Announcements

Appointing the University President is chief among the duties of Penn’s Board of Trustees. Following President J. Larry Jameson’s recent announcement of his leadership transition, the Trustees have begun the process of identifying his successor. The first step, as set forth in our Statutes, is the convening of a Consultative Committee.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has withdrawn its subpoena that demanded the disclosure of personal contact information and lists of Penn’s Jewish employees. With the support of many members of the community who have stood with Penn throughout, the University has been able to protect its employees’ rights and none of the subpoenaed personal contact information was disclosed. Penn remains committed to fighting antisemitism and all other forms of discrimination, to ensure everyone it serves can learn, work, and thrive.

As Penn begins the search for its next president, every member of our community has a part to play. This survey is your opportunity to shape the search. Your responses will inform the Consultative Committee convened by the Board of Trustees, whose work will help define the type of leader the University seeks. 

To the Penn community,Throughout this year, Penn has marked the 250th anniversary of American independence with vibrant academic engagement and exhibitions. Now, as July 4th approaches, we have a unique opportunity both to celebrate our history and reaffirm a shared responsibility: to shape a bright future that advances our nation’s founding ideals.

President J. Larry Jameson will conclude his service as president of the University of Pennsylvania as planned on June 30, 2027. In a message to the Penn community, President Jameson highlights his experiences leading Penn and his commitment to achieving important goals in the coming year, including advancing the work of Penn Forward. 

Ramanan Raghavendran, Chair, Board of Trustees, thanked President Jameson for his extraordinary accomplishments over the past two-and-a-half years, and announced that in the fall, Penn will begin the comprehensive process laid out in Penn’s Statutes to identify the University’s next president, who will take office on July 1, 2027. 

We are writing to follow up on the budget planning process announced in January, which asked Schools and Centers to build on existing cost-containment measures and develop plans to further reduce expenditures. We are grateful for the care, thoughtfulness, and collaboration that went into this work across the University.

To the University Community:With Penn Forward, we asked our community to think ambitiously and practically about how Penn can evolve for continued excellence—in the near term, through the next decade, and beyond. I am pleased to provide an update on our progress and the actions we are taking to build momentum.

This evening, the Penn community will come together for Take Back the Night. Held each spring during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, this event reaffirms an enduring principle: everyone has the right to be safe, respected, and heard.

We remain committed to confronting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and have taken multiple steps to prevent and address these despicable events. While we acknowledge the important role of the EEOC to investigate discrimination, we also have an obligation to protect the rights of our employees. We continue to believe that requiring Penn to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns. The University does not maintain employee lists by religion. We intend to appeal.