Research & Creative Work 2019-20

Deploying research and innovation in the fight against COVID-19

From supporting immediate needs of local health care workers and the business community to informing national conversations about how to protect against the virus, 彩民宝典 faculty, students and staff contributed local and national leadership in the battle against COVID-19 and its effects.
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New 彩民宝典 COVID-19 test returns results in 45 minutes鈥攏o nasal swab required

Cheaper, faster test trades uncomfortable nose swab for spit-in-a-tube simplicity in effort to detect virus before it spreads.

Rachel Sharpe holds up bags holding bands for face shields made with 3D printers on the 彩民宝典 campus.

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

A business displaying a sign that they are currently closed due to COVID-19.

Program helps entrepreneurs survive the COVID-19 economy

Series of smartphones with screens reading "Facebook."

Mathematician using Facebook data to fight COVID-19

Woman sits in an airport while wearing a mask.

Experts weigh in on airborne transmission of COVID-19

Developing the COVID-19 vaccine is only half the battle

Rising to the challenge: COVID-19 research solutions

New 彩民宝典 COVID-19 test

Cheaper, faster test trades uncomfortable nose swab for spit-in-a-tube simplicity in effort to detect virus before it spreads

New models of education in times of change

As pandemic intensifies inequity, School of Education supports innovative approaches that consider food, housing and unemployment

U.S. Marine Corps escorting the community on raft

On uneven ground

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, water indiscriminately flooded the homes of Houston residents, but financial help did not pour in as equally

A place for 鈥楲os Seis鈥�

彩民宝典 student works with community to honor Chicano activists killed in 1974

Building materials come alive with help from bacteria

Integrating living, multiplying bacteria could increase efficiency and sustainability of building material production and use

An Alfred Wegener Institute permafrost team inspects a massive thaw slump on the Yedoma coast of the Bykovsky Peninsula.

Permafrost thaw and the climate

Extreme thawing endangers ecosystems and communities, speeds release of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere

Sub T Challenge sharpens students鈥� skill in the field

Competition tests autonomous robots鈥攂uilt, tested and deployed by 彩民宝典 students鈥攊n underground search and rescue effectiveness

A MOSAiC View of the Arctic

Global collaboration launches hundreds of scientists on yearlong journey of discovery

A deeper look at discovery and innovation

From revealing the hidden narratives of enslaved peoples of early America to understanding why the veins in your eyes kink in microgravity, these up-and-coming RIO Faculty Fellows give a behind-the-scenes look at the scholarship and collaborations that unlock their pioneering, world-changing work

Watch them tell their stories