The COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly tough on Chapel Hill businesses. Many plan to ride it out, but others are ready to call it quits.
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"It's a more tangible way to say, ‘I took the time out of my day to send this to you,’ rather than just a text message or something like that."
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"Whether it's origami or bath bombs, getting creative with crafts and being productive in fun ways can help make this tough time a bit more bearable."
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina's stay-at-home order will be extended through May 8. The announcement comes at a time when neighboring states such as Georgia are beginning to reopen businesses.
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A potential treatment for COVID-19 could being development just outside the Research Triangle Park in Clayton, North Carolina. The Spanish pharmaceutical company Grifols, S.A. is spearheading a project with U.S. government assistance from the Food and Drug Administration and the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority. As of Monday, the company is ready to begin collecting convalescent plasma from the blood of recovered individuals and will work towards manufacturing it into an immune globulin that they hope will help combat the virus following infection. Once developed, it's possible the price of this treatment could be very high and whether the federal government will help establish affordability remains unclear.
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"Our mission is to provide the campus with the resources that they need to do their work whether it's teaching, learning or research. And right now we have an opportunity to expand the access that we had already been building electronically."
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Students, parents and teachers in local school districts are trying to adjust as schools transition online due to COVID-19. Caroline Spencer, whose son is a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, said her son has been assigned grades in his classes based on his work from before school shut down, and his classes have been canceled. “He's pretty much done,” she said. “He’s been accepted to college and he probably won't have a prom or graduation, and he's right now just focused on hoping that he gets to start school in the fall.”
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Several programs have made statements that although pass/fail grades would be accepted, letter grading would be strongly preferred during the application process in the upcoming years.
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The UNC chapter of the American Mock World Health Organization hosted the 2020 AMWHO COVID-19 Virtual Summit over Zoom.
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“The biggest thing is making sure we’re balancing ourselves because we are a student-led organization, but also presenting ourselves available for our community members when they need us.”
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Members of the Administrative Board of the Graduate School met Tuesday afternoon via Zoom to discuss the Graduate School's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, possible changes in the budget and potential changes to the GRE testing requirement.
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Policies regarding the Women, Infants and Children Program have been adjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic as recipients of the program struggle to find approved foods. If grocery stores run out of the specific foods that WIC recipients are able to purchase, then they may leave empty handed. “We’re concerned about the ability for WIC participants to meet their nutritional needs during this time given the absence of many staple food items at many grocery stores,” Suzy Khachaturyan, a policy analyst with the N.C. Justice Center, said.
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The cancellation of school and senior year events have nonetheless presented a challenging time for the high school graduating class of 2020.
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The Class of 2024 is starting college at an unsure time, and with new student orientation going remote, the University made a platform so they wouldn't get lost in the shuffle.
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A student in Biology 252L, Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory, expressed their concerns about the class's rigor during this remote instruction period in an online petition which has over 180 signatures. “In general, the transition from in-person to online should not warrant this degree of difference in the difficulty of this course," the petition reads.
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The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the way in which experiential courses — like many in the UNC Nursing School — have been taught. UNC School of Nursing members share their thoughts as to how nursing students will be impacted by the changes and adjustments.
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When she started the Chapel Hill Carrboro Foodies Facebook group, founder Carrie Brogren said she had no idea that it would have the impact it has had on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community.
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Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, many graduate school admissions exams including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT are altering their exam format, proctoring and delivery. Jeff Thomas, the executive director of admissions programs for Kaplan Test Prep, shares his thoughts on the exam changes along with UNC students and how these changes have impacted their post-undergraduate plans.
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Now that University closures and social distancing regulations have become the norm, many UNC students are finding unique ways to stay connected romantically and meet new people. Some students share how they've managed to date amid the pandemic.
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More than 60 percent of the district’s students receive free or reduced-price lunches, he said. That’s why Durham Public Schools launched a daily meal support program on March 23 after closing schools a week before. For two weeks, district employees distributed meals to students at 81 sites across the county. But on April 6, the district stopped the program after an on-site employee tested positive for COVID-19 and most of its staff applied for state emergency paid leave through April 30.
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