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.
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Editorial | With Quaker Days canceled, here are 10 things to consider about Penn.
Many students entering the Class of 2024 will make their choice without a clear sense of what Penn is like. Here are ten points admitted students should consider before deciding whether to join us.
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.
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.
Editorial | With Quaker Days canceled, here are 10 things to consider about Penn.
Many students entering the Class of 2024 will make their choice without a clear sense of what Penn is like. Here are ten points admitted students should consider before deciding whether to join us.
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'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.
Lark Yan | In the midst of pandemic, America has much to learn
Rather than disparaging Asian nations, President Trump should instead start to learn from their responses to the disease.
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.
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.
Varun Saraswathula | The only way out is through, and the only way through is together.
I truly believe that taking time for ourselves, pursuing our passions, and prioritizing the relationships we have in our physical and virtual spaces will guide us as we make our way through, and eventually out, of this era.
Isabella Glassman | Decision day shouldn’t be May 1st
In a time when Penn has been forced to make numerous difficult decisions, here is a chance to make the right one. Push back the May 1st deadline and give the high school seniors the time they deserve.
Amy Gutmann will speak to Wharton’s coronavirus course and take student questions
In a live discussion with Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett, Gutmann will offer her perspective on the actions of global leaders as well as Penn’s response to the crisis.
Students, faculty praise plan to pay dining staff but urge U. to rethink subcontracting
Penn announced on Monday that it would pay laid-off dining workers employed by Bon Appétit Management Company through May 15.



















