Thank you #California Department of Education. We MUST #standup to the #felon #bully in the #WhiteHouse. #Columbia, #Penn, #Harvard take note. This is how you #OpposeFascism!
#education #DEI #opposeTyranny #government #USPolitics #defeatGOP #defendDemocracy #SaveTheRepublic #impeach #SaveDemocarcy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-defies-trump-order-certify-030935959.html
https://www.alojapan.com/1224717/reigning-world-champ-masanosuke-ono-of-japan-commits-to-penn-state-wrestling/ Reigning World Champ Masanosuke Ono of Japan commits to Penn State Wrestling #black #Champ #commits #diaries #FrontPage #Japan #JapanNews #masanosuke #news #of #Ono #penn #PennStateWrestling #reigning #shoe #state #to #world #wrestling Hardly 36 hours after posterizing the NCAA tournament record books, Penn State Wrestling picked up one of the most both unlikely and impressive recruiting commitments imaginable. A 20 year old Masanosuke Ono wa…
"If this becomes a pattern — the Trump administration threatens to withhold funding to institutions that don’t match its position on culture war issues — this would speak volumes about the state of America’s colleges and universities. They say they’re graduating irreverent rebels who are ready to change society. Yet they’re willing to bend to the will of the president?
One way for universities to stand on principle would be to tap into their endowments. Elite colleges are sitting on massive pots of money.
In Penn’s case, that endowment is about $22 billion.
In Columbia’s case, that endowment is nearly $15 billion.
These funds could easily be used to buttress any federal funding that the administration is using as leverage over these schools. They don’t have to simply comply. They have more than enough money to weather the storm for four years.
Does that mean that there are no legitimate debates about transgender athletes or protests over the Middle East conflict? Absolutely not. I think both of these highly contentious issues have plenty of nuance to them.
But if these colleges and universities decide to let the threat of federal funding decide these debates for them, it would prove that they’re far from the bold, reformist institutions they portray themselves as. They’re just a bunch of conformists, worried about their prestige and paychecks, after all."
https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/if-elite-universities-really-oppose
An aerospace engineering student from the Pennsylvania State University refines a 100-year-old math/aerodynamic (wind energy equation) problem, expanding wind energy possibilities.
Article published in Wind Energy Science:
https://wes.copernicus.org/articles/10/451/2025/
Read more:
[1] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/meet-divya-tyagi-the-penn-state-student-who-cracked-a-100-year-old-wind-energy-equation-boosting-turbine-efficiency/articleshow/119260883.cms
[2] https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/student-refines-100-year-old-math-problem-expanding-wind-energy-possibilities
[A #Trump admin ofcl said]…cuts would be made to federal funding that #Penn receives from #DOD & #HHS.
…On Feb 6, the #UnitedStates Dept of #Education launched an investigation into Penn for Title IX violations for allowing 2022 College graduate & #transgender woman Lia Thomas to represent Penn women’s swimming & diving during the 2021-22 NCAA swimming season. Shortly after, the NCAA changed its policy to align w/the order.
FFS
#Trump admin freezes $175 million in federal funding to #Penn
"This is just a taste of what could be coming down the pipe for Penn, one snr Trump admin ofcl told FauxNews.
“The official said that the decision to cut funding was made because Penn ‘infamously permitted a male to compete on its women’s swimming team.’”
This is straight up illegal — a violation of Title VI of the #CivilRights Act & the Administrative Procedure Act.
#law #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn-trump-freezes-federal-funding-sports
Attention Penn and Penn adjacent people: We're getting organized to fight back against Trump and his cowardly enablers in university administration!
Check out this DP op-ed from the indefatigable Amy Offner and Sam Layding:
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn-not-obey-research-rights-support-workers
Rally next week on March 20th, and sign the petition here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZ9tmPM9Jvf5rMJYGflqKvNL2MhsbJykGe_3RxLCW08-8QlA/viewform
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
#Penn #State's #Receiving #Corps in the #Orange #Bowl
comics.lucentinian.com/3075
#Laughs #NewsJokes #AIGeneratedJokes #VisitUsNow #AIComedy
#LuigiMangione, now arrested suspect in #UnitedHealth CEO murder is a 2020 #Penn graduate, the Ivy #AlmaMater of #DJT as well. Mangione's now deleted campus activities are discussed by student journalists in school's #DailyPennsylvanian newspaper.
http://www.thedp.com/article/2024/12/penn-luigi-mangione-united-healthcare-ceo-killing
https://www.lovenhl.com/1282860/ LIVE: Philadelphia Flyers VS Boston Bruins Scoreboard/Commentary! #2024 #2025 #Afternoon #AtlanticDivision #Boston #BostonBruins #Broadcast #broadcasting #Bruins #Commentary #EasternConference #Flyers #hockey #Live #mass #massachusetts #NHL #penn #Pennsylavania #Philadelphia #philly #PlayByPlay #rivalry #saturday #scoreboard #sports #stream“ #vs
Needed some nature and calm before heading home – something for the day and tonight. What's really great is that this scene is West Philadelphia, on Penn’s campus.
#nature #trees #sunshine #autumn #Philadelphia #WestPhilly #UniversityOfPennsylvania #Penn #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #fotografia
Penn's annual #ClimateWeek highlights #globalwarming solutions, interdisciplinary approaches including student & faculty research, yoga, events on the intersection between climate & #healthcare, provides an opportunity for the #Penn community to learn about, engage with #climateaction
Nina Morris, the sustainability director of Penn #Sustainability
Priority of Climate Week is to allow every community to find their place in the realm of discussing climate
It’s not the same without my friend Reed Gustow, who passed at the end of August. But BarCamp Philly has been going strong for 15 years.
I love this unconference, because where else can you learn about knitting and AI at the same event. LOL
I’ve only missed three. Two from before I knew about it and one when my, now 11 year old son, was born.
I love how many new people are experiencing BarCamp Philly for the first time this year and how inclusive the whole community is.
Here’s to many more!
This is what happens when you ignore #Arizona the way #Harris has done. She’s been spending a lot of time in #Pennsylvania because of their 19 electoral votes while #AZ has 11. However, #Trump has been here 3 times since became the #Democratic nominee
While Harris has been here once. True AZ and NV may not have as many votes as PA, but between AZ and NV that’s 16. So what if you win #Penn but lose both AZ and NV? That’s why she’s now down 5 points in AZ.
Just an FYI to #KamalaHarris if you solely concentrate on #Penn, #Michigan and #Ohio you’re going to lose in #Nevada and #Arizona where concerns are different. And if you are planing to come to AZ how about visiting areas outside the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas. Many people live in the Rural North of the state. And many would vote for you, if you address their concerns.
Ignore the #SouthWest at your own peril.
Learning SO MUCH from the Transnational Feminist Networks Symposium at #asc #penn today. Important conversations about pleasure and refusal as feminism (Firuzeh Shohooh Valle), diasporic hashtag feminism (Jaimee Swift) and Palestinian demands for digital visibility (Tamara Kharroub). https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/transnational-feminist-networks-symposium