By: Global Support Services & International Risk Management As a reminder, disruptions due to COVID-19 continue to impact international travel. If you plan to travel internationally, please be prepared in the event you test positive for COVID-19 immediately before or during your trip. Travelers that test positive for COVID-19 while abroad must isolate and avoid…
By: CITRA COVID-19 Related Travel Restrictions Lifted as of May 10th, 2022 In August 2021, Penn’s Committee on International Travel Risk Assessment (CITRA) removed all travel restrictions for faculty and staff on Penn-affiliated trips. As of May 10th, 2022, CITRA will continue with the next phase of this careful, but deliberate return to Penn’s international…
By: Committee on International Travel Risk Assessment (CITRA) We are providing an update related to Penn-affiliated international travel, given the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and its potential impact on travel plans. To confirm, there has been no change to the existing Penn policy regarding international travel and we remain in a restricted…
By: Global Support Services The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published the top universities for producing Fulbright Scholars and Students. Penn had 7 Scholar and 16 Student awards offered this past session and is one of the top 10 institutions for US Scholar awards. The Fulbright US Scholar program is open to faculty, scholars, and…
By: Global Support Services
By: GSS and Risk Management Getting ready to go abroad? Be safe, be connected, be covered. We have released an updated Traveler Training video for the Penn community. This new video features the updated information for MyTrips, Penn’s new international travel registry system. If you have any questions about going abroad, email us! We are…
By: GSS & International Risk Management Be Safe. Be Connected. Be Covered. The offices of Global Support Services and International Risk Management are working to bring a new International Travel Registry system to Penn. Beginning August 1st the Penn Community can register their Penn-Affiliated International travel through MyTrips. This new system will make it easier…
By: Global Support Services GSS has partnered with the Office of Research Services to provide the Penn community with a list of active international agreements from the RIS (Research Inventory System), PennERA, and Penn Global, Global Support Services databases. GSS provides this resource along with additional information on international agreements including FAQs, agreement development assistance,…
By: Penn Global, GSS, and the Office of Export Compliance