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The 21st checks in with the leaders of Knox College in Galesburg and Bradley University in Peoria about how their campuses are handling the fall semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Big Ten conference this morning announced it would resume playing football the weekend of October 24th. The 21st spoke to collegue, managing editor and Morning Edition host for WILL in Urbana Brian Moline to get a few more details on the plan.
The University of Illinois System has one of the most comprehensive reopening plans in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen told us more about how school testing is going, students returning to campus and Big Ten football resuming.
Illinois is one of America’s leading agricultural states. The 21st speaks to the author of “Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It” about the challenges facing our food system & agriculture.
The 21st speaks to a reporter and a producer from NPR about their conversations with parents and epidemiologists while they embark on a road trip across the country, visiting college towns. We talk about how they even made a stop here at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to learn more about coronavirus saliva testing and contact tracing.
