Penn Home Ownership Services – PHOS – has launched two new webinars for Penn faculty and staff. “Home Buying 101” will be held the first Wednesday of each month while “Exploring the PHOS Program” will be conducted on the third Wednesday every month. Featured lenders will be available for questions at these sessions. The […]
Penn has created the Penn COVID-19 Emergency Grant Assistance Fund to assist its regular full time or part time employees who, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, lack resources to pay personal, family, living, or funeral expenses. Visit https://coronavirus.upenn.edu/content/april-09-2020-information-emergency-grant-assistance-fund to learn more.
Penn Sustainability is excited to launch the Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0, the newest iteration of Penn’s roadmap for environmental sustainability across campus. Since the 2009 launch of the University’s first Climate Action Plan, and the 2014 recommitment to environmental sustainability, Penn can look back on a remarkable and steadily deepening array of accomplishments, […]
Mindfulness at the Museum is a series of drop-in sessions focused on helping our wider community—inside and outside of the museum—to have access to tools to become more aware. Mindfulness meditation can help us to develop healthier minds and bodies, reduce stress, foster compassion, and increase our memory skills, among many other studied benefits. Participants […]
Penn faculty members, staff members, and students currently enrolled in Penn graduate/professional degree programs are invited to enroll in a selection of online courses from the Master of Health Care Innovation. Complete four of these courses within two years to receive a Certificate in Health Care Innovation. These are online, graduate-level courses that confer academic […]
SEPTA has introduced its first new bus route in a decade, connecting University City to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Brewerytown, Fairmount, Grays Ferry, and Strawberry Mansion. Bus Route 49 also serves Amtrak 30th Street Station and the Ben Franklin Parkway attractions. Read More.
The departments of Penn Transit and Parking Services have launched a new website (www.upenn.edu/transportation) that integrates the University’s transit, commuter, and parking programs into a convenient, one-stop portal for access by the Penn community. Created to address and support the many audiences these departments serve, the website brings together the two different sites into a […]
The Office of the Ombuds serves as a confidential, informal, impartial and independent resource to members of the Penn community who are experiencing difficulty, conflict, or confusion in their work, studies, or life at the University more broadly. The Office serves staff, faculty, and students, and offers an accessible and safe place to resolve differences, […]