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The COVID-19 pandemic has separated us, but sharing stories about how members of the campus community have been surviving — and even thriving — since last spring can help draw us together. Berkeley News has gathered inspiring personal tales of heartache and triumph related to the coronavirus.

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April 6, 2022
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COVID Stories: A free online camp? UC...

June 22, 2021
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May 19, 2021
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May 10, 2021
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COVID Stories: Sourdough bread with a purpose

March 23, 2021
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March 11, 2021
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February 23, 2021
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COVID Stories: Why it’s important to let...

February 16, 2021
Ph.D. student Alberto Sanchez-Sanchez stands on a balcony on the historical landmark house from the 17th century that he bought in his hometown of Used, Spain.

COVID Stories: Restoring a 17th century manor...

February 8, 2021
Gloria Tumushabe, a Ugandan graduate student at Berkeley, sits at her laptop in Walnut Creek and teaches young women in Uganda how to code during the pandemic.

COVID Stories: The chance to teach young...

February 2, 2021
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January 26, 2021
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January 19, 2021

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A state official, Lourdes Castro Ramírez, talks with the assistant to the city manager of Berkeley, at the Rodeway Inn on University Avenue, where people who have been living in People's Park are moving as part of a town/gown program.

State leader visits Berkeley, praises novel...

A group of people wearing blue jumpsuits surround a clear orange box that is attached to the floor in the cabin of an aircraft. They are smiling and floating in the air because they are experiencing zero gravity.

Berkeley students flip, float and experiment on...

Quirina Geary (third from left) at the 2018 Breath of Life conference at UC Berkeley. She was joined (left to right) by Peter Nelson, Rosario Torres, Alesia Moniz and Abran Lopez.

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