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Category: Features

My COVID story: From Oxford to California

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Isaac Chizhik, junior Oxbridge: Molecular Biology major, has been studying at Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College. A California native, Isaac has now returned to his home.…

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My COVID story: Weathering the pandemic at Oxford University

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Christina Kirk, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy  major, has been studying at Oxford’s Mansfield College. Because Kirk lives in New York –…

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My COVID story: Traveling back to the States and maintaining perspective

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Madison Carroll, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy major, has been studying at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall. Carroll is from Springfield, Mo. In…

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My COVID story: Coming home and looking forward

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Savannah Hawley, junior French and Oxbridge: Literature and Theory major, has been studying at Oxford’s Regent’s Park College. A native of Independence, Mo., Hawley studied…

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My COVID story: Employment uncertainty and self-isolation

27 March 2020
From the Reader
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Hannah Payne, ‘17, writes about the struggles she has overcome throughout the past several weeks after having contact with a potential COVID-19 patient and being…

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Letter from the Editor: the HTM’s COVID-19 response plan

20 March 2020
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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Undeniably the past several weeks have been a trying time for all. The widespread news of dwindling reserves of medical supplies, product shortages and entire…

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2020 Pryor Legacy Project: Rooting for Refugees

6 March 2020
Kitt Wilhelm
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With springtime just around the corner and graduation not far behind, the senior Pryor Leadership Fellows have officially selected the organization they will partner with…

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Work Order system demystified

6 March 2020
Agatha Echenique
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A common question that the student community often considers is that of work order efficiency. There is a general aura of mystery shrouding the work…

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Achievement Day Honorees

28 February 2020
Maddie McCormick
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Since 1994, the Office of Alumni has hosted a formal dinner, convocation and luncheon in the spring semester to celebrate the achievements of notable alumni…

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