US EditionUniversity of Pennsylvania ordered to stop work on $175M in federal contracts
- Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have been ordered to halt federally funded research totaling about $175 million, as stated by President J. Larry Jameson.
- The funding pause follows comments from a senior White House official regarding transgender athlete participation in women's sports.
- Jameson noted that critical research projects were affected, including those on drug screening and hospital-acquired infections, prompting concern from local lawmakers.
- The university has not received specific guidance from the White House on how to potentially restore funding.
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Penn Pledges to “Address” $175M Federal Funding Cut
The University of Pennsylvania is “actively pursuing multiple avenues to understand and address” the Trump administration’s decision to withhold $175 million in federal funding, university president Larry Jameson said Tuesday in a message to the campus community.
Penn president says federal government has halted $175 million in research funding to faculty
The halted payments follow comments from a Trump administration official last week that $175 million in federal funding would be paused because Penn allowed a transgender athlete to compete.
UPenn fires anti-Israel lecturer after Trump shuts down $175 million in funding
The University of Pennsylvania fired a controversial lecturer after President Donald Trump shut down $175 million of federal funding to the school. Dwayne Booth was a communications lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication, but he was also known for producing grossly anti-Semitic cartoons criticizing Israel by comparing it to Nazi Germany. 'This is nothing more than a hollow pretext to target our community.' On Friday, Booth said that …
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