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Cover Story: Valuing the Vote

On the eve of the 2020 U.S. elections, we asked experts for some of their insights on voting.

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‘We Have to Keep This Going’

With unsettling speed, a global pandemic changed everything, everywhere. At the Krieger School, faculty and students have been quick to adapt and respond. We share some of their stories from early spring, just before the magazine went to press.

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Editor's Note
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Editor’s Note

Most of the stories in this issue were written before the university closed its campuses due to COVID-19, and before social distancing measures were implemented.

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Faculty Awards

Almost 20 faculty awards for Spring 2020, including fellowships, prizes, professorships and more. Find out what our faculty have been up to this year.

In Memoriam

We remember James Taylor, professor of Biology; Stephen Dixon, retired Professor in Writing Seminars; John Irwin, Decker Professor in the Humanities emeritus; and Yung Keun Lee, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

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A final message from Dean Wendland for the spring 2020 issue. "I have been repeatedly buoyed by the courage and dedication of the faculty and students of the Krieger School." As I prepare to leave the Krieger School for a new position, I can honestly say that I have learned something from each and every one of you.

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Seen & Heard

 If you’re trying to introduce students to an authentic research environment, then the chaos of real research is part of that. Researchers don’t just pipette all day. They do a lot of thinking.

Emily Fisher, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Biology, on suggestions for adapting teaching to a virtual environment during COVID-19.

Chronicle of Higher Education , March 20, 2020

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