Covid
Photo Essay | Tired of working at home? Check out these 15 outdoor study spots on campus.
Although it may be the end of October, the weather is still perfect for working outside. Grab a sweater, a laptop, and head to these on-campus locations to bring your virtual classes into the real world, while practicing social-distancing guidelines.
Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours
Gather, also known as Gather.town, simulates buildings and classrooms on campus where students, professors, and teaching assistants can interact with one another through personal avatars during office hours.
Van Pelt reopens with limited hours to students living in on-campus housing
Van Pelt’s ground floor will be open for individual study from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday as part of the pilot program.
Study led by Penn professor finds 206,000 excess deaths across 21 countries due to COVID-19
The research accounted for not only deaths due to COVID-19, but also deaths that stemmed from compromised economic, social, and healthcare circumstances during the pandemic.
Here's everything you need to know about Penn's COVID-19 contact tracing program.
The contact tracing program has been in place for years to deal with mumps outbreaks. The University expanded and reworked the program to make it more efficient in the larger-scale pandemic.
Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative launches farm in Penn Park to combat food insecurity
The Penn Park Farm and its greenhouse, located at the southernmost tip of Penn Park, welcomed its first harvest of more than 300 pounds of cold weather produce such as kale, spinach, lettuce, and cabbage in September.
Pennsylvania expands COVID-19 Relief Mortgage and Rental Assistance Grant program
Wolf also issued an executive order earlier this week postponing the application deadline for the program to Nov. 4.
Annenberg creates task force to support its international students amid COVID-19 pandemic
International students called on administration for more support at a town hall meeting with Annenberg Dean John Jackson last spring after the pandemic amplified concerns about visas, traveling abroad, and the unstable job market.
Penn's religious organizations adapt to COVID-19 with socially distanced in-person services
While some organizations have resumed some in-person services, student representatives from various religious groups say they are still struggling to maintain a sense of togetherness as operations remain largely online.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf eases statewide crowd size restrictions
Philadelphia also loosened crowd size restrictions, but to a lesser degree than statewide regulations.
Penn closed its campus for the fall. Dozens of first years came to Philadelphia anyway.
Students who live in the building located at 3720 Chestnut Street estimate that there is a total of 40 to 50 first-year students living in The Chestnut. The building opened on July 1 and consists of apartments ranging from $1,800 to $6,100 a month.
Concerned about COVID-19, only 6% of RAGAs participate in pilot indoor dining program
Six RAGAs participated in the pilot program, though there are around 95 of them currently living on campus. The program used an an app to regulate students as they dined during 30-minute time slots at 1920 Commons.
For intl. students, club recruitment means pulling all-nighters to attend Zoom meetings
Many Penn international students had no choice but to become “nocturnal” and operate on Eastern time in order to attend club information sessions and interviews this semester.
Penn Med experts question Trump's COVID-19 treatment plan and his downplaying of virus
Penn Med experts were bewildered by the combination of treatments given to Trump, which are commonly used for severely ailing patients, against the backdrop of his and his doctors' portrayal of the illness as mild.
The pandemic has impacted people of color and working class hardest in Phila., study finds
75% and 55% of Hispanic and Black residents, respectively, reported that they have faced financial hardship due to the virus, while only 32% of white respondents reported the same.
Phila. Fed president and former Wharton dean predicts full economic rebound by 2023
Harker said his prediction depends on a sustained decline in the rate of new infections, the availability of a vaccine by the end of 2021, and an additional trillion-dollar stimulus package.
Wharton MBA students petition for lower tuition to offset limited in-person networking
Many students said the remote semester greatly diminishes the MBA experience where students can no longer network in-person or take advantage of Wharton-sponsored traveling and co-curricular activities.
RAGAs to begin dining indoors at Penn as part of four-day pilot program
RAGAs can reserve a 30-minute time slot on the Penn Eats mobile ordering app to eat their meals at 1920 Commons.
Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power hits Trump for neglecting diplomacy at Penn event
Power condemned the Trump administration's lack of international cooperation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.