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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: VISION: Harvest fiber grown on a synthetic skin to reduce the environmental impact of wool and fur production.TEAM: Diana Eusebio, Erin Kirchner, Grace Kwon, Rachel Rusk, and Sydney Sieh-Takata… Read More The post Can Wool Sweaters Be Spun Without Sheep' appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +000
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Kimberly Quach
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought devastation around the world, but crises also create opportunities to reimagine how we do things. Attention has focused on the biomedical sciences to identify treatments and vaccines,… Read More The post Philanthropy appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:21:31 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: The nation’s sudden shift to remote teaching that started in March 2020 has called into question foundational assumptions about teaching and learning—and indeed the entire collegiate model. Now, with every residential college… Read More The post Public Universities appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:21:26 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: Perhaps the most promising aspect of the pandemic was the incredible way that the research, clinical, and engineering communities came together to identify problems and rapidly come up with solutions that could… Read More The post Research appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:21:22 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: In 1923, barely five years after the end of the World War I and the great influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million people worldwide, the British author H. G. Wells… Read More The post Public Health appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:21:13 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: Our failure to properly respond to the pandemic should cause us to rethink the role of government at federal, state, and local levels. A more effective response might well have avoided much… Read More The post Government appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:21:09 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: Long before COVID-19 arrived, the public knew that some behaviors minimized transmission of respiratory viruses—thanks to years of work by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, school nurses, vigilant parents,… Read More The post Science Communication appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:20:55 +000
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Kimberly Quach
Abstract: In the year 2020, under the tutelage of the novel coronavirus, we learned that many things we assumed could be ignored because we thought they were solid “givens” are really shaky and… Read More The post Economics appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:20:48 +000