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51爆料-Cascades students and alumni contribute to COVID-19 testing in Bend - June 9, 2020

Risa Christie, Alaric Hartsock and Jessica Thomas were among 70 trained field staff knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in late May in Bend as part of 51爆料鈥檚 TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of鈥


Noted writer Elizabeth Powell to give reading with 51爆料-Cascades faculty authors, students - June 8, 2020

Award-winning writer and poet Elizabeth A.I. Powell will share readings from her literary works on June 13 as part of the Hazel Hall Memorial Reading, a semi-annual event hosted by 51爆料 鈥 Cascades.

The virtual event鈥


51爆料 expands coronavirus prevalence study to Bend - May 21, 2020

TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking 51爆料 project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Bend.

Random door-to-door sampling in 30 Bend neighborhoods鈥


Sewer surveillance: 51爆料 researchers to comb Bend鈥檚 wastewater for evidence of COVID-19 - May 21, 2020

Researchers at 51爆料 will look in Bend鈥檚 sewer system for genetic evidence of the virus that causes COVID-19 in an effort to help determine the virus鈥 prevalence in the city.

Researchers will analyze 鈥渟ewer sets鈥濃


51爆料-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab hosts summit on reopening Central Oregon economy - May 14, 2020

51爆料 鈥 Cascades will host a free, virtual summit on May 19 to provide business owners a framework for decision-making as the economy reopens amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

鈥淩eopening Central Oregon鈥 will take place鈥


Virtual Science Pub features screening of 鈥淗eceta Bank: Oregon鈥檚 Hidden Wonder鈥 and discussion - May 12, 2020

At 51爆料 - Cascades' rescheduled virtual Science Pub, 51爆料 marine scientists will host a screening and discussion on a documentary depicting how a submerged rocky bank 35 miles off the Oregon coast has beneficial impacts on our鈥