On college campuses across the US, the impact of coronavirus could be particularly acute
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Universities across the US are places where students live and work in close quarters -- and where international partnerships are a point of pride. But now, the same details that are selling points in campus brochures have become focal points of a different sort as colleges brace for a possible pandemic.Temporary campus closures, enrollment dips and program cancellations are all possibilities -- though it's too soon to know whether the novel coronavirus will force a large number of US universities to take such extreme steps. Already university leaders are scrambling to deal with problems popping up as the virus spreads.
Scientists race to develop coronavirus vaccine 02:24But even as the novel coronavirus fuels concerns over the prospect of canceled conferences and global partnerships lurching into limbo, it's also spurring more opportunities for international collaboration.As they work to study coronavirus and develop treatments, researchers at American universities are teaming up with counterparts in China and around the world.
Racism and xenophobia are on the rise as the coronavirus spreads 05:56Students at the University of Albany landed in hot water last month after holding a coronavirus-themed party.And the University of California at Berkeley issued an apology after a post on its health services' Instagram account about"managing fears and anxiety" around coronavirus listed xenophobia as a common reaction to the virus, drawing a fierce backlash online.
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