Prognosis
Cornell Chalks Up Rare Covid-19 Containment Victory
The Ivy League university quelled an early outbreak and kept transmission low with frequent testing and intensive contact tracing.
Cornell University reopened this fall, bringing thousands of students back to its campus.
Photographer: Lindsay France/Cornell University
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When Cornell University reopened its sprawling Ithaca, New York campus to a population of about 24,000 people in late August, more than a few students, parents, faculty and local residents saw a disaster in the making.
After all, no other Ivy League school was attempting to bring back its entire student body all at once.