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How UChicago’s Class of 2025 Navigated an Unprecedented Application Cycle
Applying to college is stressful in the best of times, but for UChicago’s Class of 2025, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic added an additional level of stress to the process. The Dealer sat down…
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During Year of Coronavirus, Local Businesses Forced to Adapt
Small businesses face a landscape forever altered as the first wave of economic disruption from the pandemic settles. To get a sense of how this is impacting our local businesses, the Dealer talked…
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$100 Million and a Million Tests: How The NFL Played Throughout a Pandemic
The NFL spent an exorbitant amount of time and money to hold in-person activities and games in the months leading up to the season, culminating in the super bowl. If something as meaningless…
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Elderly Folks Show Resilience, Maintain Regular Social Interactions During Pandemic, Study Finds
Surprise, surprise — elderly folks have been doing elderly things during the pandemic, a new study from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center (NORC) finds. The study, which was conducted via…
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NCAA Overlooks DIII Athletes
“D-I players are so tall that it’s hard to see over them and find the D-III players,” said NCAA President Mark Emmert. “Take basketball, for example. Your average D-I center is 6’8” or…
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Report: Fourth Years Graduating into the Pandemic
College graduation is one of life’s last clean transitions, a final passage from adolescence to adulthood that is predictable in ways other transitions rarely are. College is one of the only things in…
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Public School During a Pandemic: CPS’ Rocky Year
CPS has released a daring plan to resume in-person instruction after nearly a year of online learning. The key element? Hourly COVID testing.
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9,300 Miles and 14 Hours Away, International Students Struggle With Attending UChicago Virtually
“It’s actually been really nice,” said third-year Fig Newton, currently located in Singapore. “Because all of my classes are from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. my time, I barely see my family. I’ve…
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“A Fatiguing Journey”: A Frontline Worker at UChicago Hospital Reflects
“Because of COVID,” Orst said, “elevators have been at limited capacity. I’ve had to take the stairs to move my liquids from Floor 4 to Floor 5. Do you know how long it…
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Students Collect Oral History of Frontline Workers During Pandemic
The oral history tracks the dental health and oral hygiene of a selected group of UChicago Medicine patients through weekly interviews. “I’d ask someone to report to me about their molars and we’d…