Penn is the fourth Ivy League institution — following Brown, Columbia, and Yale — to require that its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Penn ranks No. 2 in the world for the most billionaire alumni, according to the 2021 Forbes annual World's Billionaires list. 

The study found that patients with both HIV and hepatitis B had a two-fold increase in primary liver cancer and that treatment of hepatitis B reduced that risk by 58%.

The Black Ivy Time Capsule is a competition that accepts creative work focused on Black life at the eight Ivy League schools.

Rosa Sun completed the project for FNAR 489: Senior Seminar Project (Spring), a required course for fine arts and design students.

The Wharton School received an anonymous $5 million donation in the form of Bitcoin last week, the largest cryptocurrency donation in University history. 

A recent study on the RAPID test developed by a team at Penn Medicine found that it can detect COVID-19 within four minutes.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System is one of the first health systems in the country to require all of its employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The eight institutions are all planning to resume in-person learning for fall 2021, and are also preparing to potentially implement a number of health and safety measures.

Both the City of Philadelphia and Penn will still require that masks are worn indoors until at least June 11, when the city plans to reevaluate the policy.

Professors and students attributed the largely stable ratings to the resilience of the Penn community and creative measures faculty members took to move their coursework online. 

The updated guidelines remove restrictions on Penn-affiliated travel, allow departments to host visitors on campus, and permit the use of on-campus spaces.

While friends and families of graduates weren't allowed into Franklin Field as spectators this year, here's what the unusual commencement honoring the Class of 2021 looked like.

The commencement ceremony brought members of the Class of 2021 together after more than a year of online learning and several pandemic-altered milestones in their Penn careers. 

From May 2 through May 8, only four undergraduate students tested positive, less than 0.10% of students who were tested for COVID-19.

From the Philadelphia Eagles’ first-ever Super Bowl victory to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, take a look back at the Class of 2021’s journey at Penn from 2017 to 2021.

The Class of 2021's final year at Penn was marked by pandemic-induced modifications to academics and campus life, featuring online classes, COVID-19 testing, and a largely shuttered campus.