Title: News Clips July 6-10, 2020

Georgetown in the News:

• The Washington Post – The covid-19 pandemic is taxing everyone, and our institutions
• DCist – D.C. Universities Plan For An Unpredictable Fall As Coronavirus Cases Surge Nationwide
• WAMU – D.C. Universities Plan For An Unpredictable Fall Ahead Of Possible Surge In COVID-19 Cases
• The Washington Post – A tuition break, half-empty campuses and home-testing kits: More top colleges announce fall plans
• DCist – D.C. Universities Plan For An Unpredictable Fall As Coronavirus Cases Surge Nationwide
• CNN – Georgetown University plans to welcome back some undergraduate students in the fall
• Inside Higher Ed – COVID-19 Roundup: More Universities Announce Online Plans
• The Georgetowner – GU Students Petition for Reduced Tuition
• WTOP – Georgetown U. reopening plan allows 2,000 students back on campus
• Marketplace – Colleges worry about loss of foreign student cash and skills with visa decision [AUDIO]
• MarketWatch – Trump’s visa policy on remote classes puts international students in ‘no-win situation’
• Fox 5 DC – International students in limbo after ICE move
• NBC 10 Boston – Harvard, MIT and Northeastern Sue Feds Over Rules Barring International Students
• ABC News – Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
• Georgetowner – GU Reopening Plan Unveiled
• Law360 – Quick Decision Coming In Harvard, MIT Visa Restriction Suit (President DeGioia Mention)
  
• Washington Post – After ICE cracks down on online learning, international students scramble for backup plans
  
• NBC10 Boston – Hearing Postponed for Foreign Students Affected by ICE Deportation Plan
  
• CBS Pittsburgh – Carnegie Mellon University Files Brief Standing With Harvard, MIT To Block ICE Rule On International Students

Faculty in the News:

• The Hill – The solution to COVID-19 spread was right in front of our eyes
• The New York Times – Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves? (Shweta Bansal)
• South China Morning Post – Coronavirus: WHO will send ‘advance team’ to China in hunt for source of Covid-19 (Daniel Lucey)
• The Wall Street Journal – How Covid-19 May Transform Urban Life (Rebecca Katz)
• The Washington Post – Scientists urge WHO to address airborne spread of coronavirus (Lawrence Gostin)
• The Atlantic – The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay (Colin Carlson)
• WUSA 9 – New swine flu isn’t passed by humans, yet (Erin Sorrell) [VIDEO]
• The Hill – Why Congress should take action now for schools to open in the fall (Nora Gordon)
• The New York Post – Scientists warn WHO about airborne spread of coronavirus (Lawrence Gostin)
• Voice of America – WHO Under Fire Over COVID-19 Transmission Route (Claire Standley)
• Health Affairs – Health Justice Is Racial Justice: A Legal Action Agenda For Health Disparities (Yael Cannon, Sheila Foster and Gregg Bloche)
• This Podcast Will Kill You – Episode 53 Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot (Tim Jorgensen) [AUDIO]
• CBC – Ontario Morning Podcast – Monday, July 6, 2020 (Alexandra Phelan) [AUDIO]
• NPR – Opinion: Companies Have A Duty To Defend Democracy (Brent Bruen)
• Baltimore Sun – Can an algorithm predict the pandemic’s next moves? (Shweta Bansal)
• Fox 6 – Trump administration informs Congress it is officially withdrawing US from WHO amid pandemic (Lawrence Gostin)
• New York Times – Trump Administration Signals Formal Withdrawal From W.H.O. (Lawrence Gostin)
• Fox 5 DC – Universities plan for students return amid coronavirus (Frederick Lawrence) [VIDEO]
• WAMU – Trump Sets Date To End WHO Membership Over Its Handling Of Virus (Larry Gostin)
• The New York Times – 8 Questions From a Disease Detective on the Pandemic’s Origins (Daniel R. Lucey)
• NBC News – U.S. exit from WHO will jeopardize global fight against COVID-19, polio, other diseases, experts say (Lawrence Gostin)
• Foreign Policy – Leaving the WHO Will Hurt Americans’ Health (Matthew Kavanagh and Mara Pillinger)
• Healio – Experts react to ‘ruinous’ decision to withdraw US from WHO (Lawrence Gostin and Matthew Kavanagh) 
• The Hill – Harvard, MIT sue to block Trump administration from stripping student visas amid pandemic (Anam Rahman)
• ABC News 4 – US withdrawal from WHO latest fracture in relationship on the brink (Michael Green)
• New York Times – ‘Big Mess’ Looms if Schools Don’t Get Billions to Reopen Safely (Marguerite Roza)
  
• NBC – Schools face a funding crunch — and rising technology costs (Marguerite Roza)

• CPR News – Pandemic And Budget Cuts Might Trap Colorado Health Programs In A Vicious Cycle (Edwin Park)

• POLITICO – WHO’s The Boss (Lawrence Gostin)
• VTDigger – Vermont’s economic recovery depends on a national return to normalcy (Harry Holzer)
  
• Fox Seattle – Businesses across US request ‘exact change’ amid coin shortage caused by COVID-19 (Julie Fischer)
  
• NBC – ‘Definitely no,’ I’m not a spy: Student describes toll of visa ban targeting China tech theft (CSET)
  
• CGTN – WHO sets up independent panel to review how world handled COVID-19 (Lawrence Gostin)
  

• AP Explains / Star Tribune – AP EXPLAINS: Why India cases are rising to multiple peaks (Jishnu Das)