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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.
Penn junior Misha McDaniel named a Beinecke Scholar
Penn junior Misha McDaniel named a Beinecke Scholar
English major Misha McDaniel has been awarded a 2020 Beinecke Scholarship to pursue graduate education. McDaniel is one of 18 Beinecke Scholars chosen from throughout the U.S., and the 13th recipient from Penn since the award was first given in 1975.
Penn provides an additional $4 million of support to communities, small businesses and workforce impacted by COVID-19
Penn provides an additional $4 million of support to communities, small businesses and workforce impacted by COVID-19
The University’s dedication is on top of the $1 million employee assistance fund announced earlier this month by Penn Medicine.
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.
Four Penn juniors named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
Four Penn juniors named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
Four juniors have been selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation, to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
Class of 2024 Regular Decision admissions results
Class of 2024 Regular Decision admissions results
The University of Pennsylvania has announced admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2024, the institution’s 268th class.
Mission continuity plans help keep Penn operating
Mission continuity plans help keep Penn operating
Twelve years ago, the trustees and the University’s senior leadership asked the schools and centers to develop plans to guide them continuing operations during a crisis. Those plans are now helping manage the impact of the pandemic.
Penn Human Resources gives advice for working from home during the coronavirus crisis
Penn Human Resources gives advice for working from home during the coronavirus crisis
Penn human resources offers tips and resources for working from home during the coronavirus crisis
Ensuring an effective rollout of virtual classes
Ensuring an effective rollout of virtual classes
On Monday, March 23, after an extended week of Spring Break, Penn will resume its thousands of classes remotely only, due to COVID-19. Faculty members and instructors, and the staff that supports them, have been preparing around the clock.
How to support University City restaurants during the coronavirus crisis
How to support University City restaurants during the coronavirus crisis
University City's rich and diverse restaurant scene is facing a unique challenge as we deal with the impact of the coronavirus. The University City District wants to help local restaurants by offering support through a limited time promotion.
In the News
Inside Higher Ed
Hopping on the affordability bandwagon
Penn is expanding full-tuition scholarships and removing home equity in its calculations for institutional aid, with remarks from Elaine Varas.
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Architectural Record
Clad in terra-cotta fins, UPenn’s expanded Graduate School of Education fits in with its neighbors
The Graduate School of Education has been renovated and expanded to feature additional classroom space, enhanced accessibility, and a distinct architectural identity.
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Bloomberg
Ivy League’s Penn shakes up aid formula by excluding home equity
To increase affordability, Penn will stop including a family’s equity in their primary home when determining a student’s financial aid eligibility.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn to expand its full-tuition scholarship aid to families with a higher income threshold
Penn’s Quaker Commitment will expand full-tuition scholarships and will no longer consider the primary family home as an asset in its calculation for institutional aid. Interim President J. Larry Jameson and director of financial aid Elaine Papas Varas offer remarks.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student awarded Rhodes Scholarship to continue cancer research at Oxford University
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship to continue his cancer research at Oxford University.
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