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Leeds School offers webinar series with expert alumni, faculty on COVID-19 impacts

April 15, 2020

Including every topic from how to minimize airborne transmission to how to search for a job right now, a webinar series through May 1 delves into several COVID-19-related aspects. Register to attend or listen to past discussions via free recordings.

A researcher works in the lab to develop SickStick.

Scientists developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do

April 10, 2020

Imagine a test that could tell you if you were infected with COVID-19 before you had a single symptom. SickStick may offer that chance.

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COVID-19 test, PTSD treatment take top honors at New Venture Challenge

April 10, 2020

Six up-and-coming companies vied for more than $100,000 in prize money and investment offers at a virtual event celebrating entrepreneurship.

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6 lessons we can learn from past pandemics

April 8, 2020

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder history Professors Elizabeth Fenn and Susan Kent share insights from their study of disease outbreaks through the ages.

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Mathematician using Facebook data in the fight against COVID-19

April 7, 2020

Daniel Larremore tracks human diseases through the lens of mathematics. Now, he's joined a national effort to use social media data to slow the spread of coronavirus.

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COVID-19: A ‘transformative’ moment for social science

April 2, 2020

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Natural Hazards Center has launched a global registry and is sharing grant opportunities to support social science research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Labs use 3D printers to create face shield parts for health care workers

April 1, 2020

As coronavirus cases mount in Colorado, 3D printers are roaring back to life on campus to make much-needed equipment for hospitals.

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Breaking contracts over coronavirus: Can you argue it’s an ‘act of God’?

March 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies, universities and even the NBA to break contracts. What does the law say about liability in a situation like this, and does the money have to be returned? Professor Andrew Schwartz shares on The Conversation.

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Colorado business optimism hits historic low amid coronavirus pandemic

March 31, 2020

Colorado business leaders’ optimism dropped to its lowest point in the 17-year history of the Leeds Business Confidence Index, largely due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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In politics and pandemics, Russian trolls use fear, anger to drive clicks

March 25, 2020

A new ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder study shows that Facebook ads developed and shared by Russian trolls around the 2016 election were clicked on nine times more than typical social media ads. The authors say the trolls are likely at it again, as the 2020 election approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on.

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