Guest Column by Bruce Shen | Penn, explore “Go Local” option for international students

By Bruce Shen · July 12, 2020

With over 1,500 international undergraduates enrolled, Penn should make Go Local available. This is feasible, given that Penn Abroad has over 50 exchange partners in 17 countries.

Bridget Yu | The reality of eating disorders during quarantine

By Bridget Yu · July 10, 2020

It’s important that we discuss the reality of eating disorders during quarantine, along with specific, concrete approaches to best support our loved ones. Here are seven tips.

Editorial | What if COVID-19 continues to worsen? Students must know how Penn will respond.

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · July 9, 2020

Penn needs to be clear about which criteria it will use to reassess the viability of its hybrid model leading up to and beyond the start of fall semester. 

Urooba Abid | Ivy League admissions are structurally racist

By Urooba Abid · July 9, 2020

While Ivy League universities boast their students as the nation's most accomplished, public universities are actually accomplishing much more in terms of achieving equity. 

Guest Column by 568 Penn Faculty and Staff | Penn must pay PILOTs

By Ann Farnsworth-Alvear , Gerald Campano , Tulia Falleti , Arden McAllister , Justin McDaniel , Amy C. Offner , Mary Summers and Jolyon Thomas · July 8, 2020

When the University does not pay for the services and environment that make its work possible, other Philadelphians are left to make up the difference — or, city schools and other institutions simply go without.

Guest Opinion Art by Alice Zhao | Welcome International Students!

By Alice Zhao · July 8, 2020

ALICE ZHAO is a rising junior in the college majoring in PPE and minoring in Art History from Beijing, China.

Jessica Gooding | Words matter

By Jessica Gooding · July 7, 2020

Harvard graduate Claira Janover's viral Tik Tok featuring imagery attached to inflicting brutal harm is not acceptable.

Guest Column By Penn Dems | Biden isn’t doing enough to confront systemic racism

By Tamara Wurman , Emilia Onuonga , Francois Barrilleaux , Michael Nevett , Owen Voutsinas-Klose , Emma Wennberg , Alison Royce , Cassy Ingersoll and Dylan Radley · July 6, 2020

In recent months, Joe Biden responded to the dual tragedies of coronavirus and police killings with resolve, but we must put pressure on our future president to support his words with concrete actions.

Varun Saraswathula | What it means to be an American today

By Varun Saraswathula · July 4, 2020

Personal liberty is the argument used to hide the crux of the issue, which is that individuals unwilling to wear masks simply don’t value the lives of others around them as much as they value their own.

Stephanie Yoon | Students returning in fall should take a COVID-19 online orientation

By Stephanie Yoon · July 3, 2020

The online orientation should list how the virus spreads, preventative measures, and the consequences when breaking the Student Campus Compact.

Editorial | The fall semester will be mostly online. Tuition and fees should reflect that.

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · July 2, 2020

Though the economic downturn is hurting everyone in America, including private institutions like Penn, the burden should not be placed on students to recuperate the University’s money.

Guest Column by Wharton Women in Business Leadership | Dean James’ appointment is historic

By Lauren Vickers , Rachel Resek , Julia Bevilaqua , Laura Johnsen and Nikki Jenkins · July 1, 2020

While we celebrate Dean James’s appointment and Wharton’s new era led by a Black woman, we also recognize that there is still a lot of work to be done at Wharton in terms of diversity.

Jessica Gooding | Penn made the wrong decision. Don’t come back to campus.

By Jessica Gooding · June 29, 2020

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.

Angelina Eimannsberger | Penn, listen to grad students when planning the fall semester

By Angelina Eimannsberger · June 28, 2020

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

By Sophia DuRose · June 27, 2020

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. 

Lark Yan | Penn made the right decision, now can it follow through?

By Lark Yan · June 26, 2020

Penn is prioritizing the health of its community by announcing stringent tracking and tracing measures, following the example of other nations who have effectively curbed the rampant spread of the virus by implementing such digital systems.

Editorial | Students need to know if their classes will be online or in person

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · June 26, 2020

To improve clarity of communication, Penn should turn away from vague language and instead release a comprehensive list of all courses with 25 students or fewer and the format in which they will be taught in.