Glen Rangwala, admissions tutor for Trinity College and director of the undergraduate programme in Politics & International Relations, was preparing for the 探花直播鈥檚 virtual Open Days 鈥 and wondered if anyone would show up.
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A cost-effective phone-based system developed by a Cambridge researcher and her Ugandan colleagues to support HIV patients has been rapidly adapted by the team to help the Ugandan Ministry of Health monitor those in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.
Faced with closed laboratories and cancelled conferences, paediatric oncologist Richard Gilbertson kick-started a 鈥21st-century method鈥 for meeting new collaborators 鈥 a 鈥渄ating website鈥 called the Open Lab Initiative that rolls out nationally today.
Unable to set off on her MPhil fieldwork, Simone Eringfeld shifted her research to explore how students and academics at Cambridge could reimagine possible futures for the 鈥減ost-coronial鈥 university. She also hosts the Cambridge Quaranchats podcast, where she explores life under lockdown.
As the Staff Counselling Centre re-opens its premises, post lockdown, Michelle Reynolds reflects on the past three months and how this experience will influence the service going forwards.
In the second of a new series, Beverley Glover talks about keeping the gardens open online and the apprehension welcoming visitors back in person.听
In the first of a听new series, Selwyn听College Catering Manager Matt Rowe tells of swapping 鈥榮uper formals鈥 for providing emergency supplies to the students who couldn鈥檛 go home 鈥 and says the experience has brought back some of the community he cherishes.
Even basic homemade masks can significantly reduce transmission if enough people wear them when in public, according to latest modelling. Researchers call for information campaigns that encourage the making and wearing of facemasks.听听听
Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say Cambridge researchers.
As part of the UK Government鈥檚 announcement of a new five pillar plan to boost testing for COVID-19,听AstraZeneca,听GSK听and the 探花直播 of Cambridge have formed a joint collaboration to take action to support this national effort.
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