To define graduate students’ time during Covid-19 solely through the lens of academics would be to overlook the numerous details that humanize and differentiate each of their experiences.
The following individuals are not merely Harvard students they are also bakers and entrepreneurs, fathers and daughters, volunteers and Olympic-hopeful rowers. Eight students across five graduate schools sat down virtually with The Crimson to share their stories from an unprecedented year.
Daniel A. Arias, School of Public Health and GSAS
Daniel A. Arias studies the intersection of mental health and epidemiology, as well as health economics. By Courtesy Photo
Daniel A. Arias wishes his scholarship weren’t so relevant to the current moment.
As the world went into lockdown, businesses were forced to move trading from the street to the cloud. With the convenience and savings afforded to us by technology, are we looking at a digital-only future? ANGELA HAN reviews the state of affairs, one year on.
DUI
LITITZ: Clayton J. Brantner, 22, of Annville, was charged with driving under the influence after officers were called to the 300 block of North Broad Street for a vehicle that had crashed into a tree on Feb. 9, at 12:54 a.m., police said. Brantner was the driver of the vehicle and had a blood alcohol content of 0.182%, police said.Â
STRANGULATION, SIMPLE ASSAULT
LITITZ: Barry Lee Jeffries, 62, of Lititz, was charged with strangulation, simple assault and harassment after officers were called to the 600 block of Kissel Hill Road for a disturbance on Feb. 10, at 10:16 p.m., police said. Jeffies pushed, shoved and grabbed a 57-year-old woman and then choked her and placed a sock in her mount, police said.
The Harvard Graduate Council mulled student government priorities and institutional challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in its first public meeting of the semester Wednesday evening.
The Council which represents all twelve of the University’s graduate and professional schools communicates graduate student needs with Harvard administrators including University President Lawrence S. Bacow and Provost Alan M. Garber ’76. Wednesday’s meeting marked the start of biweekly public meetings, held over Zoom during the pandemic.
The meeting opened with remarks by Harvard University Health Services Director Giang T. Nguyen, who said there will “probably be stages” to the potential reopening of campus come fall. Despite a recent decline in Covid-19 cases across the country, the risk of infection remains due to the emergence of new variants, Nguyen added.
The Jewellers Association Australia (JAA) has released its 2020 financial results which show that membership continues to fall, reaching a new low over the past decade.