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Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: November 18 to 23
BU Clinical Testing Lab boosts capacity to handle students traveling for Thanksgiving
November 24, 2020 -
What That Turkey Is All About
The answers to the origins of the Thanksgiving menu, the evils of deviation, and why we eat so much food
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Seed Grants Awarded for Podcasts, Art Projects, and Energy Harnessing Initiatives
BU Sustainability and Innovate@BU greenlight student sustainability projects
November 25, 2020 -
Visiting Ancient Worlds Virtually through Student-Made Videos
Course tours great art from Boston to Paris via technology
November 20, 2020
Public Health
Massachusetts Mandates Negative COVID-19 Test before Students Go Home for Thanksgiving
New requirements include testing for students returning from off campus
Thanksgiving Safety
Big and Cozy Is Out for Thanksgiving—but You Can Still Make It Memorable
Tips for the holiday: asking questions of guests, moving outdoors, and Zooming with family and friends
Student Life
An Abundance of Caution This Thanksgiving: Many Students Will Stay at BU
Plans for campus Friendsgiving dinners and Zooming with family back home
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New Podcast by SPH Alums Seeks to Make Public Health “Accessible and Digestible”
Project BLACCK offers a platform to share honest conversations about health in relation to race, social justice, and equity
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This Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship Winner Might Be the Busiest Freshman on Campus
First-generation college student ShiMin Chen has big plans, and lots of them, for her time at BU
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Students, Parents Press BU Leaders on Housing, Commencement, Vaccines
Administrators answer questions about the spring 2021 semester at two Zoom meetings
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Meet the Woman Responsible for Feeding Students in Quarantine
How Amy Goodrich and the catering operation she oversees are making sure students are well-fed
10November 19, 2020
Parents
“We Love You and Miss You”: BU Parents Send Thanksgiving Wishes to Their Terriers
Video greetings replace in-person get-togethers owing to pandemic
Thanksgiving
Students Who Leave Campus over Thanksgiving and Plan to Return Must Isolate for Seven Days
University urges students to either stay on campus for the holiday or go home and finish the semester remotely
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POV: This Thanksgiving, Think of the Turkeys
Factory farm birds suffer greatly before they are slaughtered
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Health & Medicine
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In the City
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Science & Technology
- Seed Grants Awarded for Podcasts, Art Projects, and Energy Harnessing Initiatives
- Visiting Ancient Worlds Virtually through Student-Made Videos
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University News
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- Kelly Walter Elected a Trustee of the College Board
Voices & Opinion
- POV: Trump May Have Lost the Election, but a Real, Slow-Motion Coup Is Underway
- POV: This Thanksgiving, Think of the Turkeys
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