COVID-19 cluster identified, athletes temporarily submit extra tests
Following the identification of a COVID-19 “cluster” on campus, select students are being required to submit a third weekly test.
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Following the identification of a COVID-19 “cluster” on campus, select students are being required to submit a third weekly test.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past few weeks, it’s that vaccines alone do not save lives. Vaccinations do. The development of vaccines is certainly crucial when it comes to public health crises, but what is emerging as an even larger, unanticipated barrier in the COVID-19 pandemic response is assuring citizens of the safety of vaccines so that they can choose to get vaccinated.
All undergraduate and graduate students should plan for in-person instruction in the fall semester, according to a memo sent to faculty and staff today from Provost Deborah Prentice and Executive Vice President Treby Williams ’84.
Over 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state of New Jersey. That number will continue to rise this March as the state expands eligibility to more essential workers, members of at-risk communities, and adults with specific health conditions.
Jeanette Beebe ’14 is a journalist focused on healthcare and technology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has served as a reporter and editor for The Atlantic’s COVID-19 Tracking Project. She also writes a daily newsletter for NJ News Commons about COVID-19 related stories in New Jersey. She spoke to the Daily Princetonian about her time at Princeton, her career in health journalism, and her process for covering COVID-19 in a local context.
Since the start of the academic year, 44 students have been placed on disciplinary probation due to Social Contract violations, according to a new report released by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS).
Over 50 percent of the student body has resided on or near campus for the past month and a half. In that time, the University testing program has been in full swing. But what happens to students if they test positive for the coronavirus? We talked to Malcolm Blinder, a member of the class of 2022 who had that misfortune, to find out.
Feb. 1 marked the University’s first day of classes, as well as the start of Phase I of the Ivy League’s plan for resuming athletics. But with the recent decision to suspend league competitions for the entire spring season, student-athletes may now be limited to practices for the rest of the semester.
On Feb. 13 at 4 p.m., approximately 175 protestors gathered in front of FitzRandolph Gate at the intersection of Nassau and Witherspoon Street to demand that the University expand COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations to the greater Princeton community as well as “democratize” its COVID-related decisions.
Last Friday, the University’s COVID-19 testing lab announced via email that it will be switching to a “pooling” method for some saliva samples.
For the last 10 months, once-busy weekdays in downtown Princeton have felt more like sleepy Sundays. Over the course of the pandemic, many local businesses have been operating on a loss, some have shut their doors for good, and all have had to make painful decisions to cope with bleak economic circumstances.
Ten months after the end of the world as we knew it, the Orange Bubble is almost entirely unrecognizable. Prospect Avenue, once home to upperclassmen dining and campus nightlife, now boasts shuttered mansions and unusually clean sidewalks. Paw print stickers placed six feet apart line every building entrance. The dining hall tables that used to barely contain the chattering and hungry masses now allow seating for only one or two. Under COVID-19 restrictions, 2,887 undergraduate students have been discovering what it means to live on campus without the elements that typically make up the quintessential college experience.
Jay Katsir ’04 is a head writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. From 2004 to 2015 he also wrote for the Colbert Report, a satirical news show starring Colbert as a “blowhard conservative-pundit.” He spoke to The Daily Princetonian about what it’s like to write jokes and produce a show during a global pandemic.
The Princeton Public Library (PPL) announced earlier this week that it would be closed until at least Jan. 31, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
As students arrive on campus for the second semester, move-in procedures have shifted significantly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including frequent testing, social distancing protocols, and arrival quarantines for the safety of the community. Follow along with Assistant News Editor Katherine Dailey.
In its meeting earlier this week, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate heard an overview of virtual Street Week — the process by which students can join eating clubs this semester — and discussed next steps for implementing two recently-passed referenda.
Today, many students arrived on campus for the spring semester. Before entering their Arrival Quarantine, undergraduates stopped by Jadwin Gym to submit a saliva sample for COVID-19 testing. Here's an inside look.
The Registrar’s course offerings site is now updated with locations for select undergraduate and graduate courses that are currently scheduled to include an in-person component.
As states have started to roll out coronavirus vaccines across the nation, we’re here to break down when different groups in New Jersey can expect the doses so many have been waiting for.
Princeton will host “on-campus clinics” to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to community members once available, according to a University announcement on Friday afternoon. Vaccines will be administered at no cost.