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Coverage dated December 13, 2021 to December 14, 2021

Cornell shuts down parts of campus amid coronavirus surge

Headline from The Hill

Cornell University is shutting down parts of its campus and is moving finals exams online amid a “rapid spread” of coronavirus cases among students.

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  1. Local News 8

    Cornell University shuts down Ithaca campus after surge of nearly 500 Covid-19 cases detected (opens Local News 8)

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    By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, New York, campus and moving to “alert level red” after what the school described as a “rapid spread” of Covid-19 among students. There were 469 active student cases as of Tuesday afternoon, according to Cornell’s online Covid d…

  2. Forbes

    Cornell University Shuts Down Parts Of Campus Amid Covid Surge (opens Forbes)

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    The school recorded 469 active student cases as of Sunday.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    Cornell University shuts down campus, moves to online finals amid COVID outbreak, evidence of Omicron variant (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    The university moved its finals online effectively immediately.

  4. Newsweek

    Huge COVID outbreak at Cornell main campus prompts virtual finals, graduation cancellation (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    After the college detected over 400 positive coronavirus cases and its first Omicron case, the school shut down its main campus.

  5. Insider

    Cornell University was forced to shut down its campus and move to 'alert level red' after COVID-19 cases spiked (opens Insider)

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    Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack said evidence of the Omicron coronavirus variant was present in a number of positive tests.

  6. The Daily Caller

    Cornell University Shuts Down Campus Over COVID-19 Concerns Despite Vaccine Mandate (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    'Over 97% of our student body is free of the virus'

  7. The Hill

    Cornell shuts down parts of campus amid coronavirus surge (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Cornell University is shutting down parts of its campus and is moving finals exams online amid a “rapid spread” of coronavirus cases among students.

  8. BizPac Review

    Cornell panics over Covid spike, locks down campus and moves final exams online (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Ithaca, New York's Cornell University is locking down their campus after it was confirmed that roughly 900 students tested positive for COVID

  9. Washington Examiner

    Cornell shuts down campus and cancels graduation in response to COVID-19 case surge (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Cornell University announced Tuesday that all remaining final exams would be administered online and the university’s fall graduation ceremony had been canceled due to high COVID-19 transmission and the omicron variant.

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