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Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor of Operation Warp Speed under the Trump administration, has submitted his resignation at the request of the Biden team, two sources tell CNBC's Meg Tirrell. Slaoui will stay 30 days through the transition, though his role will be significantly diminished on Jan. 20, when President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated. Operation Warp Speed chief adviser Dr Moncef Slaoui has submitted his resignation at the request of the Biden team, per two sources. He’ll stay 30 days, through the transition, though his role will be significantly diminished come Jan. 20.— Meg Ti...

Stanford University announced Saturday that freshman and sophomore students would not be allowed to return to campus for winter quarter, citing a surge in coronavirus cases.

Stanford Lays Off Only Cantonese Lecturer After 21 Years of Teaching Stanford University’s Cantonese language program is in peril after administrators decided to lay off its one and only lecturer. Sik Lee Dennig, Ph.D., who taught in the program for more than 21 years, is among hundreds of employees whose contracts will no longer be renewed due to budgetary challenges brought about by COVID-19. 208 layoffs. Around 76 students enroll in the university’s Cantonese classes annually. Over the last 10 years, an average of 31 students enrolled in the fall, Dennig said. The lecturer was raised i...

Main Quad, Building 10 (Photo: ADRIAN LIU/The Stanford Daily) on December 15, 2020 Student government president Vianna Vo ’21 has firsthand experience with the increased stresses on the Santa Clara County medical system, having worked at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose for the past six months.  “I see the rising cases,” Vo said. “I see the number of ventilators that have to to go out. I hear the alarms go off every day.” What has she concluded? “To think that Stanford wants to bring more students onto campus to possibly increase the risk is really irresponsible,” she said.  Vo...