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Three Penn students test positive for coronavirus after traveling abroad for spring break
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.
Two days before move out, campus housing rejections leave students with nowhere to go
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.
Penn tells off-campus residents to leave — but their landlords say they can stay
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.
Canceled Nursing clinicals throw graduation and future course planning into disarray
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.
Confusion, fear, and risky journeys: International students struggle to leave campus
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.
Wharton introduces six-week online course on coronavirus and global crisis management
The course, titled “Epidemics, Natural Disasters, and Geopolitics: Managing Global Business and Financial Uncertainty,” will run for six weeks starting March 25.
With clock ticking, professors scramble to shift all classes online
Many professors expressed concern for possible technological and logistical difficulties and disappointment that students would lose the experience of being in a classroom setting.
Live updates — Penn's response to coronavirus outbreak
Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote in an email to all graduate school professors on Sunday evening that researchers must discontinue all non-essential on-campus research activities by March 17 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Students must leave campus by March 17 after Penn extends mandatory move-out by two days
President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett announced Thursday evening that students will now be expected to move out of their on-campus residences by March 17 at 8 p.m.
SHS alerts over 100 Penn students, faculty, and staff about potential coronavirus exposure
In an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn's Director of Campus Health Ashlee Halbritter said out of the over 100 cases of potential exposure Penn identified, none of the cases were high risk.
Penn Abroad urges students studying in Europe to return home immediately
Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote that Penn would provide financial assistance with flight costs and that he would be working to ensure students abroad in Europe receive "as much academic credit as possible" for this semester.
Residential Services urges students not to return to campus housing to collect belongings
Belongings of students living in the College Houses, Sansom Place, and University-recognized Greek houses will be secured until the University deems it is safe for students to retrieve them.
Students frustrated after Penn gives on-campus residents four days to leave their dorms
The email sent by Provost Wendell Pritchett and President Amy Gutmann to the Penn community instructed students who are on campus to move out by March 15 and those who are off campus for spring break not to return.
Penn moves spring semester classes online and asks students to move off campus by March 15
Penn will extend spring break by one week and move to remote instruction beginning March 23, President Amy Gutmann Provost Wendell Pritchett announced in an email to Penn faculty.
‘Not everyone has a home to go to’: International, FGLI students await U. coronavirus plan
Global travel bans and the uncertain fate of Penn's classes and dormitory availabilities have left international and first-generation, low-income students unsure of where they will live and how they will pay for housing and meals.
Biden speaks in Philadelphia after a second straight Tuesday filled with primary victories
Biden spoke at the National Constitution Center due to the cancellation of his rally in Cleveland, Ohio amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Online classes, travel bans: How the Ivy League is responding to the coronavirus outbreak
A growing number of universities are banning international travel and mandating that classes shift to online platforms to limit the spread of the virus.
Penn cuts off University-related travel and large on-campus events due to coronavirus
A further update on whether Penn is shifting to online classes will come later this week, Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote in an email to the Penn community.
Penn asks teachers to prepare for possible online classes amid coronavirus spread
Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein wrote that as of now, classes are expected to meet as scheduled when Penn returns from spring break on Monday, March 16.