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Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and resources
Rethinking microeconomics
Rethinking microeconomics
Economics professor Rakesh Vohra has spent the last five years reimagining the design of the intermediate microeconomics course, resulting in a new book and a new course structure. The approach is unique, and this academic year every full-time student taking intermediate microeconomics is taking Vohra’s innovative version.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and resources
Four men’s squash players named First-Team All-American
Four men’s squash players named First-Team All-American
Racing to deliver a vaccine to the masses
Racing to deliver a vaccine to the masses
Walter Licht’s legacy of civic engagement
Walter Licht’s legacy of civic engagement
Human rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Human rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Match Day in a global pandemic
Match Day in a global pandemic
Message to the Penn community about the Summer Session
Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus
Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus
The Latest
How small businesses around Penn are surviving the coronavirus crisis
How small businesses around Penn are surviving the coronavirus crisis
Small businesses in and around Penn are coming up with creative ways to financially survive the coronavirus crisis, as local and state governments issue shelter-in-place orders.
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics
History professor Brent Cebul talks about lessons politicians can take from the Great Depression and the New Deal and how disasters like the current pandemic can change politics.
Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus
Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus
In a Q&A, Professor of English Josephine Park discusses the history of Asian-American racism in the U.S. in light of recent rhetoric from government officials and reports of harassment in public.
Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies
Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies
To help in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus, groups across campus are donating what they can, from masks and gloves to ventilators.
Pavilion powers ahead to combat COVID-19
Pavilion powers ahead to combat COVID-19
Construction crews are on the job around the clock at the new hospital on the campus of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to expedite the completion of 120 patient rooms 15 months ahead of the facility’s planned opening.
Inside Penn
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A schedule can be your family’s best ally during the coronavirus lockdown
From Graduate School of Education - From Weitzman School of Design
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First virtual U.S. Army War College crisis negotiation exercise held through Penn Law
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Triage in a pandemic: Can AI help ration access to care?
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Mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis patientss
From Leonard Davis Institute
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Nutrition Counseling
A Family Food dietician consults digitally with benefits-eligible staff to discuss food plans that match health conditions and lifestyles. Sessions span from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and last one hour.
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The Fixers
Lindsay Palmer, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses fixers, who are locally based translators and coordinators who guide journalists in unknown territories. This talk relates to fixers' undervalued status in the world of journalism. Participants can unmute their microphones during the Q&A session to engage with Palmer.
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Penn providers on the front lines of a pandemic
Morale is high among Penn Medicine health workers at the West Philadelphia parking lot that has transformed into a COVID-19 screening site.
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Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Designs for what the future can be
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Designs for Different Futures” exhibition includes contributions and installations from several Penn faculty and alumni who seek to answer questions about what the not-so-distant future may look like.
