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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.

Surfer Katia Gibson poses with her surfboard at Emma Wood State Beach off Ventura Highway

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February 23, 2021
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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.

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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.

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February 2, 2021
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January 26, 2021
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