Several students from the University of Connecticut were removed from their bedrooms after a full-fledged party on campus that violated the school’s coronavirus policy. “Students did not wear masks, were closely assembled, and cared not only for their own health and well-being, but that of others,” said a letter Tuesday …
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The man who shot the infamous video of the horrific explosion that shook Beirut said he was afraid he would die on the spot after it shook when his shock wave hit his coffee pot and knocked him off his balcony to his apartment, according to a report. Abdallah Rashidi, …
Read More »Chinese students walk away from American universities
Students and pedestrians walk through the courtyard of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 10, 2020. (Reuters photo) It was a difficult decision for continental university graduate Zancy Duan to give up her coveted spot at a school in the U.S. Ivy League. It was a difficult decision for …
Read More »Trump administration exempts European students from coronavirus travel restrictions
FILE PHOTO: Students from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) walk the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California, USA, November 15, 2017. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson / File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban imposed by the United States due …
Read More »UPMC and Pitt Join ‘Operation Warp Speed’ and Offer Opportunity to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial | Pittwire
Hundreds of people in western Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to participate in clinical research trials for vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh announced today. The trials are part of the COVID-19 Prevention Network and Operation Warp Speed, the national initiative to accelerate …
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