COVID-19 pandemic a ‘fire drill’ for climate change
Like infectious disease researchers, climate change scientists have warned for decades that we are unprepared. Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank says, “It’s time to wake up.”
How to make a virtual River Campus, one Minecraft cube at a time
A team of Rochester undergraduates is creating a virtual version of campus to go along with the virtual learning that’s under way through online courses.
‘Make every effort to connect—digitally—with other people’
While social distancing is key to slowing the spread of coronavirus, people can combat the isolation with technology, say two Rochester psychologists.
How do you slow a pandemic like coronavirus?
A University health policy expert says the United States is “lagging miserably” behind other countries in its response to the coronavirus. “The major concern is that we will see a large number of critically ill people at the same time, overwhelming our medical system response,” she says.