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January 13, 2016
SEATTLE — Amazon.com announced yesterday that it is expanding a program to pick up and distribute packages on college campuses.
The Internet retailer's newest pickup point will be on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. The 3,600-square-foot space will open this spring in a cafeteria building.
The pickup point will have communal work spaces where students can connect their laptops and mobile devices to TV monitors for presentations, studying or collaboration. Amazon Student and Prime members will receive free same-day pickup for orders placed by noon and free one-day pickup for orders placed by 10 p.m.
Since 2015 Amazon has opened staffed pickup locations at several schools, including Purdue University, University of Massachusetts, and University of California Santa Barbara. Amazon also plans to open locations at UC Davis and UC Berkeley this year.