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Printed paper sensor under development.

Engineers developing mail-in, no-touch, fast-scan test for COVID-19, other outbreaks

Young woman working on a laptop computer

Anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 has historical ties in United States

Marit Nilsen-Hamilton wearing a face covering in a lab.

Work proceeds on innovative approach to coronavirus testing at Iowa State

Two ISU students pose in front of shelves of whiskey barrels filled with hand sanitizer.

Innovative spirits: Iowa State students help family distillery make hand sanitizer during pandemic

Man looking pensively into the distance.

Bhattacharya receives NSF award for pandemic research

View of a small town main street.

Survey of rural Iowa communities will gauge pandemic response

A graph printout and resume with a laptop

COVID-19 impact on unemployment may be underestimated

Display monitor with a graph

Iowa State-led research team develops statistical models which help the CDC track and forecast COVID-19 deaths in the United States

Researcher Robbyn Anand standing near a microscope

Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation

Closeup of data display on iPad

Researchers examine impact of pandemic on local, regional and global economies

Plexiglass shield divider on a table

Agricultural and biosystems engineering lab makes in-house desk shields

Black and white illustration sketches on an iPad

Artist’s illustrations create ‘visual headlines’ about pandemic

Rolled up bills of American money

CARES Act, other funding sources help students complete spring semester

Ear saver cutouts produced on a 3-D printer

Iowa State faculty, staff work to help others as pandemic continues into summer

Birdseye view of toilet paper rolls

Supply chain challenges to remain as states start to reopen

Closeup of "Stories matter" text on a classic typewriter.

University Library project will document COVID-19 community stories

Relief funds help establish food pantry for students and their families

Gideon Nadiope, national director of the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods-Uganda Program, helps deliver maize flour to the Kamuli District Task Force.

Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods helps supply food to Uganda partners during pandemic

Belinda Heckman, president of The Shop (Students Helping Our Peers) in the food pantry at the Frederiksen Court Community Center.

ISU GivePulse provides platform to give back, strengthen communities

Beardshear Hall exterior view

COVID-19 survey helped ISU improve employee support

Robot maintaining plant research without human interaction

ISU robot still reports to work, even during a pandemic

Karen Bovenmyer portrait outside

Synchronous instruction provides connection students crave

Gloved hands organize a container full of donated boxed pasta.

ISU Dining delivers: A visual story about community partnerships

View of Parks Library covered entrance.

University Library launches two new home delivery services

Closeup of computer screen with mouse hovering over Settings option.

Video series: It's Cybersecurity 101 for all of us working at home

Sweet corn sales at a farmers market stand

Local food and supply chain resources available amid COVID-19

An employee of The Dimensional Group working on face shields at the company's Mason City plant

CIRAS helping Iowa's factory lines shift to protect front-line workers

Closeup of a hand using a computer and mouse

Instructors show their adaptability with online testing

Partial illustration showing an aptamer binding to a protein

Iowa State scientists developing portable viral tests for future pandemics

Sign on a business door that reads "Com in, We're Awesome."

ISU Extension and Outreach joins alliance to provide small businesses COVID-19 support

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