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In this year of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions—like every other segment of society—have been forced to make critical decisions about how and when to reopen that could have significant health and financial implications. And because of the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, these decisions are being made with limited information, constrained resources and no reliable road map.

Minta Martin Professor of Engineering Christopher Jewell (Fischell Department of Bioengineering [BIOE], Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices) was selected for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Concept to Clinic grant to support research for a promising therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).

Air pollution is more damaging to the cardiovascular health of adolescents living in poverty-stricken areas than to adolescents living in wealthier areas, according to a new study published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology.