TOP STORIES University App Could Help With COVID-19 Contact Tracing University at Buffalo researchers are developing an app called PocketCare+ that they say could help public health officials track and prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as future infectious disease outbreaks. READ MORE University Partners With Facebook on COVID-19 Data Research Faculty at the University of Maryland have recently been working with Facebook to design a worldwide survey that is aimed at collecting coronavirus data during the continuing global pandemic. READ MORE University Offers Free Online Courses to Incoming Freshmen Indiana State University is using a new tool to enroll first-time freshmen for fall term — a free, online course. Students can take one of two courses, with the first exploring COVID-19 and the second climate change. READ MORE COVID-19 Presents Challenges for Hands-on Education As students and teachers across Illinois continue to adjust to the long-distance education prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning curve has been steepest for those in hands-on courses. READ MORE |