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Colleges can help win the war against COVID-19

Colleges can help win the war against COVID-19

S. Abu Turab Rizvi and Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education wrote that higher education institutions have led the nation in confronting COVID-19. “They have the opportunity to continue to demonstrate by their actions today the deep societal value of education, research, expertise and community commitment,” they wrote.

Inside America’s mask crunch: A slow government reaction and an industry wary of liability

Inside America’s mask crunch: A slow government reaction and an industry wary of liability

PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno said it was inappropriate for medical manufacturing companies to have been dwelling on matters of liability back in early March, as the pandemic was looming. “You didn’t have to be a fancy epidemiologist or Dr. [Anthony S.] Fauci to know what was coming,” he said.

We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus’s impact. Here are 16

We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus’s impact. Here are 16

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine recommended that the U.S. create a COVID-19 Recovery Corps of people who have survived the infection and become immune. These people could be employed as hospital support staff, educators, food delivery workers, and more.

Mortgage defaults could pile up at a pace that dwarfs 2008

Mortgage defaults could pile up at a pace that dwarfs 2008

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School spoke about the possibility of mass defaults on home mortgages due to the pandemic. “This is an unprecedented event,” she said. “The great financial crisis happened over a number of years. This is happening in a matter of months--a matter of weeks.”

How small businesses around Penn are surviving the coronavirus crisis
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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.

Dee Patel

Coronavirus aid package a start, but more will be needed
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Coronavirus aid package a start, but more will be needed

A Knowledge@Wharton report suggests there's plenty the federal government got right in its $2.2 trillion relief package, but it may not be enough in the long-term.

Penn Today Staff

Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus
A reporter and a cameraman wear protective clothing and masks while reporting on the coronavirus from the field.

Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus

Barbie Zelizer, director of the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication, says there are four types of dangers journalists are facing while reporting on COVID-19.
Philadelphia brings in tent hospitals and extra staff for the coming coronavirus surge

Philadelphia brings in tent hospitals and extra staff for the coming coronavirus surge

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Jeremy Cannon is leading the effort to prepare HUP for a surge of COVID-19 patients, with plans to convert the Quadrangle and part of Spruce Street into a field hospital. Meanwhile, more than a dozen Penn nurses, including Katherine Major, have volunteered to administer chemotherapy and other intravenous medications in patients’ homes.