Administration
SAS will not admit new Ph.D. students next academic year due to COVID-19 financial loss
Pausing admissions for the 2021-2022 academic year will allow SAS to allocate available funds towards current graduate students who need more time to complete their degrees.
Here’s how Penn’s six cultural centers plan to support students remotely this fall
The DP spoke with the directors of all six cultural resource centers to discuss their programming for the online fall semester.
Penn will not pay contracted dining workers in financial blow to Bon Appétit employees
While Bon Appétit workers will not receive pay this semester, the 113 dining workers directly employed by Penn are not furloughed and will continue to be paid for their typical 40-hour work week.
Penn launches new $2000-COVID-19 Childcare Grant for eligible faculty, staff, and postdocs
Some members of the Penn community say the grant is, in many cases, not enough and excludes graduate students with children.
Hundreds petition Penn to extend widespread COVID-19 testing for the entire fall semester
The University will invite specific asymptomatic members of the Penn community, including students, faculty, and staff who are deemed have a higher exposure risk, to enroll in surveillance testing protocols once Penn has finalized the details of the program.
Penn will not create an ethnic studies, anti-racism requirement despite community support
Emory University, the University of Pittsburgh, and California State University — the largest public university system in the United States — have all recently required students to take a class on ethnic studies and anti-racism.
Nursing students publish open letter condemning Penn Nursing admin’s response to COVID-19
Nursing students used iHuman, an online nursing simulation, and listened to a free podcast called "Serial" in lieu of in-person clinical rotations this past spring and summer terms.
Broken mirrors and missing TVs: Penn fails to deliver items left in dorms to many students
Many students believe the lost and damaged belongings were the result of a disorganized process with little oversight from Penn and poor record keeping from moving companies.
RAGAs living in first-year college houses must relocate during first week of classes
RAGAs were instructed to stay in their previously assigned rooms without fully unpacking their belongings for the two-week self-isolation period before relocating to their new dorm.
Penn rejects calls from Wharton professors to investigate Trump's SAT cheating allegations
The correspondence, exclusively obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian, represents one of the most overt instances of Penn professors speaking out against Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate.
Why did Penn suddenly reverse its fall plans? Here's what happened.
The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Penn's Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé to discuss why Penn made the last-minute decision to close campus for the fall semester.
After reversal of fall plans, students demand Penn subsidize shipping costs for dorm items
Many students feel that they should not have to incur expensive shipping fees or risk contracting coronavirus on the trek to the Penn Tennis Center or their moving company's warehouse to retrieve their belongings.
With the fall semester just days away, RAGAs are still confused about job responsibilities
Off-campus housing for RAGAs will not be subsidized if worsened COVID-19 conditions prompt Penn to de-occupy campus further and force RAGAs off campus.
Some RAs and GAs plan to quit after housing admin. silence their fall concerns in meeting
During a meeting with Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein, RAGAs said they were given little opportunity to voice their concerns.
Penn task force aims to “flatten the hate” towards Asians and Asian Americans on campus
The task force was created in response to faculty, staff, and students who experienced various forms of anti-Asian behavior, including slurs and verbal harassment.
Over 135 RAs and GAs demand a fair contract, hazard pay in letter to administration
Penn's Resident Advisors and Graduate Associates are demanding fair treatment from the University as the fall semester looms closer, calling for a clear outline of their job expectations and increased compensation in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students are expected to follow the Campus Compact this fall. Here’s what it means.
The Compact expects students to adhere to a set of public health and safety measures, including practicing strict physical distancing and using facial coverings for two weeks before returning to campus before classes start on Sept. 1.
As some colleges switch to a remote fall, Penn declines to say whether it will change plans
University spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy declined to say whether Penn is considering a change to a fully online semester or not.
International first-year students taking an entirely online course load cannot enter U.S.
About 14% of admitted students to the Class of 2024 classify as international students who come from 98 countries, placing over 450 admitted international first years at risk under the restrictions.