Topic: coronavirus

students in classroom socially distanced and masked
Campus News | January 13, 2022

Infectious disease expert Brian Labus' hopes and concerns as 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's spring semester starts.

nurse administers shot to woman
Campus News | December 29, 2021

A collection of news stories from 2021 highlighting 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s continuing response to COVID-19 and faculty experts who have helped make sense of the pandemic and its impact to daily life. 

stressed woman works on computer with toddler on lap and slightly older child sitting next to her doing homework
Research | November 19, 2021

Research by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ communications expert Natalie Pennington finds that texts, video calls burdened the mental health of working moms during pandemic.

A man leans on a railing, smiling
Campus News | October 9, 2021

Keith E. Whitfield on the the long-awaited return to in-person education and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's vital role in the community.

A man stands in front of a wall that reads "School of Public health"
People | October 8, 2021

School of Public Health Alumnus of the Year Brian Labus was instrumental in Nevada's fight against COVID-19, serving on the governor's task force and leading a small army of contact tracers.

A woman holds a portrait outside a hospital
People | October 6, 2021

Former Army medic Gregory Peistrup, the School of Nursing Alumnus of the Year, died after testing positive for disease in September 2020.