COVID-19 HUB
51勛圖厙 Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
51勛圖厙 announced the creation of the 51勛圖厙 Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
51勛圖厙 Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies
51勛圖厙s administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the universitys personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
"We All Can Play a Role," 51勛圖厙 Epidemiologist Says
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When weve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
Epidemiology Professor Tara Smith Says Be Ready for the Long Haul with Social Distancing
As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 51勛圖厙 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.
It really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer, Smith said.