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COVID-19 Update: Vaccination Requirement Ending | Continuing Resources
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: I am writing today to share an important update to the University鈥檚 public health guidelines. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the federal government鈥檚 COVID-19 public health emergency expired. The U.S. Department of Health and…
Important Update About Faculty and Staff Health Plan Coverage After the End of the Public Health Emergency on May 11
The Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was first declared by the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 pandemic will end on May 11, 2023.聽For those employees and their dependents who are covered under the 黑料不打烊 health…
The More We Disrupt Wildlife Habitats, the Greater the Threat of Future Pandemics
Robert Wilson is associate professor of director of undergraduate studies in the Geography and the Environment Department at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Maxwell School. He teaches classes on animals and society and environmental history and talks (below) about the role of animals,…
Getting to the ‘Point’: Powerful Computing Helps Identify Potential New Treatments for Coronaviruses
Coronaviruses, such as the one that causes COVID-19, have numerous protruding spikes salting their surfaces. When a coronavirus raises one of these spike proteins鈥攍ike opening a finger to full length鈥攊t becomes capable of invading a human cell. The pointed spike…
COVID Research Project Garners $2.2M NIH Award
Emily Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School, is the principal investigator for a COVID-19-related research project that is expected to receive up to $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over…
Data Shows Drop In Student Academic Performance Post-Pandemic
George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education in the School of Education, was interviewed for the CNY Central story 鈥淧ost-pandemic learning, a new report shows dropping student math, reading scores in CNY.鈥 The story highlights how…
Impressive Recovery Of U.S. Factory Jobs After Pandemic Recession
Mary Lovely, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by the New York Times for their story 鈥淔actory Jobs Are Booming Like It鈥檚 the 1970s.鈥 The article talks about how American manufacturers now have more than enough jobs…
Why No One Has Talked About The CDC Confessing Its Pandemic Failures
Carl Schramm, University Professor in the iSchool, wrote an opinion piece for City Journal titled 鈥淲hat Does Walensky鈥檚 Apology Really Mean?鈥 The story explains why there are suspicions about director Rochelle Walensky鈥檚 public apology for the CDC鈥檚 failures during the…
Using Wastewater To Prevent Future COVID-19 Surges
David Larsen, associate professor of public health in the Falk College spoke with Newsday for the story 鈥淲astewater a key barometer of COVID-19, scientists say.鈥 The article highlights recent research showing that wastewater can be a useful predictor for future…
Loads of Money and COVID-19 Equipment Wasted in New York As a Result of Treatment Evolving
Brooks Gump, Falk Family Endowed Professor of public health in the Falk College, was interviewed by Politico for the article 鈥淣ew York spent $250M on tech to fight Covid that no one uses.鈥 The article highlights how then-Governor Andrew Cuomo…