Yale Law School continued its more than three-decade-long streak atop the ranking. Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School occupied the second and third spots, respectively. 

Their research contradicts classical ecological models, which argue that mutual interactions create instability, Penn Today reported.

"The University is not ordering students who live in private residences to leave, and we regret any confusion about this," Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote in an email to Penn students on Wednesday morning.

Full-time residential dining workers at all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, who are employed by the University and not Bon Appétit, will continue to receive salary and benefits for the rest of the semester.

Some institutions have implemented mandatory pass/fail grading systems, while others are allowing students to opt-in to pass/fail grading.

Saraf said CAPS will still have clinicians on campus for students who remain local but "heavily suggest" that all students use the remote appointments.

Started by College senior Jonathan Kohan on March 12, the petition argues that many courses do not transfer easily to an online environment and that some professors have little experience teaching online. 

Penn’s request was met with pushback from off-campus residents, some of whom are unsure of how to pay their leases without strengthened financial support from the University.

After Penn originally announced Monday it would hold a virtual Commencement in May in lieu of a traditional ceremony, some seniors launched a viral petition to persuade the university to change its decision.

The University is considering an on-campus celebration for the Class of 2020 to be held in fall 2020, Gutmann wrote.

Associate Provost and Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé wrote in an email to the Penn community Monday afternoon that two of the positive coronavirus cases are away from campus and one is currently on campus.

Though Penn said students who need to stay on campus because of travel restrictions or other personal reasons can apply to do so, many are being denied housing without possibility of appeal.

Both Campus Apartments and the Radian, two of the largest off-campus landlords, said they haven't heard from the University about moving their tenants out.

With all clinical rotations canceled until further notice, Penn Nursing students are concerned about how to compensate for the lost hours and whether they will be able to log enough hours to graduate on time.

Most international students must leave Penn, and many living on campus are scrambling to book flights home before travel restrictions are put into place. But for some, leaving campus is not a viable option. 

The course, titled “Epidemics, Natural Disasters, and Geopolitics: Managing Global Business and Financial Uncertainty,” will run for six weeks starting March 25.

Many professors expressed concern for possible technological and logistical difficulties and disappointment that students would lose the experience of being in a classroom setting.