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Study abroad students didn't have the semester they imagined. Now, they're happy to be home.
While students are disappointed that they did not get the study abroad experience they had imagined, they said they are grateful to be at home, safe with their families.
Former Obama healthcare advisor criticizes government’s coronavirus response at PWH event
The talk was led by Ezekiel Emanuel, who is Penn's Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and served as a healthcare advisor in the Obama administration.
'Tiger King' editor and Penn grad co-hosts virtual Q&A with cinema studies dept.
2014 College graduate Dylan Hansen-Fliedner connected with hundreds of Penn students and faculty online to discuss his experience editing the hit Netflix documentary series.
Penn to reimburse on-campus housing and dining costs for remainder of spring semester
Penn students on dining plans will now receive refunds for their remaining spring semester meal plan balance, and departed College House residents will receive pro-rated reimbursements in May on their student billing accounts.
Penn extends pass/fail opt-in deadline to April 29, the last day of spring classes
Provost Wendell Pritchett announced the change and the suspension of the 2019-2020 Dean's List in a Thursday afternoon email to Penn undergraduates.
Professors can see who watches Canvas lectures. Some are using it to check in on students.
Some professors say they do not use the tracking feature to take graded attendance but rather to check in on students who are not regularly viewing the lectures.
Penn will consider pushing back April 13 pass/fail opt-in deadline after students petition
Currently, Penn allows students to change their courses to pass/fail grading until April 13, the earliest opt-in pass/fail deadline in the Ivy League by more than two weeks.
Former Penn prof. Biden is set to face Wharton grad Trump after Sanders drops out
Biden, a former Penn Presidential Professor of Practice, now has a clear path to the nomination and will face Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, in November's general election.
Penn Abroad will decide fate of fall study abroad programs by May 15
Penn Abroad said it is currently too early to make a final decision on the status of fall study abroad programs, but that students should find out if they are cancelled by May 15.
HUP offers robots and telemedicine to treat pregnant women at home
By limiting the amount of time women spend in healthcare facilities before and after delivery, the new policies can decrease women's exposure to coronavirus.
Philadelphia Eagles owner donates $1 million to Penn Medicine for coronavirus research
Penn Medicine will use the donation to establish the COVID-19 Immunology Defense Fund to focus on testing healthcare workers for immunity, developing a vaccine, and testing other drugs' effectiveness in fighting the virus.Yale becomes the fourth Ivy League school to adopt mandatory pass/fail grading
Yale's decision reverses the University's previous opt-in Credit/D/Fail policy, which prompted student protests in favor of a universal pass system.
Penn’s wellness offices launch online programs and resources for students amid pandemic
CAPS Senior Clinical Director Michal Saraf said CAPS will continue its Let’s Talk program and Behavioral Health Consultant program virtually through confidential video and phone calls.
Amid coronavirus confusion, Penn will decide fate of fall study abroad in coming weeks
Penn Abroad anticipates there will be travel restrictions that affect fall semester study abroad programs. Currently, multiple countries have implemented restrictions on incoming travelers from the United States.
Four Penn grads are mass-producing 3D-printed face shields to protect healthcare workers
The team known as Project Shields assembles 400 face shields a day at the Pennovation Center located in the Lower Schuylkill area, which are then delivered to the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Here are the College courses that double count for Fall 2020
Are you a student in the College looking to get more bang for your buck in your fall 2020 course load? Here's a list of all the classes next semester that will let you "double count."
‘No noise, no voices, no one’: International students return home to forced quarantines
The forced quarantines prompted confusion and uncertainty, causing students to worry about how they would keep up with their schoolwork and maintain their health.
Penn Medicine to begin clinical trials for hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment
The clinical trials will begin next week and will attempt to determine if the drug can treat already infected people or help prevent infection altogether.
As Penn moves on-campus students to high rises, it denies dorms will house COVID-19 patients
After tumultuous evictions from campus amid the pandemic, select students managed to stay in their University housing. Now, Penn is asking students to relocate to other dorms in an effort to consolidate resources.