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Community through a computer screen: student volunteers adjust amid COVID-19

Community through a computer screen: student volunteers adjust amid COVID-19

Annabelle Duval

In order to keep the Special Olympics athletes and student volunteers in contact with one another during the pandemic, Sanchez organized weekly Zoom workouts every Sunday for the spring semester.

FEATURES | 06/14/2020

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‘The Nassau we all love’: Student group aims to help keep town businesses afloat amid COVID-19

‘The Nassau we all love’: Student group aims to help keep town businesses afloat amid COVID-19

Patrycja Pajdak

“Nassau is near and dear to everyone’s hearts, and we want to make sure the Nassau we all love is the same when students come back,” said Sunny Sandhu ’20, one of the founders of Tigers for Nassau.

NEWS | 06/07/2020

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‘Take a breath’: Two alumnae of the Great Recession on graduating in crisis

‘Take a breath’: Two alumnae of the Great Recession on graduating in crisis

Rachel Sturley

Today, the Class of 2020 attended its virtual commencement. Tomorrow, it will enter a world plagued by uncertainty, fear, and a national unemployment rate of 14.7 percent.

NEWS | 05/31/2020

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What Zoom Reunions can't replace: alumni reflect on the weekend that might have been

What Zoom Reunions can't replace: alumni reflect on the weekend that might have been

Ben Angarone

This weekend, for the first time since 1945, the University’s campus will sit untouched by an orange-tinted tornado of fireworks, speeding golf carts, chants, bands, and beers. 

NEWS | 05/29/2020

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In WRI 163: Contagion, class readings have become reality

In WRI 163: Contagion, class readings have become reality

Marissa Michaels

Professor Carolyn Ureña always knew that the interdisciplinary study of infectious disease was important. Now, the rest of the world is catching on.

FEATURES | 05/07/2020

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‘Answer the call’: Princeton students volunteer to help medical workers

‘Answer the call’: Princeton students volunteer to help medical workers

Annabelle Duval

“At the end of the day, someone has to do this — and who better to do this than me, a young person with no complications which could put me at a higher level of risk,” said Brad Rindos ’23, who volunteers as an EMT and ambulance driver on a 12-hour night shift each Thursday. 

FEATURES | 05/05/2020

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Handstands, Hindi, and ‘Hamilton’: How Tigers pass the time in isolation

Handstands, Hindi, and ‘Hamilton’: How Tigers pass the time in isolation

Annabelle Duval

Princeton students have been using their time inside to hone their skills — TikTok dances, recipes, handstands, original music videos and plays — and develop new passions.  

NEWS | 04/29/2020

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Artist Ani Liu feels her way into an uncertain future

Artist Ani Liu feels her way into an uncertain future

Katie Tam

Ani Liu, an artist whose work imagines the future, could not have imagined this present. 

FEATURES | 04/28/2020

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Two full-time jobs: Princeton’s parent-professors adjust to a new normal

Two full-time jobs: Princeton’s parent-professors adjust to a new normal

Sofia Alvarado

Many Princeton professors now find themselves balancing their roles as educators with their new ones as full-time parents, forced to fill both roles at all hours of the day and night. 

NEWS | 04/26/2020

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‘Letting go of the normal’: Princeton, pandemic, and religious life

‘Letting go of the normal’: Princeton, pandemic, and religious life

Patrycja Pajdak

Without access to their holy spaces, Princeton’s faithful have been forced to redefine traditions, adapt holidays, foster virtual community, and organize remote weekly prayer. 

NEWS | 04/23/2020

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Love in the time of COVID-19

Love in the time of COVID-19

Tanvi Nibhanupudi

“I’m a big-time hugger, especially when stuff goes wrong,” said Michal Kozlowski ’23. “And right now, I’m missing my big-time hug partner.”

FEATURES | 04/21/2020

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‘Gracias a Dios’: Unable to qualify for government assistance, undocumented Princeton residents turn to local non-profits

‘Gracias a Dios’: Unable to qualify for government assistance, undocumented Princeton residents turn to local non-profits

Zachary Shevin

Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for state unemployment benefits and federal stimulus bill payouts. As the coronavirus pandemic — blind to citizenship status — continues to ravage communities, local organizations have stepped in to fill the void and aid families in need.

NEWS | 04/20/2020

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Pandemic perspectives: Elizabeth Bogan and Alan Blinder ’67

Pandemic perspectives: Elizabeth Bogan and Alan Blinder ’67

Alex Gjaja

In this series, The Daily Princetonian sits down with University professors who study the same discipline but whose views on coronavirus diverge. We began by speaking separately with senior economics lecturer Elizabeth Bogan and professor of economics and public affairs Alan Blinder.

FEATURES | 04/15/2020

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‘Sharing compassion with a stranger’: Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company, critical care workers, and COVID-19

‘Sharing compassion with a stranger’: Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company, critical care workers, and COVID-19

Elise Hogan

As a 12-year-old working at Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company, Alex Ruddy had many dreams for the future. Most of them included food; none of them included saving her family’s restaurant in the wake of a global pandemic. 

NEWS | 04/14/2020

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‘All hands on deck’: U. researchers work to stem COVID-19 pandemic

‘All hands on deck’: U. researchers work to stem COVID-19 pandemic

Daniel Burgess

No matter the research, from measuring the virus’ surface stability to mapping the availability of key medical supplies, they share a common cause: to work in the nation’s service, and in the service of humanity.

NEWS | 04/13/2020

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Rethinking community: How student organizations are coping off-campus

Rethinking community: How student organizations are coping off-campus

Annabelle Duval

All clubs, all extracurriculars, have had to adjust not only their meetings and projects to make them possible remotely. And without performances, conferences, and competitions to attend, most student organizations face the same challenges — it seems there’s nothing for which to prepare, no reason to keep working.  

NEWS | 04/09/2020

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A season, lost: Princeton athletes reflect on cancellation of collegiate sports

A season, lost: Princeton athletes reflect on cancellation of collegiate sports

Christopher Murphy and Rachel McQuigge

The life of a Division I athlete is one of rigor and routine. Preseason. Competition season. Postseason. Repeat. The goal of a Division I athlete is to be game-ready, race-ready, match-ready by the time the season’s first whistle blows — and to be even better by the time the season’s last buzzer sounds. Two tweets in 25 hours and 18 minutes upended the rhythms, the lifestyles, and the dreams of 20 teams. 

FEATURES | 04/08/2020

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Tiger Tots: Luna Meggers and Izzy Lundgaard

Tiger Tots: Luna Meggers and Izzy Lundgaard

Ben Angarone

Five-year-old Izzy Lundgaard and her lifelong best friend, four-and-a-half year old Luna Meggers, discuss their career aspirations, marriage, and the dangers of black holes.

FEATURES | 04/06/2020

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‘Anything to not go home’: Forced out by COVID-19, some students face unsafe conditions

‘Anything to not go home’: Forced out by COVID-19, some students face unsafe conditions

Ellen Li

Dean of the College Jill Dolan announced that all students, save those who met the “strictest criteria” of need, had to return home and stay there. Missing from Dolan’s definition of need were students whose households endanger their safety and well-being. In recent weeks, such students have found themselves reeling — and  relying on each other for support. 

NEWS | 04/04/2020

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Half-built hoverboards, forgotten fruit flies: the senior theses that never were

Half-built hoverboards, forgotten fruit flies: the senior theses that never were

Patrycja Pajdak

Three weeks and a pandemic ago, Bojan Lazarevic ’20 kept a regimented daily checklist. Do my fruit flies have enough food in their vials? Is their food too dry? Too wet? Are the flies healthy? Are they laying eggs? Then arrived the COVID-19 pandemic. And suddenly — like arts performances, like campus traffic, like study abroad programs — Lazarevic’s work came to a full stop. 

NEWS | 03/30/2020

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