Strangers in an Empty Dorm

Andrew Platt answered the knock on his dormitory door a week before classes began at Grinnell College in August 2009. He found Sarah Mayer standing there. Mr. Platt, then an incoming freshman, arrived early to the campus in Grinnell, Iowa, so he could go on a canoe trip for students, while Ms. Mayer, a sophomore,…

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Panic Buying Comes for the Seeds

On a recent Sunday, after I’d completed my push-up challenge, counted my rolls of toilet paper and sketched out a new work-from-home schedule that I would eventually abandon by midday Monday, I looked online in search of something that my pandemic-addled mind had decided overnight was essential: seeds. Crises can release memories, and as I…

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Has Coronavirus Affected Your Fertility Treatments? Tell Us Your Concerns.

As the coronavirus pandemic has worsened, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (A.S.R.M.) issued new guidelines on March 17, advising its more than 8,000 members to avoid starting new treatment cycles for I.V.F., IUI and egg freezing; consider canceling embryo transfers; and suspend all nonemergency surgeries. It made an exception for patients who have urgent…

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