OCR finds the University of Pennsylvania in violation of Title IX

OCR concluded Penn violated Title IX by "permitting males to compete in women's intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate facilities" (the Lia Thomas 2021-22 season, which complied with NCAA and ED policy at the time), and gave Penn ten days to accept a resolution agreement - compliance statement, restoration of records, apology letters to female swimmers - or face DOJ referral. The finding landed amid the administration's separate March 2025 suspension of $175 million in Penn research funding over the same issue (see section 9).