code of conduct for the first time in more than a decade. The reform follows former president Liz Magill and former board chair Scott L. Bok’s in 2023 in response to turmoil surrounding the school’s response to incidents of antisemitism on campus.

Two months ago, The Wharton School launched the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MSQF) program, marking the first new degree offering in over 50 years. The new program was made possible by a $60 million donation by Wharton Doctoral alum Bruce I. Jacobs. The donation by Jacobs is the single largest donation in Wharton history.

A shooting that resulted in the injury of one man occurred at the intersection of 40th and Walnut on Tuesday, November 11th. 

On Oct. 15, the Supreme Court heard arguments for the second time on Louisiana v. Callais. The plaintiffs are challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional district map, which they allege is a racial gerrymander.

The Penn Graduate School of Education experienced a cybersecurity breach, where an unknown body sent a series of mass emails via the email addresses of several GSE faculty members and the official GSE School Leadership Program.

Penn will pay significantly increased endowment taxes in the 2026 fiscal year as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The act will affect many private, non-profit higher education institutions which have accumulated large endowments, such as the University of Pennsylvania.

At approximately 10 AM on October 20, 2025, Instructure’s Canvas, Penn’s preferred learning management system, began experiencing technical difficulties as a result of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that started around 3:11 AM EST.