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Our world was forever changed in 2020, a year of monumental challenges and heartbreak, but also of breakthroughs, discoveries, and triumphs large and small. As we prepare to ring in 2021 and turn the tide on a global pandemic, take a look back at how Johns Hopkins weathered the 2020 storm.
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Students shake it out during an Intersession course on dance movement. The minisemester, which is typically held in January, will be held virtually in 2021.
JHU President Ron Daniels leads an Intersession course on the role of universities in preserving democracy.
Mathematician Emily Riehl (right) learns she has won the President s Frontier Award, which is accompanied by a $250,000 award.
Police take to drone to fight Covid-19 |17 December 2020
Three police officers are attending a first phase of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) training for Covid-19 surveillance at the National Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (Nisti), La Fontaine Holiday Apartment, Bel Ombre.
The aim of the two-day training is to provide the officers – namely Corporal Julinio Nourrice from the La Digue Police Station, Private Trevor Rose from the Central Police Station and Private Yannick Emmanuel from the Anse Royal Police station – with knowledge and skills needed to safely operate a UAV to fight Covid-19.
The training is being held under the set regulations of the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA).
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