The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/science/)
Anthony Fauci M.D. ’66 addressed hundreds of graduating students during Weill Cornell Medicine’s virtual commencement ceremony on Thursday, calling upon the newly-minted healthcare professionals of his alma mater to help “face this pandemic together.”
A group of Cornell undergraduates is trying to stem the shortage of PPE with their new design for a mask, which is tailored for the COVID-19 outbreak.
On May 5, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced the Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Workers Act, which would forgive the loans acquired to receive medical and professional training of medical workers directly involved in COVID-19 patient care.
The Food and Drug Administration gave Rheonix, housed in Cornell’s Business and Technology Park, approval for an automated testing system for SARS-CoV-2. The COVID-19 MDx Assay — Rheonix’s testing procedure — will expedite the return time on test results, allowing Cayuga Medical Center to process tests the same day as opposed to waiting up to five days.
After stumbling upon a box of N95 respirators in her New York City apartment and delivering them to Mount Sinai West’s Emergency Department, Anna Azvolinsky and her husband Joel Weingarten wondered what else they could do to help during a crisis.
While Dr. Anthony Fauci MD ’66 leads the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, another Cornell alumni, Melissa DeRosa ’04 MPA ’09, is spearheading New York’s response to the outbreak.
Sam Feibel ’20 has been using his time at home to design and build ventilators, hoping to aid in the shortage plaguing hospitals across the country due to the current pandemic.
One question that schools must answer while considering their course of action is what the extent of the risk is facing campus. Two Cornell professors, Ben Cornwell and Kim Weeden, sociology, are aiming to quantify how connected individuals on campus are to provide insight on how a virus could spread should classes resume normally in the fall.
People have kept themselves busy during quarantine through doing TikTok dances, making whipped coffee and completing puzzles. Another activity that has become popular during the pandemic is making sourdough bread from scratch, since it can be entertaining and time killing.
As many people yearn to return to some form of normalcy, states are beginning to consider what the reopening of nonessential businesses should look like. In his daily press briefing Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said a crucial first step for reopening is widespread COVID-19 testing — which New York State currently lacks.
On that same day, Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, Weill Cornell Dean, announced a new initiative to begin antibody testing employees of Weill Cornell.
As people continue to huddle indoors, avoiding their usual daily commute to work and school, it is inevitable that humans’ dramatic new relationship with the world would have a major impact on the state of the environment.