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Nursing student volunteers play critical role at campus COVID-19 testing site
A person in a surgical gown, rubber gloves, face mask, and glasses holding hands in front of the face of a person whose back is to the camera. That person is also wearing a mask and has earbuds in.

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

‘Motivated to vote’
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I Voted Today! stickers convey the excitement and enthusiasm of Penn students.

‘Motivated to vote’

Co-directors Eva Gonzalez and Harrison Feinman of Penn Leads the Vote push for 100% student voter registration in the Year of Civic Engagement.

Kristina García

‘India front and center’
Man walks up stairs. Posters in Hindi hang on the walls.

Thachil visits a municipal office in India to collect data on annual city budgets. (Image: Adam Auerbach)

  • Q&A

    • ‘India front and center’

    Tariq Thachil talks with Penn Today about his current work on migration and urbanization in south Asia, the balance between research and teaching, and his new role as the director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 

    Kristina García

    Using PennOpen Pass for the early detection of COVID-19
    a group of people walking outside on campus while wearing masks

    Using PennOpen Pass for the early detection of COVID-19

    The daily symptom tracker is a critical step in ongoing efforts to safely resume academic, research, and clinical activities across campus.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’
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    Leanna Tilitei, a sophomore who plans to declare a major in communications, was a programming intern at Penn’s public radio station WXPN during the summer. 

    Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’

    As a summer intern for WXPN’s ‘World Cafe,’ sophomore Leanna Tilitei worked remotely as a member of the programming team helping to produce the ‘nation’s most listened-to-public radio music program.’
    A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students
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    A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students

    Defined by their mission-driven grit and unity as a community, the Class of 2024 is welcomed with open arms—and inspired to ‘make the impossible possible’—during such an unprecedented time.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Primary care, delivered
    Santosh Nori and Jay Shah in front of medical van

    Primary care, delivered

    Class of 2019 alumni, in collaboration with Sayre Health Clinic, bring housing and food insecure people in Philadelphia primary care through a medically outfitted van.