Standard grading is designed for normal times, and these are not normal times.
While Ivy League universities boast their students as the nation's most accomplished, public universities are actually accomplishing much more in terms of achieving equity.
Guest Column by 568 Penn Faculty and Staff | Penn must pay PILOTs
When the University does not pay for the services and environment that make its work possible, other Philadelphians are left to make up the difference — or, city schools and other institutions simply go without.
Editorial | What if COVID-19 continues to worsen? Students must know how Penn will respond.
Penn needs to be clear about which criteria it will use to reassess the viability of its hybrid model leading up to and beyond the start of fall semester.
While Ivy League universities boast their students as the nation's most accomplished, public universities are actually accomplishing much more in terms of achieving equity.
Guest Column by 568 Penn Faculty and Staff | Penn must pay PILOTs
When the University does not pay for the services and environment that make its work possible, other Philadelphians are left to make up the difference — or, city schools and other institutions simply go without.
ALICE ZHAO is a rising junior in the college majoring in PPE and minoring in Art History from Beijing, China.
Harvard graduate Claira Janover's viral Tik Tok featuring imagery attached to inflicting brutal harm is not acceptable.
Guest Column By Penn Dems | Biden isn’t doing enough to confront systemic racism
In recent months, Joe Biden responded to the dual tragedies of coronavirus and police killings with resolve, but we must put pressure on our future president to support his words with concrete actions.
Personal liberty is the argument used to hide the crux of the issue, which is that individuals unwilling to wear masks simply don’t value the lives of others around them as much as they value their own.
Stephanie Yoon | Students returning in fall should take a COVID-19 online orientation
The online orientation should list how the virus spreads, preventative measures, and the consequences when breaking the Student Campus Compact.
Editorial | The fall semester will be mostly online. Tuition and fees should reflect that.
Though the economic downturn is hurting everyone in America, including private institutions like Penn, the burden should not be placed on students to recuperate the University’s money.
While we celebrate Dean James’s appointment and Wharton’s new era led by a Black woman, we also recognize that there is still a lot of work to be done at Wharton in terms of diversity.
Jessica Gooding | Penn made the wrong decision. Don’t come back to campus.
With no vaccine or treatment in sight, we are lagging in resources to keep up with our accustomed pace. Members of the Penn community will inevitably get sick.
Angelina Eimannsberger | Penn, listen to grad students when planning the fall semester
As graduate students, we experience the ongoing COVID-19 crisis both as students and as teachers.
Sophia DuRose | Difficult family conversations are a part of change
We are all complicit in allowing systemic racism to remain alive if we do not do the necessary, dirty work of calling out microaggressions, dismantling harmful generalizations, and ridding our personal conversations of stereotypes.
Penn is prioritizing the health of its community by announcing stringent tracking and tracing measures, following the example of other nations who have effectively curbed the rampant spread of the virus by implementing such digital systems.
Editorial | Students need to know if their classes will be online or in person
To improve clarity of communication, Penn should turn away from vague language and instead release a comprehensive list of all courses with 25 students or fewer and the format in which they will be taught in.
Varun Saraswathula | Even with a hybrid model, returning to campus will inevitably spread the virus
You would be wrong if you expect 10,000 18-22 year olds living in one place to exercise safe COVID-19 practices.
Guest Column by Gabriela Alvarado | The Penn Museum must end abuse of the Morton collection
The Penn Museum has no right or reason to keep human remains that bolstered racist science in its basement.


















