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Here are the key takeaways from McMahon and Bennett's email.
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After the University announced yesterday that classes will move online, spring break will be extended by a week and students should not return to campus due to the coronavirus spread, the Duke community had many questions. Editor-in-chief Jake Satisky spoke to Duke's spokesperson Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs government relations, to try to get some of those questions answered.
Students, staff members, faculty, alumni, Blue Devil sports fans and anyone else can submit questions using the link below.
On-campus classes will be suspended until further notice and spring break will be extended for a week, according to an email sent to the Duke community Tuesday evening.
Gov. Roy Cooper declared North Carolina in a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the coronavirus spreading further into the state.
In three weeks, an entire campus moved its classes online. “There were a lot of people up at all hours,” said a DKU administrator.
A man in Chatham County, which borders Durham to the south, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus upon returning home from Italy.
Students at Duke Kunshan University, now a fully operational online institution, long for the vibrant social interaction of campus that can’t translate to a virtual classroom.
Although there have yet to be any reported cases of the coronavirus at Duke, the University is readying for possible student self-isolation in light of student travel to areas at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
