Emanuel Joins Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board
Zeke Emanuel among Biden’s COVID-19 advisors.
Running on Empty
How campus food trucks are faring.
In Nursing We Trust
The past year has propelled America’s most trusted profession into the spotlight, with the World Health Organization’s designation of 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife followed by the unprecedented and continuing challenges posed by COVID-19. Penn Nursing alumni and faculty weigh in on coping with the pandemic and on nursing’s essential—and expanding—place in the healthcare system.
The Mother of Coronaviruses
When SARS-CoV-2 struck, Susan Weiss was ready. The decades of work that she and a small cohort of fellow researchers have devoted to coronaviruses, despite limited funding and little respect, have been invaluable in speeding the search for treatments and vaccines. It’s been a rare stroke of good fortune in the current crisis—and a lesson in the importance of supporting basic science in anticipation of future ones.
A Reset for Cities?
The novel coronavirus has been especially tough on America’s cities—stripping away cultural and social amenities and spotlighting stark realities of income inequality, inadequate healthcare, and punitive policing. Alumni and faculty experts weigh in on whether and how they can be reimagined for a post-pandemic world.
Back to (Virtual) School
What the fall semester will be like.
Collective Memory
Project will preserve community experiences of COVID-19.
Traces
“It is the 42nd day of quarantine.”
Welcome to Year Zero
New doctor, new disease, new parent.
Goodbye to All That
A reluctant—and roundabout—return from Antarctica.
Virtual Reality
Losses and gains from remote learning.
Coming This Fall?
Possible scenarios for the Fall semester.
White Coats for Black Lives
Light show salute; health workers show solidarity with protests.
Penn and the Pandemic
How the University and alumni have responded to the current crisis.
Campus Is Closed
Campus closure, remote working and learning.
Navigating Uncertainty
All-star Wharton online course focuses on pandemic ramifications.