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‘You really can’t distance to play slap cup’: Off-campus parties spark social media outrage
Penn currently reports at least 42 active coronavirus cases in the community, but many students fear potential virus clusters in the next fews weeks and are taking to social media to share their concerns and call out partygoers.
At least 42 Penn students tested positive for COVID-19 on campus in the past two weeks
Penn has administered 7,140 COVID-19 tests in Houston Hall's Hall of Flags since beginning to test students returning to the Philadelphia area on Aug. 1.
Tracking COVID-19 cases at Pennsylvania colleges
The Daily Pennsylvanian is tracking the number of COVID-19 cases at 25 colleges across Pennsylvania.
Penn Medicine joins international consortium to compile and analyze COVID-19 data
The Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 consists of 96 hospitals around the world and has gathered data on more than 27,000 COVID-19 cases.
Broken mirrors and missing TVs: Penn fails to deliver items left in dorms to many students
Many students believe the lost and damaged belongings were the result of a disorganized process with little oversight from Penn and poor record keeping from moving companies.
First virtual Convocation inducts Class of 2024 and transfer students into Penn community
The ceremony, which premiered at 7 p.m. EDT on the Penn Convocation website, featured remarks from Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett, as well as performances by student groups.
Penn sophomores launch tutoring program for newly immigrated Bangladeshi students
The program, called First Mentors, will offer free tutoring, college counseling, and mentorship for high school students at Moder Patshala, a non-profit that helps newly immigrated Bangladeshi-American students adjust to the United States.
Phila. health department warns students to avoid all social gatherings amid pandemic
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health stated that the guidance was updated in response to new outbreaks on college campuses, both locally and across the United States.
Temple University suspends in-person classes for two weeks after surge in COVID-19 cases
Temple's decision comes after 103 students tested positive for the coronavirus.
Philadelphia accepts $10 million grant to increase voting access for November election
The grant, which was accepted on Thursday, will be used to buy vote-counting equipment, increase satellite election offices, and place drop boxes around the city.
NCHW will still open in fall 2021 as other construction projects face COVID-related delays
Installation of air conditioning in Gregory College House has been delayed by one year, while the Weitzman Plaza will experience a seven-week delay.
Penn Med COVID-19 vaccine phase 1 trial elicits immune response in all participants
All 40 trial participants in the phase one trial demonstrated an overall immune response, with 95% of trial participants developing antibodies, according to an update from Inovio Pharmaceuticals on Aug. 10.
Penn launches virtual shopping period that allows access to all courses' Canvas pages
The Virtual Shopping Period, which is from Sept. 1 to Sept. 15, will give undergraduate students access to all courses' Canvas pages as an "observer" to view any published material.
Civil unrest near 40th and Chestnut streets prompts Tuesday night UPenn Alert
According to the alert, sent to the Penn community at 9:37 p.m., 60 people dressed in all black wearing black masks were breaking windows in the area of the 4000 block of Chestnut Street.
Penn Medicine receives $2.5 million grant for COVID Watch program
The grant will be used to determine if the COVID Watch program reduces disparities in care among Black and Latinx patients by providing greater access to telemedicine among communities of color.
RAGAs living in first-year college houses must relocate during first week of classes
RAGAs were instructed to stay in their previously assigned rooms without fully unpacking their belongings for the two-week self-isolation period before relocating to their new dorm.
PSG’s $250k grant to Black student groups is just first step to tackle inequities, UMOJA says
College senior and UMOJA co-chair Martha Gakunju said UMOJA has been calling for increased funding from the University for years.
‘Godmother’ of La Casa Latina Maritza Santiago-Torres retires after 23 years at Penn
During her 23 years at Penn, Santiago-Torres created a home for Latinx students at La Casa Latina, the main hub for Latinx students located in the basement of the ARCH, as its office coordinator for over 20 years.
Penn rejects calls from Wharton professors to investigate Trump's SAT cheating allegations
The correspondence, exclusively obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian, represents one of the most overt instances of Penn professors speaking out against Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate.