The Black Plague
Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?
“You Shouldn’t Have to be Worrying about Childcare When You’re Fighting a Pandemic”
MED students help the front liners at Boston Medical Center and Boston Healthcare for the Homeless with babysitting, groceries, laundry, and more.
COVID-19 is a Pivotal Moment for Struggling Students. Can Colleges Step Up?
Elizabeth Ouanemalay slips on rubber gloves and wraps a black scarf with pink hearts around her face before venturing outside. She obsessively counts how many door handles she touches on the journey to pick up each of her meals: six. No one wants Covid-19, but she really doesn’t want it. She has lupus, an autoimmune disease.
Student Creates Transparent Masks for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are desperately seeking personal protective equipment (PPE), which is in short supply. although many people have been creating reusable fabric masks, which the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) has recommended to help slow the spread of the virus, a key group have been excluded […]
College Made Them Feel Equal. The Virus Exposed how Unequal Their Lives Are.
When they were all in the same dorms and eating the same dining hall food, the disparities in students’ backgrounds weren’t as clear as they are over video chat.
COVID-19 Comes to Campus: What Hurricane Katrina Tells Us About the Current Campus Crises
We are living in pandemic pandemonium, where panic is the prevailing mode of operation. Every college and university is operating with all hands-on deck, altering their operational norms; the result is that campus employees—academics, practitioners, and leaders—are beyond exhausted. Yet, for those of us who have witnessed campuses in crisis, all of this feels eerily […]
14 Tips for Helping Students with Limited Internet Have Distance Learning
Schools across the nation are closing in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and in the scramble to provide at-home learning, a major problem has risen to the forefront: millions of American students don’t have reliable access to the internet.
An Open Letter to Our Community
More drastic change to education systems has occurred in the last week than it has in arguably the last 50 years. What possibilities does this open up for the future of learning, for the reorganization of our institutions, for the centrality of families and family life?
Live Coronavirus Research Gets underway BU NEIDL
Virologist Robert Davey will screen thousands of drugs for effectiveness against COVID-19 infection.
What Americans Are Doing Now is Beautiful
The public’s response to the coronavirus will stand as a remarkable moment of national mobilization.