Emily Scolnick

I analyzed over 1,600 University City properties for @dailypenn, finding that @Penn owns three times as much real estate as any other educational institution in the area. My latest: thedp.com/article/2025/0…

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BREAKING: Columbia has agreed to pay $220 million to the federal government to settle its civil rights investigations and restore a majority of federal grants terminated by President Donald Trump’s administration, the University announced Wednesday. l8r.it/QoW6

Attorney General Pam Bondi briefed President Trump in May that his name appeared in the Epstein files, sources say. cnn.it/4m6rHEH

NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…

The case — brought by three former Penn swimmers against Penn, Harvard University, the Ivy League, and the NCAA — alleges Title IX violations for allowing trans athlete Lia Thomas to compete in the 2022 Women’s Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships. thedp.com/article/2025/0…

Penn and its co-defendants in a Title IX lawsuit are asking a judge to double their allotted time for arguments at a Monday motion hearing. The hearing marks the first court proceeding in the case since @Penn reached a settlement with the federal government over the same issue.

This week, @Penn postdocs and research associates overwhelmingly voted to unionize. @RAPUP_UAW is the sixth union to form at Penn in the last five years. More in @dailypenn: thedp.com/article/2025/0…

CBS has announced that it will end "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" next year cnn.it/3IBktdo

The Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump to proceed with mass layoffs at the US Department of Education cnn.it/3GrcQFY

Merry "Penn Christmas" to all who celebrate... In my first (!!!) article for @34st, I looked at what move-out on Penn's campus can tell us about waste, wealth, and the University's relationship with West Philly. 34st.com/article/2025/0…

Adam Farber, who was fired from his role as the firm’s Chief Risk Officer, joined BCG shortly after receiving his MBA from @Wharton in 1998. Farber has been a consistent Penn donor in recent years, according to University records.

something about former penn student David Corenswet playing a DP reporter…

Overall, even as the US population continues to grow, the pool of journalists is shrinking, leaving local communities without news coverage. The sharp declines translate to fewer stories being told at the local level. I wrote about the findings here >>> cnn.com/2025/07/10/med…

@AAUP_Penn called on University leaders today to “end the anti-union campaign” against @RAPUP_UAW. “These messages and tactics have no place in our community,” the faculty group wrote. “They aim to sow doubt, fear, and confusion among workers.…” More to come in @DailyPenn.

NEW: @aaup_penn issued a statement in support of @RAPUP_UAW, asking the University to “implement a policy of neutrality in all union organizing drives at Penn” and “end the anti-union campaign against” RAPUP — which will vote on unionization next week. aaup-penn.org/letter-to-the-…

President Trump has signed his massive agenda bill into law at a White House ceremony that included a military flyover cnn.it/40qbodN

Congress passes President Trump's massive domestic policy bill, handing him the first major legislative achievement of his second term cnn.it/44wvl3y

“There is no question — none — about why Penn made this call: to avoid the wrath of Donald Trump,” @Penn professor Jon Zimmerman writes in an Inquirer op-ed. “Shame on us.” “What does it profit a university if it gains the whole world of federal dollars, and loses its own soul?”

The U.S. House has passed President Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill, ushering in a tiered tax system on university endowments that will raise @Penn's rate from 1.4% to 4% — a significant hike on the University’s $22.3 billion endowment. More to come in @DailyPenn.

Members of @pennmuseum Workers United (via @afscmeDC47 and @PhillyCWU) authorized a strike yesterday after their contract expired on Monday. They’re now back to bargaining. The last @Penn strike? 1988, when Penn Police officers went on strike after wage negotiations broke down.