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On the checklist of things to do before arriving on campus this fall, college students now have another requirement: They must get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Dozens of universities have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory for all students hoping to return to in-person learning this September. Yale University was one of the first schools to introduce this requirement, with President Peter Salovey informing the campus that the vaccine mandate would apply to all undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students before the federal government had even approved vaccine use for students younger than 18 years old. The mandate is necessary, Salovey said, because vaccination is the only way the school can guarantee a minimal transmission of the virus.
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The last portrait of writer Dylan Thomas, painted two months before his death, has been bought by Carmarthenshire County Council. Cllr Peter Hughes Griffiths is pictured with auctioneer Ben Rogers Jones. Pic Carmarthenshire County Council THE last portrait of writer Dylan Thomas, painted two months before his death, is to return to his adopted home county. Today, Friday May 14, on International Dylan Thomas Day, Carmarthenshire County Council has revealed it has paid £15,000 at auction for the picture. The council’s museum service, CofGâr, took delivery of the painting this week after it had remained in the private collection of the artist, Gordon Stuart, until his death in 2015.