Responses to an AIS survey so far suggest “no clear majority” among the three options — going back, staying home, or unsure — for what international students plan to do in the fall.
Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections
A coronavirus check-in with Penn men's soccer
In many ways, the team has become even closer in quarantine, as players must expend effort and energy if the team environment and culture is to survive.
Mamta Motwani Accapadi named Penn's Vice Provost for University Life
Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett made the announcement on Tuesday that Mamta Motwani Accapadi will replace Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum as Penn’s new VPUL on Aug. 17. Accapadi will arrive to Penn with committed to goals of inclusion, community, and social justice.
Annenberg creates virtual reality video demonstrating treatment for coronavirus patients
Through operation on a mannequin, the video depicts a doctor treating a COVID-19 patient suffering from respiratory failure.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn men's soccer
In many ways, the team has become even closer in quarantine, as players must expend effort and energy if the team environment and culture is to survive.
Mamta Motwani Accapadi named Penn's Vice Provost for University Life
Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett made the announcement on Tuesday that Mamta Motwani Accapadi will replace Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum as Penn’s new VPUL on Aug. 17. Accapadi will arrive to Penn with committed to goals of inclusion, community, and social justice.
All Nursing courses, besides labs and clinicals, will be conducted online in fall 2020
Regardless of size, all Penn Nursing lectures, seminars, and discussion groups will be conducted online in the fall, according to a June 29 announcement from Nursing School faculty. Clinicals and simulation and skills labs — the majority of which were moved online last semester — will still be held in person in the fall.
Penn students launch online learning platforms to educate young students during COVID-19
After the coronavirus pandemic began interfering with students’ summer plans, leaving many with ample free time, some Penn students ventured to create organizations that provide online educational opportunities for young students.
Penn Libraries and students aid in increasing literacy in Philadelphia elementary schools
Although schools have been closed since March 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WePAC, a grassroots nonprofit organization that operates volunteer-run elementary school libraries in Philadelphia, has found ways to continue its programming with Penn Libraries’ assistance.
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.
Penn’s international students are worried about their long-term prospects in the United States following President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that will institute sweeping restrictions on work visa availability to foreign nationals.
The DP spoke with two of Penn’s health experts. Here’s what you need to know about fall 2020.
Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé and Director of Campus Health Ashlee Halbritter discussed health and safety initiatives for bringing students back to campus, including the Student Campus Compact, and emphasized that many specifics of Penn's plan remain fluid.
University City street vendors struggle after city took ‘punitive stance’ on food trucks
In mid-March, Philadelphia became the only jurisdiction in Pennsylvania to bar food truck operations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
FGLI students worry about academic equity, housing stability for fall semester
FGLI students said that while they were relieved to hear they would have housing for the upcoming semester, they are still concerned about balancing responsibilities, prioritizing their health, and accessing academic support.
‘A legend on campus’: Students saddened by departure of Dean of Admissions Eric Furda
Students, including Kite and Key Society president and Rising Engineering senior Sofia Gonzalez, said they were shocked and saddened by Furda's decision to leave the University after leading the Admissions Office for 12 years.
How chemistry, physics, biology, neuroscience lab courses will be conducted in fall 2020
All chemistry lab courses will be taught entirely remotely for fall 2020 with potential optional in-person experience, Merriam Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Undergraduate Chair Jeffrey Winkler said.
Penn basketball coaches commit to the Ivy Promise
Donahue and McLaughlin were among the 16 Ivy League basketball coaches who joined the coalition, committing to five specific action items to combat racial inequalities.
Penn basketball legend Fran Dunphy named Acting Director of Athletics at Temple
Dunphy, who coached Big 5 basketball for 30 years between Penn and Temple, takes over at an uncertain time for college athletics.
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.

















