When Jenny Simrell ’25 tested positive for covid-19 on Sept. 5, she wasn’t sure what the protocols were for St. Joe’s community members who contract the virus.   After her positive...

Following the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s (PDPH) decision to lift the city-wide mask mandate on March 2, St. Joe’s followed suit, lifting its mask mandate, effective the next day.  Masks...

Kevin Villec ’23 contracted covid-19 in February, but he never seemed to fully recover. His biggest complaint was shortness of breath.  “One day I was walking around the city, just a couple blocks,...

GRAPHIC: SADIE HENZES ’24 & CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK REPORTING: EDDIE DAOU ’22 SOURCES: Aug. 23 University Announcement from Cary Anderson, Ed.D., vice president for Student Life and associate...

Pickup basketball is back at O’Pake Recreation Center, and Aidan Long ’22 is thrilled. Long has been playing pickup ball at O’Pake since his first year at St. Joe’s and said he missed the game...

We need to take precautions to operate in-person When St. Joe’s announced over the summer that the upcoming fall semester would be conducted fully in-person, many within the campus community were excited....

Laura Crispin, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, sent her 5 year-old daughter to kindergarten for the first time last week. Crispin said she is remaining optimistic about the upcoming year of face-to-face...

The university hosted its first on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinic in partnership with Rite Aid Pharmacy on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Registration for the clinic offering the Pfizer vaccine opened...

I would say people were anxious, people weren’t generous like they used to be. So hostile, not patient with other people. Manners went out the window and people were scared to help one another. Tanya...

I miss seeing people’s full faces and seeing them smile. You can see in their eyes, but it’s different to see their whole face light up. That’s one of the things I really look forward to. Beth Hagovsky,...