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Mitch Drumm named interim vice president for research and technology management
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have appointed renowned cystic fibrosis researcher Mitch Drumm as the university’s interim vice president for research and technology management. He succeeds Suzanne Rivera, who will become Macalester College’s…
Director's Message: We Must do Everything We Can to Protect Health Care Workers
Every day, health care workers and scientists put their health at risk to treat patients and work to better understand COVID-19 and hopefully how to slow its devastation. However, these professionals are often working without access to appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). As was so…
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Mitch Drumm named interim vice president for research and technology management
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have appointed renowned cystic fibrosis researcher Mitch Drumm as the university’s interim vice president for research and technology management. He succeeds Suzanne Rivera, who will become Macalester College’s 17th…
Feeling the Social Distance
Another week has gone by. My grandchildren who are in town, chauffeured by their parents, have driven by every public playground on the way to our house and found each one occupied. The best, unoccupied one, although 30 minutes away, is in my backyard. My husband and I watch from our window, and I…
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Robert Salata, of the School of Medicine, discusses oral antiviral spray to combat coronavirus infection
Ohio health workers to test oral antiviral spray for prevention of coronavirus infection USA TODAY: Robert Salata, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health, discussed an antiviral oral spray that has been available over the counter since 2012, slated to undergo a clinical trial…