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Zoe Kaiser
58 New COVID-19 Cases Reported as Students Return to Campus for Winter Quarter
The University reported 58 new cases and 10 close contacts between January 6 and 13 as students returned to Hyde Park and began classes.
January 15, 2021
Marta Bakula
Vaccine Rollout to University Community Delayed as Guidelines Change
As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign inches along, adjustments to Chicago Department of Health guidelines means that the majority of UChicago affiliates will receive vaccines in a later stage of the rollout.
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January 14, 2021
UChicago News
UChicago Researcher Jun Nishida Creates HandMorph, a Wearable Exoskeleton
HandMorph allows its wearer to experience life from the point of view of a child by decreasing one’s hand size to that of a child.
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January 13, 2021
Caroline Kubzansky
Booth Alum's Poll Hero Project Organizes Thousands of Young Poll Workers
During the 2020 election, the Poll Hero Project helped recruit and train tens of thousands of young poll workers.
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January 12, 2021
Lee Harris
New SG Committee Members Outline Visions for Healthier, Greener Campus Culture
Committee members mentioned expanding disability accommodations and increasing data transparency for sustainability initiatives as some of their goals.
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January 11, 2021
UChicago Hillel
Reconciliation Considered at 74th Annual Latke-Hamantash Debate
UChicago Hillel held the annual Latke-Hamantash Debate over Zoom for the first time in the event’s history.
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January 10, 2021
Matthew Lee
State Board Rejects Mercy Hospital Shutdown; Hospital Administrators Plan to Appeal Decision
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted unanimously to keep the hospital open, citing concerns over South Side health care access. Mercy Hospital, however, said they would “remain committed to [its] transformation plans."
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January 10, 2021
Monika Lagaard
Student Shot, Killed in Regents Park Parking Garage
The shooting may have been connected to several other shootings on the South Side and in Evanston on Saturday.
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January 9, 2021
University of Chicago
UChicago Medievalist among Trump’s Intended Appointees for Administration Positions
History Prof. Rachel Fulton Brown, known for her outspoken conservative viewpoints, was listed on December 22nd as an intended appointee to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
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January 4, 2021
University of Chicago Facilities Services
CS 121 Class-Wide Email Alleges Cheating, Encourages Students to Self-Report Academic Misconduct
According to an email sent by class instructors on Monday, an algorithim designed to detect academic dishonesty uncovered "multiple cases" of unauthorized collaboration.
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December 18, 2020
Lee Harris
UChicago Medicine’s Moderna SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trials Attempt to Recruit a Diverse Trial Group
Working to create a diverse trial group, UChicago Medicine enrolled new participants and administered doses of Moderna's prospective mRNA-based vaccine.
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December 16, 2020
Lee Harris
Faculty and Students Gather for Conversation About Race on Campus at Virtual Town Hall
The discussion featured topics including gentrification on the South Side and the experiences of students of color at the University.
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December 15, 2020
University of Chicago
Provost Allocates Funding to #MoreThanDiversity Campaign to Propose New Department of Critical Race Studies
The committee is the first in University history to reach the departmental proposal stage for the study of race.
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December 13, 2020
Emma Dyer
UCMC Expects to Begin Vaccinating Staff Against COVID-19 as Soon as Dec. 16
Chicago public health officials expect 23,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to arrive next week, pending emergency approval by the FDA. 1,950 vaccine doses are expected to go to UCMC workers.
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December 11, 2020
Marine Biological Laboratory
University Announces Strengthened Partnership with Marine Biological Laboratory
Access to cutting-edge technology and research opportunities will become increasingly available to students.
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December 9, 2020
Suah Oh
28 Departments and Programs to Change Pass/Fail Grading Policy for Fall 2020 Classes, Following College Council Initiative
After two weeks of negotiations with the College Council, departments and programs have adopted pass/fail grading policy with variations, including blanket, partial, and petition-based policy.
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December 9, 2020
Suah Oh
COVID–19 Cases and Tests Decline as Students Leave Hyde Park
UChicago reported 34 new cases of COVID-19 as on-campus testing decreased 40% this week compared to last.
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December 4, 2020
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