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Penn State proposes closing 7 campuses, affecting over 500 employees and thousands of students – Times of India

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Penn State University President Neeli Bendapudi. (Getty Images) Penn State University President Neeli Bendapudi has proposed the closure of seven commonwealth campuses, a move that could impact over 500 employees and more than 3,100 students.The proposal, revealed in internal records obtained by Spotlight PA, seeks to consolidate Penn State’s presence in Pennsylvania, citing sustained enrollment…

Trump Administration Demands Records From Penn on Foreign Ties

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The Trump administration on Thursday accused the University of Pennsylvania of submitting incomplete, inaccurate financial disclosures about its foreign ties and ordered the Ivy League school to provide a raft of records. The demand for documents included the names and contact information of university personnel who work with foreign governments, including in research collaborations and…

How Penn State wrestler Carter Starocci became a 5-time national champion

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PHILADELPHIA — The Penn State fans inside Wells Fargo Center rose to their feet and held five fingers in the air. In the waning seconds of Carter Starocci’s final match as a Nittany Lions superstar, one last gasp from Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen ended the same way every Starocci match has gone during his five…

White House Expected to Pause 5 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy

White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy

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The Trump administration said Wednesday it would suspend about $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its approach to transgender athletes, according to a White House social media account that trumpeted the pause. The move would intensify the government’s campaign against transgender people’s participation in public life and escalate a clash…

Penn community reacts with concern and uncertainty over graduate admissions cuts – The Times of India

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Penn’s graduate admissions cut by 10-15% after Trump’s executive order, alarming students and faculty The University of Pennsylvania has announced significant cuts to its graduate admissions, reducing the number of accepted students across various programs by 10-15%. This decision comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 7, 2025, which imposed a…

After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon

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For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds. On Monday, she joined the celestial ranks of fellow mythological figures like Mars, Venus and Andromeda. But Cardea is not a planet or a constellation. She is as a quasi-moon — a very-real type of…

Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman used everything to beat Penn State — even James Franklin comments

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Before Mitch Jeter’s 41-yard field goal sent Notre Dame to the national championship game, before Christian Gray’s diving interception set it up or before Jeremiyah Love’s mutant performance on a braced right knee, Marcus Freeman stood before his team inside the Diplomat Hotel on Hollywood Beach on Wednesday afternoon. Notre Dame’s…

Penn State, Louisville volleyball will make history in NCAA championship. Their coaches are why

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they are the ideal…

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 14: Penn State-Notre Dame and other key tossups

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Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It turns out the first 12-team College Football Playoff field may be mostly locked in before championship weekend. After weeks of twists, turns and hypotheticals, figuring out the 12 teams has become mostly pretty easy by the end. But seeding…