2020-21 Principles for Graduate Teaching and Mentorship
Provide guidance on navigating changes caused by COVID-19. For further policy and resource updates, please visit our COVID announcements page.
Thrive at Penn
Introductory modules on Academic Integrity, Health & Wellness, and Violence Prevention, delivered through Canvas to all first-year graduate and professional students.
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Career Services
Career Services offers an extensive array of services to graduate and professional students including resume reviews, practice interviews, workshops, and on-campus recruiting.
The Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning is available to graduate students interested in improving as teachers, whether they are working as TAs or preparing to become future faculty.
English Language Programs
English Language Programs provide courses in English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) and orientation to life in the United States.
International Student & Scholar Services
International Student & Scholar Services advises international students on F-1 and J-1 nonimmigrant procedures and compliance with immigration laws and regulations.
Penn Travel Registry
Penn Travel Registry is mandatory for students planning to travel for academic, educational, extracurricular, clinical, research, or University business purposes. Registered travelers are pre-authorized to use International SAS and traveler medical insurance, as well as pre-travel preparations.
The Weingarten Learning Resource Center
The Weingarten Learning Resource Center provides professional instruction in skills such as academic reading, writing, and study strategies free of charge to Penn students.
Weingarten’s Office of Student Disabilities Services
Student Disability Services provides comprehensive confidential services and programs for students with disabilities to ensure equal access to all University programs, activities, and services.
Health and Wellness Webinar
Please watch this video to learn more about Penn's student health insurance.
Student Health Service (SHS)
Primary Care section offers evaluation, initial treatment and follow-up care for acute injuries and illnesses, provides care for chronic health problems, dispenses selected prescription medication, administers routine and travel immunizations, provides screening and preventative health services, and coordinates outside medical care that students need. Women's Health provides well-women care, including annual exams, contraceptive management, and treatment and counseling for sexual and reproductive health concerns.
Campus Health Initiatives
The public health branch of Student Health Services that seeks to improve health and well-being across campus through advocacy, education, programming, and action.
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
Provides professional psychological and psychiatric services to students who are having personal problems involving social, emotional, academic, or career issues.
Penn Violence Prevention
Aims to prevent sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking on campus, by ensuring students have access to resources, and by providing preventative education focused on building healthy relationships, understanding consent, and being an active bystander.
The Department of Recreation
Offers virtual programming, intramural sports, on-campus fitness facilities, informal recreation, sports clubs, group exercise classes, personal training, massage therapy, and outdoor adventure trips. All full-time students who pay general fee have access to on-campus fitness facilities (when open) which include an Olympic sized pool and co-ed sauna, Juice Bar, locker/shower facilities, and classes led by certified Personal Trainers.
Additional Wellness & Engagement Resources
Family Center at Penn
Family Center staff remain available to advise and meet with students, postdocs, and campus partners via phone, email, or Skype. Follow the Family Center on social media, sign up for the newsletter, and check their Virtual Resources page for special resources for parents and families.
International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)
ISSS advisors are available by email or virtual advising appointment. ISSS has created a list of Frequently Asked Questions related to COVID-19 to answer student questions and concerns.
Greenfield Intercultural Center
Greenfield Intercultural Center promotes intercultural awareness and cultural competency workshops to help prepare Penn students to be thoughtful global citizens and leaders.
La Casa Latina
La Casa Latina focuses on building a unified community by working with LaGAPSA, students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
LGBT Center
The LGBT Center offers educational programs and mentoring, and supports student organizations including Lambda Grads.
Makuu
Makuu, the Black Cultural Center, serves as a cultural hub for campus activities, activism, and personal, professional, and academic growth.
Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH)
PAACH is a hub of academic, personal, and professional growth for students interested in Asian American culture and the Asian American Diaspora.
Penn Women's Center
Penn Women's Center aims to understand and address the continuing and evolving needs of all women at Penn.
My work on cystic fibrosis raises questions about vulnerable bodies and who protects them. I hope it helps us ask about the experience of other groups—Who is protecting them before, during, and after a pandemic?
Rebecca Mueller,
graduate student in History and Sociology of Science