The Ivy League university, which made national headlines in 2022 when a transgender student athlete competed on its women's swim team, said it had not received any official notification of the pause but became aware of it through media reports.
Critics say the directive infringed on the rights of a tiny minority of athletes, while supporters of the order say it will restore fairness in women's sports.
“We have been in the past, and remain today, in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions.”
After Trump's order, the NCAA - the governing body for U.S. collegiate sports - updated its rules to limit competition in female-only competitions to athletes assigned female at birth.
Trump has threatened to cut federal funding to universities over a range of issues including transgender rights, diversity, equity and inclusion programs and pro-Palestinian campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza.
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