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A how-to guide for PennOpen Pass
people in a large open tent taking saliva covid tests

Ongoing asymptomatic screening testing is taking place this fall at the High Rise tent on Rodin field. Currently, a Green Pass is required for entry into all health care spaces on campus, which includes Penn Medicine facilities, Penn Cares testing sites, and Student Health and Counseling offices. 

A how-to guide for PennOpen Pass

Penn Today provides details on how to use the daily and exposure symptom tracker, what members of the Penn community should do if they receive a Red Pass, and new platforms available for visitors accessing campus spaces.

Erica K. Brockmeier

What’s behind the rise in prices?
person pumping gas into a car
  • Q&A

    • What’s behind the rise in prices?

    Wharton finance professor, Itay Goldstein, talks to Penn Today on inflation report, and supply and demand.

    Dee Patel

    Penn engineers will develop on-demand, on-site mRNA manufacturing
    emulsions of oil and water separated by a layer of nanoparticles.

    Bijels, or bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels, are structured emulsions of oil and water that are kept separated by a layer of nanoparticles. Penn Engineering researchers will develop a way of using them to manufacture mRNA-based therapeutics. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

    Penn engineers will develop on-demand, on-site mRNA manufacturing

    With an NSF grant, Penn Engineering researchers are developing a new manufacturing technique that would be able to produce mRNA sequences in a way that removes the need for cryogenic temperatures.

    From Penn Engineering Today

    Red & Blue one-up Rice at Rhodes Field
    At Rhodes Field against Rice, Janae Stewart lifts and hugs her teammate in celebration.

    Red & Blue one-up Rice at Rhodes Field

    The women’s soccer team defeated the Owls 2-1 in overtime at home on Sunday behind goals by freshman forward Janae Stewart and senior forward Jackie Bruder.
    Reimagining scientific discovery through the lens of an artist
    a headshot of Rebecca Kamen in front of an abstract painting

    Reimagining scientific discovery through the lens of an artist

    The latest exhibition by Rebecca Kamen, Penn artist-in-residence and visiting scholar, at the American University Katzen Art Center explores curiosity and the creative process across art and science.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Exploring monuments of trauma in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Black Atlantic
    Stephanie Gibson

    Stephanie Gibson, a doctoral candidate in the history of art. (Image: OMNIA)

    Exploring monuments of trauma in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Black Atlantic

    Stephanie Gibson, a doctoral candidate in the history of art, explores in her dissertation how museums and monuments interpret sites with painful histories to help people move past the trauma that occurred there.

    From Omnia

    Learn, reflect, and act during Climate Week
    Three people speak at a lecturn outside

    Part of the Climate Week events, faculty and students will present their perspectives on the climate crisis during the 1.5* Minute Climate Lectures. Above, Simon Richter (center), a member of the week’s planning team, gave a lecture in concert with undergrads Kimberlie Dupiton and Brea Watkins in 2019. (Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

    Learn, reflect, and act during Climate Week

    Climate Week at Penn, sponsored by the Provost’s Office, offers a variety of events—both in-person and online—that invite the whole University community to learn about, reflect on, and address the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie