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Voices & Opinion
April 29, 2020 | 10:51 am

Cleaner air a ‘short-term’ silver lining of COVID-19

Environmental scientist Lee Murray tells City Newspaper that the area’s nitrogen dioxide concentrations in March were 30 percent lower than in March 2019. But the benefit won’t last, he says.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lee Murray, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Society & Culture
April 23, 2020 | 04:30 pm

Ethicists: COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’

Philosophy faculty explore moral dilemmas presented by the crisis and how they intersect with larger structural questions.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Philosophy, Randall Curren, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Science & Technology
April 21, 2020 | 01:47 pm

Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it

Nanomembranes, optical sensors, and blood analysis: Rochester faculty are turning previous research avenues to focus on ways to quickly detect novel coronavirus to speed treatment.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, COVID-19, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Dermatology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, James McGrath, Medical Center, URnano,
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Science & Technology
April 20, 2020 | 04:44 pm

Can Twitter anticipate attacks against Asians and Asian Americans?

Rochester computer scientists mine social media data to discover links between social characteristics of Twitter users and how they are likely to describe the novel coronavirus.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiebo Luo, social media,
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Science & Technology
April 11, 2020 | 02:22 pm

Ventilators: Three centuries in the making

Modern mechanical ventilators—whose short supply is now at the center of a national debate about the nation’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic—represent a “remarkable journey” of medical technology.

topics: COVID-19, featured-post, School of Nursing,