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Section: Other News
Other News
Colby College Prepares Its $10 Million Health Plan as 2,060 Students Are Set to Arrive
Colby College students will start moving onto campus and in downtown buildings as soon as Friday, but in a much different way than they have in the past. The 2,060 students coming to Waterville this year will already have been tested for COVID-19 before they arrive, they will again be tested in a parking lot […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
With Thousands of Students Arriving, Colleges in Connecticut Are Hustling to Get Students Tested for COVID-19
With 70,000 students now arriving on college campuses in Connecticut from across the nation, schools are scrambling to meet state requirements for COVID-19 testing. At Quinnipiac University, students arriving from states designated as “hot spots” by Gov. Ned Lamont are taking a brand new saliva-based test and their samples are sent to the same laboratory […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
New Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Could Be a Fast and Cheap ‘Game Changer’
After months of frustration over testing shortages and delays, a new saliva test could give Americans a fast and inexpensive option to learn if they have Covid-19. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health created the SalivaDirect test, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday. “The SalivaDirect test for […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
Georgia College Students Throw Massive Party Ahead of School Year Starting, Ignoring COVID-19 Guidelines
A now-viral video posted on social media shows a massive gathering of University of North Georgia (UNG) students at party on Saturday night. Partygoers flooded the lawns of off-campus houses in Dahlonega, Georgia, two days before the school year officially began. It is unclear who originally posted the video, in which dozens of students flouted […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
College Towns Brace For a New Wave of COVID-19
Sierra Imwalle, a real estate agent in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. When she shows houses to clients, she takes precautions: masks, distance, hand sanitizer. She’s avoiding the denser, usually crowded downtown area and steering clear of restaurants. Other people in Ann Arbor are also sticking to public health recommendations, she says. […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
Opening Up? Taking a Look at Fall Reopening Decisions at HBCUs
In the age of COVID-19, starting the new fall semester will be like no other for the nation’s colleges and universities. In this roundup, we highlight plans that some historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have cautiously devised to bring their students back to campus, teach them virtually or do a mixture of both — […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
Morehouse Takes Center Stage in Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Minority Communities
Heading into fall, scientists estimate that COVID-19 has been with us for more than half a year. It’s still unclear, they say, when the virus began to infect people in the United States. But this is certain: the coronavirus has harmed Black and Latinx people at higher rates than other groups, according to emerging data. […]
August 17, 2020
Other News
University of California Requires Flu Shots for Students, Faculty and Staff
Students, faculty and staff in the University of California system will be required to get flu vaccinations before Nov. 1 as part of a new system-wide executive order, UC officials announced Friday. Read More
August 10, 2020
Other News
How One Dynamic Duo Is Transforming Women’s Health On College Campuses During COVID-19
During her freshman year in college, Crystal Evuleocha began to experience unusual abdominal pain. After a few days of the pain getting worse, she went to the health center on campus, but upon finding the center closed realized she’d have to visit the next day during business hours. Not knowing what to do, she turned […]
August 10, 2020
Other News
COVID-19 Safety Pledges Common at Ohio Universities, But Not All Are the Same
Some call it a pledge. For others, it’s a “compact” or a “commitment.” No matter the name, colleges and universities across Ohio are asking students, faculty and staff to agree to follow certain guidelines and health precautions as they return to campus in the age of COVID-19. Some have been criticized as a possible way […]
August 10, 2020
Other News
Town Halls at Penn State College of Medicine Reveal the Same Racial Tensions That Plague the Nation
On May 29th, 2020, four days after the killing of George Floyd, we received a message from a Black medical student at the Penn State College of Medicine on the Hershey campus. She said she was scared. The administration, she told us, hadn’t offered her any support. She was finding it hard to focus. Her […]
August 10, 2020
Other News
‘I Can’t Afford Tuition’: College Students Face Financial Strains, Health Concerns From Pandemic Ahead of Fall Semester
Brittany Goddard’s final semester at Howard University isn’t the dream ending she imagined in Washington, D.C. When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the U.S. economy in March, she scrambled to pack up her belongings since she had to be out of her dorm room within 48 hours. At the same time, she lost her part-time […]
August 10, 2020
Other News
No Parties, No Trips: Colleges Set COVID-19 Rules for Fall
As they struggle to salvage some semblance of a campus experience this fall, U.S. colleges are requiring promises from students to help contain the coronavirus — no keg parties, no long road trips and no outside guests on campus. No kidding. Administrators warn that failure to wear masks, practice social distancing and avoid mass gatherings […]
August 10, 2020
Other News
COVID-19 Threatens Small Colleges and Towns They Keep Alive
There’s a lot riding on a kickoff set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The Sterling College Warriors are scheduled to take on the McPherson College Bulldogs at home. If that familiar thud of shoe against football and cheer from the stands doesn’t happen, the college that keeps the central Kansas town’s economy humming, that […]
August 10, 2020
Mental Health
Study Highlights Mental Health Risks Facing Healthcare Workers During Pandemic
A new study finds that healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that healthcare workers are at greater risk than the general public of experiencing health problems such as depression. One striking finding is that, on average, healthcare professionals reported enough […]
August 3, 2020
Disparities
Panel: Pandemic Has Exposed Long-Standing Health Inequities
While the coronavirus pandemic is frequently described as unprecedented, its disproportionate toll on communities of color has come as no surprise to scholars who have lived and studied health inequities in the United States. “For those of us living in black and brown bodies … it’s not unprecedented, it’s business as usual, unfortunately,” said Rachel […]
August 3, 2020
Disparities
Health Illiteracy Is Nothing New in America. But the Pandemic Magnifies How Troubling It Is.
A Michigan library had to ask patrons to stop microwaving books to kill the coronavirus after noticing returned books with scorched pages. The Cleveland Clinic issued a public warning about the danger of using vodka concoctions as a hand sanitizer when recipes started to circulate. Then came the surge of calls to poison control centers […]
August 3, 2020
Policies
Syracuse University Suspends ZBT Fraternity for Violating Public Health Orders
Syracuse University has suspended its Zeta Beta Tau fraternity chapter for violating public health orders and the university’s Code of Student Conduct, an SU spokesperson confirmed Friday. The fraternity is no longer allowed to operate on campus after violating social distancing guidelines and participating in behavior that was “reckless and selfish,” said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice […]
August 3, 2020
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