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Title	Description	Info
Virginia Tech team building infectious disease models, research to help guide decisions	A multidisciplinary team is helping the university better understand and plan for impacts of COVID-19 through institution-specific models, outbreak simulations, and impact on regional hospital resources predictions.	Date: 08/31/2020
Dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases to receive more frequent updates	The university has transitioned from benchmarking the health of residential students moving onto campus to diagnostic testing, screening, and surveillance testing. To provide more current and actionable information to members of our community, updates to the dashboard will be made more frequently in the future.	Date: 08/30/2020
A message from Frank Shushok Jr.: Make Saturday night safe	The New River Health District shows increasing COVID-19 cases. It’s more important than ever to wear a mask, wash your hands, avoid large gatherings & to keep 6 feet between you and those around you.	Date: 08/29/2020
Pods useful in fighting the spread of COVID-19	Pods are small groups of people who make a commitment to rigorously following safety measures, including face coverings and physical distancing, outside of the pod, so they can interact with one another more closely and in a more relaxed environment within the pod.	Date: 08/28/2020
DREAMS lab designs novel respirator for health care workers fighting COVID-19	Led by mechanical engineering professor Chris Williams, the DREAMS lab has designed a novel respirator using rapid tooling and 3D printing resources from on-campus makerspaces and research labs.	Date: 08/27/2020