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Birmingham: A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the creator of a popular website for tracking COVID-19 in the state is pondering what will become of his creation once the health care crisis eases. David Marconnet told WBHM he sees two options for his Bama Tracker site, which has been visited by at least 1.5 million people so far and presents publicly available data about the virus in easily accessible, understandable charts and graphs. Bama Tracker could remain online as an archive for researchers or anyone who wants to look through pandemic data, said Marconnet, or it could adapt to track other data that Alabamians find interesting. “I’ve been playing with some ideas there, and I’ve had some struggles figuring out what people would care about,” Marconnet said. “I don’t have an answer there. We’ll just sort of see.” The software developer from Huntsville didn’t have any idea what his side project would become when
Florida college president Zooms with students isolated due to virus
Palm Beach Atlantic Universityâs Dr. Debra Schwinn worries about the toll isolation takes on her students.
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Palm Beach Atlantic University s new president Dr. Debra Schwinn, left, chats with Pablo Castillo, a senior business major from Guatemala City on Feb. 26 as they walk on campus. [ WILFREDO LEE ]
Updated Mar. 17
WEST PALM BEACH â Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic Universityâs new president jumps on a Zoom call â not with faculty or donors, but with students in isolation due to the coronavirus.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University's new president jumps on a Zoom call not with faculty or donors, but with students in isolation due to the coronavirus.
College president Zooms with students isolated due to virus
TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press
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1of8Palm Beach Atlantic University s new president Dr. Debra Schwinn, left, chats with Pablo Castillo, a senior business major from Guatemala City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, as they walk on campus in West Palm Beach, Fla. Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Schwinn is doing, she jumps on a Zoom call with students in coronavirus quarantine, one of which was Castillo in September after being exposed to COVID-19. Schwinn said she tries on the calls to help students find a way to remain positive in an admittedly bad circumstance.Wilfredo Lee/APShow MoreShow Less