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Reflections on suffrage: The 19th Amendment at 100
Two women in 1920 standing in fur lined coats and fancy hats, one holds a newspaper called Woman’s Journal and Suffrage News.

Reflections on suffrage: The 19th Amendment at 100

Penn Today reached out to experts from centers and schools across the University to look at suffrage through the lens of history, this election, and the fight yet to come. 

Kristina García , Kristen de Groot

COVID-19 testing site for Penn students up and running
Two people standing by a table in Houston Hall, one wears PPE and administers a nasal swab to a student.

COVID-19 testing site for Penn students up and running

Easy, quick, and safe testing is just one of several public health measures the University is undertaking to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus on—and off—campus.

Lauren Hertzler

Facing mounting pressure, ICE rescinds visa rule
College Hall in the daylight in summer.

Facing mounting pressure, ICE rescinds visa rule

Amid mounting pressure from colleges and universities, including Penn, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revoked a controversial policy affecting international students with F-1 visas.
Trump administration agrees to end policy that could have led to mass deportation of students from U.S. colleges

Trump administration agrees to end policy that could have led to mass deportation of students from U.S. colleges

President Amy Gutmann said she was pleased with the rescinded directive to ban international students taking exclusively online classes at U.S. universities this fall. “We are unrelenting in our commitment to continue fighting for our international students to ensure that they are treated as equal members of our educational community,” she said. “Today we can celebrate an important step forward in that effort.”

President Gutmann kicks off 15th World Congress of Bioethics
Jonathan Moreno and Amy Gutmann in a screen shot during a virtual conference.

Jonathan Moreno and Penn President Amy Gutmann kicked off the 15th International Association of Bioethics’ World Congress of Bioethics virtually on June 19.

President Gutmann kicks off 15th World Congress of Bioethics

‘The world has never needed you more than it needs you now,’ she told bioethicists, watching and listening virtually from their respective cities across the globe.

Lauren Hertzler

A year of growth
screen shot mosaic of Penn images overlaid with the Penn shield and the words Congratulations Class of 2020

A year of growth

Penn Today reflects on the 2019-2020 academic year with its new Year in Review video.

Lauren Hertzler

A tribute to the extraordinary Class of 2020
class of 2020

A tribute to the extraordinary Class of 2020

As in-person festivities have been postponed, Penn live-streamed its “first” 264th Commencement for graduates and their families across the city, nation, and world.

Lauren Hertzler