Welcome to the Penn community! Here are some resources to help new standing faculty members navigate their first year in the School of Arts and Sciences.
- SAS Tenure Track Handbook
- University Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators (aka, “The Faculty Handbook”)
- SAS Policies and Procedures for Appointment and Promotion
- Guidelines for Responsible Behavior by Standing Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences
- Research Leaves for Assistant Professors
- Family-Friendly Policies and Resources
- U @ Penn Portal Links to personalized, PennKey-protected records about your individual pay, benefits, and taxes; also a University reference site on these matters
- Penn Benefits Center Staffed by ADP Benefit Services, this is the University’s partner for the administration and service delivery of health and welfare benefits. Call the Center at 1-888-PENN-BEN (1-888-736-6236) if you have questions about your medical, prescription drug, dental, and group life insurance benefits as well as your health care and dependent care pre-tax expense accounts. You can also call the Center if you need assistance enrolling online at the U@Penn Portal listed above (under Benefits, click on “Health benefits – view, enroll, change”).
- Retirement Faculty who are thinking about retirement should call 215-898-7320 to arrange a meeting with an SAS Associate Dean. For questions regarding retirement vendors and plans, please call the Retirement Call Center at 1-877-PENN-RET (1-877-736-6738).
- SAS Human Resources
- Penn's COVID-19 Response
- Academic Calendar
- University Libraries
- SAS Computing
- Penn Global
- Office of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity Programs
- African American Resource Center
- La Casa Latina (primarily a student resource)
- Pan Asian-American Community House (primarily a student resource)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center
- Office of the Ombuds