Today's Clips (8/26/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

We take a look at what five Charlotte startups and founders have been doing to help combat Covid-19 since the pandemic began earlier this year.

CORONAVIRUS

Large new outbreaks emerged on campuses as students returned for the fall semester.

Many players thought to be the best in the sport won’t play in the fall because of the pandemic. And some teams expecting to play soon can’t practice because of emerging cases of the coronavirus.

From Alabama to California, a return on-campus learning has been derailed.

Higher education officials also defend using in-person classes even as three schools had to switch to online classes because of coronavirus outbreaks.

As North Carolina sees increased viral spread connected with students’ return to campuses, Dr. Mandy Cohen says colleges should do what they can to hold them responsible.

Most of N.C. State’s Greek Village is in quarantine.

The last time Winthrop instituted a furlough plan was in 2008 as a result of the Great Recession.

A College of Charleston sorority was temporarily suspended after some of its members violated the university's COVID-19 policies.

Syracuse University has placed a professor on administrative leave for referring to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan flu" and the "Chinese Communist Party Virus."

Dorm RAs threaten to strike over University of Utah’s handling of COVID-19 in campus housing - The Salt Lake Tribune

IN OTHER NEWS

Work on the project will begin in 2021.

The gift — the largest ever to the university's endowment — is from Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Strickland, a Winston-Salem resident who attended the institution formerly known as High Point College.

TRADES

As the fall term begins, professors describe their experiences in the in-person (and virtual) classroom. Their verdict? Better than feared. Lots of faculty experimentation. Students are anxious, and physical conditions are … mixed.

As colleges moved to reopen classrooms this fall, groups of researchers were forthright with statistical modeling showing likely COVID-19 infections on campus. That's more than some public flagship universities can say.

Several colleges that brought students back to campus this month have already canceled in-person instruction and closed dorms. Were they just trying to capture as much tuition as possible?

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