Category: Coronavirus
Check this page frequently for the latest coronavirus coverage at the University of Delaware.
University and Newark community band together to provide financial crisis aid
A task force of nearly 30 students recently established the Newark Area Mutual Aid Network.
Eat, sleep, quarantine, repeat: Main Street businesses deal with coronavirus
This year, for fear of spreading coronavirus, no one could be caught pinching another person’s skin, let alone even entering the businesses.
Newark’s response to coronavirus
With 264 confirmed coronavirus cases in Delaware, the City of Newark plans to take necessary steps to halt the spread.
“May not one person go”: How international students cope with a global pandemic
Due to the global pandemic, international students have been displaced from their homes, their countries, or their studies at the university.
UDance goes online, raises $1.7 million
The money UDance raised will support the B+ Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing money and support to fighting childhood cancer.
Delaware announces its first two coronavirus-related deaths
On Thursday, officials announced the first two coronavirus-related deaths occurring in the state of Delaware.
University will allow students to pass-fail or withdraw from courses without penalty
The university announced Thursday morning new emergency academic policies for the Spring 2020 semester amidst chaos from the coronavirus pandemic.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ensure Equity in Academic Continuity and Student Success
Over 100 members of the university community call for further university responses to the pandemic.
Coronavirus forces Firefly to cancel 2020 music festival
The festival is canceled at the direction of state and local authorities and well as federal guidelines.
2020 Olympic Games postponed to 2021
On Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a statement that postponed the 2020 Olympics Games set to take place in Tokyo, Japan to 2021 ...