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Penn student wins global hackathon for platform matching medical workers with hospitals
Health Hero Match is a double-sided web platform designed to help with medical staffing during the coronavirus outbreak.
Alumni Weekend proceeds virtually ahead of postponed on-campus reunion
Graduating classes ending in 0s and 5s celebrated virtual Alumni Weekend on Saturday through Zoom and Facebook Live.
From the studio to a virtual exhibition: Fine Arts majors adjust to online education
Fine Arts students and professors were forced to create work and instruct classes without access to the University's high quality multi-media equipment.
Penn study finds that speech can transmit viruses
The study concluded that there is a “substantial probability” that normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission in confined environments.
Penn ranked eighth best U.S. university by Quacquarelli Symonds
The University ranked fourth in the Ivy League, behind Harvard University, Columbia University, and Yale University.
Ezekiel Emanuel warns U.S. to prepare for second wave of COVID-19 at virtual PWH event
The former healthcare advisor to the Obama administration discussed reopening strategies on Wednesday morning.
In new summer video series, SAS professors lecture on music, philosophy, and physics
The Big Ideas for Strange Times series launched on May 15, and includes five-minute lectures on "ideas that transcend the immediate crisis of the pandemic." One video lecture will be broadcasted each week throughout the summer.
Students can return to Penn in June to retrieve belongings, or have them shipped or stored
Penn Residential Services sent separate emails to graduating and returning students on Thursday evening outlining various options for on-campus residents to retrieve belongings still in their dorms.
Penn outlines four possible scenarios for fall 2020, will finalize plan by end of June
The four scenarios include a hybrid of in-person and online instruction, a shortened in-person semester, more robust summer 2021 course offerings, and entirely online learning.
Here’s how Ivy League universities are changing admission requirements for the Class of 2025
College Board and ACT testing agencies canceled and postponed multiple test dates in response to the pandemic, prompting many universities to change standardized test requirements for future applicants.
Over 200 profs. sign letter demanding U. use endowment to protect grad students
207 Penn faculty and staff signed an open letter urging administration to use the University's endowment to support graduate students and non-tenured faculty during the coronavirus pandemic.
CAPS to continue improving collaboration with SHS, host four group workshops this summer
Throughout summer and fall, CAPS is looking to continue streamlining collaboration with Campus Health and Student Health Services, and identify and create more student-centered support groups.
The Pa. mail-in ballot application deadline is May 26. Here’s what you need to know.
Voters with Pennsylvania identification can apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot online, while non-identification holding voters must email, call, or mail in a request to receive a ballot.
Antibody test developed at Penn finds low levels of coronavirus exposure among HUP workers
Results of the Penn study found that most of the 300 workers tested negative for the antibodies that would indicate infection from the coronavirus.
Wistar Institute coronavirus vaccine shows signs of eliciting immune response in animals
The animal study showed the vaccine caused the activation of T cells and the production of antibodies that neutralize the virus in mice and guinea pigs
S1E7. Penn, Daily: Graduating During a Pandemic
Listen on Spotify | Google Podcasts On this episode of Penn, Daily, hosts Isabella Simonetti and Alec Druggan interview Rosie Nguyen, on the process of graduating from Wharton during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by Alec Druggan and Isabella Simonetti. Edited by Isabella Simonetti. Produced by Alec Druggan. Podcast art by Ava Cruz.
Former dean of Penn School of Veterinary Medicine Barry Stupine dies at 78
Stupine worked as an Associate Dean and then Vice Dean for Administration and Finance at Penn Vet from 1978 to 2009. He also held interim positions at the School of Dental Medicine and Office of Budget and Resources at Penn.
What would it be like studying abroad, from home?: Fate of fall abroad remains uncertain
Although Penn Abroad said it would announce the fate of fall study abroad programs by May 15, the decision for many programs has been delayed once again because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attempted robbery prompts Tuesday afternoon UPennAlert
DPS issued an all-clear at 2:16 p.m. for a return to normal activity.