Faculty and graduate students create the I4 Boundary Spanners program to address local COVID-19 concerns by combining data analysis with firsthand community perspectives

The Graduate School project, funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, provides a team approach combining data science, public policy and service.

A new study reveals an interesting phenomenon that occurred during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in support for political leaders.

At the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, major cities like New York became epicenters for the virus’s spread. But rural populations have also been hit hard.

Employing wastewater epidemiology UNC microbiologist Rachel Noble is leading a state-wide collaboration tracking novel coronavirus outbreaks across North Carolina, gaining insight that testing individuals does not offer.

Optical Journal Podcast – Daniel speaks with Rachel Woodul, Medical Geographer, and Disease Ecologist. Rachel is a doctoral student and 2021 Impact Award recipient

CoronaChat team produces bilingual content to address ‘a real gap in Spanish-language information on coronavirus.’

Assistant professor Caela O’Connell and doctoral student Sierra Roark, members of the team, discuss the study and their research investigating how communities have responded to other challenges and hardships.

Niewoehner worked with Bradley Staats, professor of operations, and a vaccine management company on research focusing on health care providers.

‘I care about K-12 students having the opportunity to learn science in a way that helps them make sense of their world,’ says doctoral student Molly Ewing.