As the coronavirus pandemic began to sweep the nation this past spring, it became clear that Holy Cross’ Weiss Summer Research program would not be possible in its traditional approach; in a typical summer, students in the Weiss program spend eight weeks conducting research on campus, with a stipend, meal plan, and on-campus housing paid by the College. So the directors of the Weiss program’s three academic divisions— Research in the Natural Sciences; Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts; and Research in Economics and Accounting—along with leadership from the J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World; and Loren Cass, Dean of Experiential Learning and Student Success, proposed an alternative to continue as much of the student research work as possible, remotely.