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The University at Albany shifts to remote classes for the rest of the fall, Bucknell and Tompkins-Cortland pivot for a week, and Syracuse will go virtual next week through the end of the term.

Utah wants to test all students in the state weekly. Three Northeastern colleges transition classes or activities online. Maine reports case cluster affecting facilities employees. Two Midwestern colleges cut football seasons short.

Research in crisis communications and management suggests college and university leaders might need a different approach to COVID-19 than other crises.

More colleges shift immediately to remote learning as case counts rise on campuses and nearby. Others abandon plans for in-person learning after the Thanksgiving break.

Citing a quarantine housing shortage, University of Michigan moved COVID-19-exposed students into already occupied campus apartment buildings.

Saint Michael's and Lebanon Valley Colleges shift to remote learning for the rest of the fall term, while Wells, Assumption and Quinnipiac are virtual this week; the virus plays a role in another student death; Wisconsin cancels another football game.

Relatively few colleges have released guidance for student travel over Thanksgiving, even though the COVID-19 pandemic is surging nationwide and the holiday is less than four weeks away.

With less than a month to Thanksgiving, some colleges are starting to tell their stories of how they've contained the virus -- and they're feeling pretty good about the results of their efforts.