NAU News: COVID-19 special edition

Northern Arizona University COVID-19 Special Edition News

President Cheng on returning to campus this fall

With the announcement of our early start on August 12, President Cheng makes a commitment to transparency and to continue moving NAU forward. Watch the full video online.

NAU’s Growing in Beauty provides engaging, in-home activities for children,
families during COVID-19 pandemicWith preschools and programs closed because of COVID-19, children and families are experiencing a gap in services. So, the Growing in Beauty Partnership Program team at NAU’s Institute for Human Development stepped in to help—adapting and finding creative ways to support Navajo Nation families of children with developmental delays. Read more online.

Graphic showing a state-by-state comparison of the relationship between traffic and COVID-19 cases

NAU research team sees major shift in relationship between state-by-state traffic and COVID-19 cases, offering insights into outcomes of lockdown policies

“In many states, traffic appears to be a leading indicator, increasing first, with COVID-19 cases rising after a delay of up to 11 days,” said professor Kevin Gurney, head of the NAU research group analyzing the data. Pawlok Dass, a postdoc in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, is the lead research scientist on the project. Read more online.

NAU public health grad student using internship to help in COVID-19 response

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