Many colleges and universities have figured out how to diagnose their populations and control outbreaks—and offer a vision for more normal life until the vaccine is available to all. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/colleges-took-pandemic-seriously/617879/

The University of California, Davis, is providing free testing, masks and quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live nearby. https://nyti.ms/3aglpiL

Kenyon College has announced a $100 million gift -- the largest it has ever received -- to build three apartment-style residence halls. The gift is anonymous. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/01/28/kenyon-receives-100-million-residence-halls#.YBcWv_qm_SI.link

College campuses are at risk of becoming COVID-19 superspreaders for their entire county, according to a new vast study which shows the striking danger of the first two weeks of school in particular. https://scienmag.com/new-study-suggests-that-college-campuses-are-covid-19-superspreaders/

More than 397,000 people at American colleges and universities have contracted the coronavirus since March. As campuses nationwide look to start the third pandemic semester in coming weeks, the grim toll on higher education is mounting with the basic survival of entire institutions also on the line. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our series, “Rethinking College.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pandemics-toll-on-higher-education-leaves-some-institutions-fighting-for-su