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June 26, 2020: Covid-19 Update And Safe Return To Campus Update Vol. 6, Kettering University

Communication Updates

Coordinated by our CVPrepare Task Force, teams from across the University have been working for over two months researching, identifying, and implementing safety procedures to enable our safe return to campus on July 13.

These steps, guidelines, and processes are outlined in our Playbook for Our Safe Return, which is now online at the University’s website at kettering.edu/return2campus. In addition to a downloadable version, sections can be searched to easily find relevant and important information

June 19, 2020: Covid-19 Update And Safe Return To Campus Update Vol. 5, Kettering University

Communication Updates

The following campus update provides important information and guidelines for a Safe Return to Campus for Summer Term, starting July 13.

June 15, 2020: Covid-19 Update And Safe Return To Campus Update Vol. 4, Kettering University

Communication Updates

The following campus update provides important information about including safety measures and modifications to classrooms and labs and academic support services put in place for Summer Term and the phased return to campus of employees.

June 5, 2020: Covid-19 Update And Safe Return To Campus Update Vol. 3, Kettering University

Communication Updates

The following campus updates address important issues relevant to students, staff, and faculty.

Osborne, Ethan - Covid-19 Journal, Ethan Osborne

Personal Journals

EIU student Ethan Osborne recounts in detail the experience and frustration of living at home and working on his family farm in the early months of the pandemic, March-May 2020. He also details his observations of and feelings about the news coverage of the pandemic as well as the disregard (particularly by young people) for shelter in place mandates.

April 20, 2020: Covid-19 Update, Kettering University

Communication Updates

Consistent with our commitment to do so by April 20, we now are able to make a number of decisions concerning the operation of the University through the remainder of the spring term as well as into the start of our new academic year. These, along with updated information on our plans for 2020 Commencement, are summarized below and detailed in the text of this letter.

April 17, 2020: Covid-19 Update, Kettering University

Communication Updates

The Kettering University Student Emergency Fund has been established to provide financial assistance to current undergraduate and graduate students impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

April 14, 2020: Covid-19 Update, Kettering University

Communication Updates

Kettering University's Atwood Stadium in Flint hosted drive-through, appointment-only COVID-19 testing conducted by Hurley Medical Center.

April 8, 2020: Covid-19 Update, Kettering University

Communication Updates

Kettering University is extending its current temporary remote work period and associated staffing arrangements.

Validation Of A Lysis Buffer Containing 4 M Guanidinium Thiocyanate (Gitc)/ Triton X-100 For Extraction Of Sars-Cov-2 Rna For Covid-19 Testing: Comparison Of Formulated Lysis Buffers Containing 4 To 6 M Gitc, Roche External Lysis Buffer And Qiagen Rtl Lysis Buffer, Martina F. Scallan, Catherine Dempsey, John Mcsharry, Isabelle O'Callaghan, Paula M. O'Connor, Conor P. Horgan, Edel Durack, Paul D. Cotter, Sarah Hudson, Humphrey A. Moynihan, Brigid Lucey

Dept. of Biological Sciences Preprints

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased need for diagnostic testing using reverse transcriptase real-time PCR (RT-PCR). An exponential increase in demand has resulted in a shortage of numerous reagents in particular those associated with the lysis buffer required to extract the viral RNA. Herein, we describe a rapid collective effort by hospital laboratory scientists, academic researchers and the biopharma industry to generate a validated lysis buffer. We have formulated a 4M Guanidinium thiocyanate (GITC)/ Triton X-100 Lysis buffer which provides comparable results with the recommended reagents. This buffer will ease the burden on hospital labs in their heroic efforts …

March 3, 2020: Memo To Campus On Covid-19 Restrictions, Kettering University

Communication Updates

No abstract provided.

February 11, 2020: Covid-19 Update, Kettering University

Communication Updates

As an international community of faculty, staff, and students, we recognize that some are anxious, uncertain, or have family dealing with this now global health crisis, commonly known as coronavirus.

Even as no cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been reported at Kettering University or in the state of Michigan, we continue to closely monitor the latest developments and reports.

Modeling Epidemics, An Introduction, Shubha Tewari

Science and Engineering Saturday Seminars

• Group discussion of videos watched – Mainly focus on 3Blue1Brown videos

• Discussion of known facts about Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2

• Joint look at news articles and websites – Discussion of exponential growth

• Introduction to SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) model

• Excel demonstration of SIR model

• Other models: SEIR, others

• Modeling using python (time-permitting)

Fine, Elaine - Covid-19 Journal, Elaine Fine

Personal Journals

COVID Diary submitted by Charleston/Coles County, IL resident and musician, Elaine Fine