From Tracing Apps to Drug Candidates: Taking on COVID-19
How the CAS community joined the battle against a pandemic
As coronavirus cases began to spike around the world in early 2020, CAS alums, students, and faculty stepped up to help. Here’s a small selection of stories showing how they used their expertise in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact Tracing App Warns of COVID-19 Exposure while Protecting Privacy
Three BU cybersecurity experts join MIT researchers to develop a new Bluetooth-enabled smartphone app.
Don’t Undersell It: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information
Deborah Kelemen, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, will design evidence-based, kid-friendly learning tools to teach children about COVID-19.
Ew, Gross! Four Ways Disgust Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic
CAS anthropologists find that society’s collective “behavioral immune system” works in overdrive during times of crisis—but young men are the least likely to comply with social distancing measures.
Incoming Freshman Spearheads Homemade Mask Donations
Student team led by Adam Katz (CAS’24) has produced 100 masks, with more on the way.
BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19
CAS students join Resiliency Challenge to find innovative solutions in coronavirus crisis.
Into the Breach
Refining novel COVID-19 drug candidates, producing new tests, improving social distancing messaging, and distributing food and protective equipment: a May 2020 roundup of efforts to help during the pandemic’s first wave.