Harvard community rallies to deal with COVID-19 crisis
Harvard faculty, students, researchers, and staff are working alongside hospitals, first responders, state and city leaders, and many more across Greater Boston to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Gazette recently spoke with some professors and administrators about the research, projects, and collaborations the University has undertaken amid the unprecedented global health crisis. GAZETTE: Many people are aware of the front-line care being provided by Harvard teaching hospitals and the work on diagnostics, vaccines, and treatment options by University researchers, but there are also less-visible efforts being undertaken. Can you outline some of those? KATIE LAPP, executive vice president: So many in our Schools and departments are working to identify ways in which we can collectively contribute. It’s human nature to want to help and speaks to many of the values we ascribe to as a community. Like all of the planning and responses we have undertaken in the past month, we are...