The custom-built, high-intensity flow-through photochemical reactor is being integrated into the university’s wider coronavirus and other research efforts, as it can be used to inactivate many types of viruses and pathogens.
The Colorado State University Employee Appreciation Board recently honored the SARS-CoV-2 team in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for going above and beyond its normal duties.
Transfort, the transit agency owned by the City of Fort Collins, has announced it is lifting its mask requirement for passengers effective immediately. This change affects all Transfort routes, including MAX and FLEX, as well as Transfort bus stops and transit centers.
In January, staff members of The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) staff were celebrated by CSU’s Employee Appreciation Board for their successful transition to online/remote learning during the early days of the pandemic.
CSU researcher Christian L’Orange said there’s nothing inherent in the aerosol transmission of COVID-19 that warrants the change. (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
“The anti-vaccination movement was a cause for concern before Covid,” said Lori Kogan, one of the study’s authors and a professor at Colorado State University who studies human-animal interactions. “It’s certainly a cause for concern now.” Kogan is also conducting a follow-up study exploring pet vaccine hesitancy in the wake of Covid-19, with data due within the next few months.
From masks to vaccines and treatment, Larimer County residents have a lot of COVID-19 questions. CSU Professor John Volckens demonstrates how to perform a leak test on masks. (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
While the campus and state wastewater testing programs have functioned well as part of the overall pandemic response, Susan De Long and her collaborators want to streamline the process so it can be applied more broadly.
To figure out how to respond, CSU's Dan Goble teamed up with a professor from another part of the university: John Volckens, a mechanical engineer. (Colorado Public Radio)
Despite the lack of in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic, CSU Esports found themselves flourishing.