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Photo by Tommy LaVergne
Taking Root

When the pandemic put a pause on my professional life, I turned my energies toward home and discovered a new pleasure in gardening.

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Art in Isolation
Art in Isolation

Artists Respond to the Pandemic

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Illustration by John W. Tomac
Notes from Inside

Hunkered down and busier than ever covering the pandemic, I’m missing my annual West Texas river adventure with friends.

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Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer
Days Go By

An anthem of my student days — the Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” — has blasted back into my consciousness, making me long for “same as it ever was.”

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Illustration by Kim Rosen
From Rice EMS to Chicago Med

As an emergency room doctor, my days are filled with crisis, trauma and very few breaks. At home, my dining room looks like a hazmat zone.

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Illustration by Chloe Niclas
Apocalyptic Times

What I learned in my religious studies courses at Rice helps me understand what the COVID-19 pandemic is revealing about the brokenness in contemporary society.

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Thresher Zoom Meeting
Stop the Presses

Even as the Thresher staff reported on the pandemic, we kept wishing we wouldn’t become part of the story.

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Illustration by Adam Cruft
Meditation for this Moment

To combat stress caused by COVID-19, I take refuge in an ancient practice of meditation — and you can, too.

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Photo by Jeff Fitlow
Home and Away

As an international student from Rwanda, going home during the pandemic was not an option for me. But staying connected was.

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Illustration by Daniel Fishel
Pivoting in a Pandemic

As a pathology resident and research scientist, I’m refocusing my work to help evaluate convalescent plasma as a treatment option for COVID-19 patients.

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Photo by Jonathan Zizzo
Mission Critical

As a critical pulmonary care physician with a graduate degree in public health, I’m used to having evidence-based answers; COVID-19’s questions are entirely new.

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Illustration by Maggie Chiang
Survival Pedagogy

In these traumatic times, what’s required when teaching my brilliant students from afar and parenting my kids at home is much the same: patience, love and empathy.

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Illustration by Gracia Lam
Distance Learning in the Delta

As teachers in rural Mississippi, we watch the COVID-19 school closures with a nagging awareness that inequities in education are nothing new — and a clear understanding of how schools weather crises through the strength of their communities.

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Illustration by Allison Kerek
Face Time

The friendship we formed as Rice students sustains us from a distance as doctors in New York City.

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Illustration by Paddy Mills
Editor's Note: Summer Stories

Summer Stories

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Summer 2020

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