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U.S. COVID deaths may be underestimated by 36%
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U.S. COVID deaths may be underestimated by 36%

The research team found that more of these deaths occurred in places with greater income inequality, more non-Hispanic Black residents, and other factors indicating a pattern related to socioeconomic disadvantage and structural racism.

Michele W. Berger

To be successful online, faculty went back to the classroom
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Among the many approaches professors are using to teach online is to create videos of lectures for students to access anytime and to devote class time together for discussion and group activities. Math professor Robert Ghrist created a video textbook to teach multivariable calculus.

To be successful online, faculty went back to the classroom

With students learning remotely, Penn provides support for professors as they’ve been challenged to retool courses and rethink their approaches to teaching.

Louisa Shepard

Long-term effects of COVID-19 and support to cope
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Long-term effects of COVID-19 and support to cope

Millions of people around the world have already survived a bout with COVID-19. Clinicians are learning how cases can trigger lasting consequences for the body.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Nursing student volunteers play critical role at campus COVID-19 testing site
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Students from the School of Nursing like fourth year Gabbie Domingo assisted in conducting COVID-19 tests at a temporary site in Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags. Between early August and Sept. 12, 2020, the health care team completed 13,097 tests.

Nursing student volunteers play critical role at campus COVID-19 testing site

For two weeks, 37 fourth-year nursing students checked people in, conducted screenings, and swabbed noses, contributing to the more than 13,000 tests completed at Houston Hall since early August.

Michele W. Berger

Belief in conspiracy theories is a barrier to controlling spread of COVID-19
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Belief in conspiracy theories is a barrier to controlling spread of COVID-19

Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Estate planning is vital during the pandemic
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Estate planning is vital during the pandemic

Penn Law expert discusses how an estate attorney is your best option, but online resources are better than nothing and very important, especially during the coronavirus.

Dee Patel

Climate Week offers something for ‘every member of the Penn community’
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A week’s worth of online events, aimed at engaging the entire Penn community, will examine the interplay of climate change, COVID, and social injustice.

Climate Week offers something for ‘every member of the Penn community’

With participation from schools, centers, and groups across the University and a focus on the interplay of the climate emergency with social justice issues and the global pandemic, Climate Week at Penn will run September 21-25. The week’s dozens of events will help participants learn about the climate crisis—and then act.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Can I visit family for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Your pandemic holiday travel questions, answered

Can I visit family for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Your pandemic holiday travel questions, answered

M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine said visiting family during the holidays this year is a medium- to high-risk activity. “Unfortunately, the merriment we crave—eating, drinking and singing together in a cozy room—are among the highest-risk scenarios for transmitting COVID-19,” he said. “I’m optimistic that things will be different next year, and we can give up this year as an act of charity to our friends, family and community.”