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9/22: COVID-19 dashboard updated with preliminary results from weekend testing

Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Sept. 18 to 20, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. These numbers are evolving as many test results are still pending, which will then be validated and uploaded.
Penn State Scranton alumnus Alan Souza with Chancellor Marwan Wafa

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Penn State Scranton alumnus Alan Souza, pictured here at right, during the campus' 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, in which Souza received the campus' Excellence in Diversity Award from Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa, at left.

Blood Drive poster

Blood Drive at Penn State Scranton poster

On Thursday, Sept. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Red Cross’ Bloodmobile will be parked in the visitors parking area near the Study Learning Center for the campus' Blood Drive. In addition to giving blood, donors will also be provided with free antibody testing to determine if they’ve potentially been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Blood drive poster with event information listed

Blood Drive flyer

On Thursday, Sept. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day, the Red Cross’ Bloodmobile will be parked in the visitors parking area near the Study Learning Center for a blood drive. All are welcome to come and donate. In addition to giving blood, donors will also be provided with free antibody testing to determine if they’ve potentially been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

A headshot of Jasper Sachsenmeier wearing a black shirt.

Jasper

Jasper Sachsenmeier, a composition instructor at Penn State Behrend, teaches the English Academy at the Behrend campus.