"We all have to be in this together. We all have to be looking out for one another. And that goes for every member of our community, including our students." Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne believes that the only way to keep COVID from spreading on college campuses is for students to take the lead. Even still, with campuses from UNC-Chapel Hill to Wisconsin already shutting down in-person campuses, Tessier-Lavigne has already made the decision to keep undergraduates away from Palo Alto this fall.
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