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Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Dickinson College Staff Members Help Return Items to Students in the Wake of Campus Closure Due to COVID-19

Student-life staff members pitch in to help students safely retrieve or secure the items they'd left behind after the campus closed because of COVID-19.

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Dickinson College Alumnus’ Biotech Company at the Forefront (Again) of Vaccine Creation

GeneOne CEO Young Park ’87 confronts COVID-19 as his biotech company fights the pandemic.

Students in the spring 2020 Environmental Innovations and Activism capstone course present their work online.

Dickinson College Students Share Research on Environmental Issues in Their Communities

Students present original community-based research that includes creative, zero-waste approaches and a proposal to the Carlisle Borough Council.

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88-Year-Old Dickinson College Alumna Spearheads Retirement-Community Volunteer Project, Makes 700 Medical-Quality Masks

Betts Slim '53 responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by leading a team of 50 volunteers to make 700 masks suitable for medical use.

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Carlisle’s Community Action Network and Dickinson Leaders Honored for Service During Pandemic

Carlisle’s Community Action Network (CAN), and two Dickinson leaders were lauded by the PA Humanities Council for remarkable community service during the pandemic.

A "Raise Your Glass (or Mug)" event brings Dickinsonians together onscreen for a toast to the college during Virtual Alumni Week.

Virtual Alumni Week: Connecting, Celebrating and Learning From the Comfort of Home

With on-campus class reunions postponed, Dickinson plans online get-togethers June 8-12 to keep Dickinsonians connected.

Clinical Accuracy, an oil painting by Associate Professor of Art Todd Arsenault ’99 created in response to the pandemic.

Life Interrupted

Dramatic changes to routines and plans become the norm as the world, and the college, responds to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Critical Community Connections

Dickinson President Margee Ensign's connections to the Carlisle community proved essential as the town responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Studio-art majors in the class of 2020 had some special challenges as they prepared their exhibition. They met them with fierce creative force.

Coronavirus Altered the Processes, Venue and Work, But the Senior Art Exhibition Blazes Ahead

COVID-19 closures forced students to radically rethink their senior art exhibition, midstream. The exhibition, their processes and their artwork reflect the zeitgeist of the extraordinary times.

Phil Goropoulos

Dickinsonians Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic

From launching charitable startups to ramping up ventilator production, Dickinsonians around the world are responding to the challenges presented by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Dickinson College Alumni Couple Raises Funds for Restaurant Industry During Global Pandemic

Lauren Reynolds '08 and Steven Meyers '08 provide personalized video-conference cooking lessons with prominent chefs to raise funds supporting the hard-hit restaurant industry.

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Students Present Original Research During Home-based Virtual Symposium

Students were all set to present original research on campus. Then COVID-19 happened. Here's how they responded.

Matt Kness,

Dickinson College Student Gives Back as Volunteer Firefighter During Pandemic

Matthew Kness ’21 serves as a volunteer firefighter in New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Red Devils Pivot Online to Support Both Current and Incoming Players

With training facilities and venues unavailable, Dickinson athletes look to online meetings and programs to stay focused.

Doris Azin '60 and Dean Bennett '56 founded Bio-Med Devices, Inc., which is ramping up production of ventilators to help meet the needs posed by the COVID-19 panedmic.

Company Founded by Dickinson Alumni Couple Working Overtime to Produce Critical Equipment During COVID-19 Pandemic

Alumni company Bio-Med Devices is ramping up production for ventilators, a critical resource in these challenging times. Meet founders Dean ’56 and Doris Azin Bennett ’60.

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