The custom-built, high-intensity flow-through photochemical reactor is being integrated into the university’s wider coronavirus and other research efforts, as it can be used to inactivate many types of viruses and pathogens.
Transfort, the transit agency owned by the City of Fort Collins, has announced it is lifting its mask requirement for passengers effective immediately. This change affects all Transfort routes, including MAX and FLEX, as well as Transfort bus stops and transit centers.
CSU researcher Christian L’Orange said there’s nothing inherent in the aerosol transmission of COVID-19 that warrants the change. (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
From masks to vaccines and treatment, Larimer County residents have a lot of COVID-19 questions. CSU Professor John Volckens demonstrates how to perform a leak test on masks. (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
While the campus and state wastewater testing programs have functioned well as part of the overall pandemic response, Susan De Long and her collaborators want to streamline the process so it can be applied more broadly.
To figure out how to respond, CSU's Dan Goble teamed up with a professor from another part of the university: John Volckens, a mechanical engineer. (Colorado Public Radio)
Dan Goble, director of CSU's School of Music, Theater and Dance partnered with John Volckens, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, to conduct the study. (CBS News)
Colorado health officials are ramping up the state’s early detection methods for COVID-19. That includes wastewater monitoring. CSU's Susan De Long helped launch the state’s surveillance program. (CBS Denver)
Building on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado State University has received a $2 million commitment from The Anschutz Foundation to further the development of new solutions for building resilience and agility in stopping infectious disease transmission among animals and people.
This fall certainly will bring a more familiar look and feel on our campuses, and it also will set the stage for continued innovation in learning and work life that emerged from our strategic management of COVID-19.