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51±¬ÁÏ-Cascades to host conversation about racial unrest in nation - June 24, 2020

51±¬ÁÏ â€“ Cascades will host a virtual event June 29 to explore the racial unrest underway across the U.S. with a panel of Central Oregonians of color.

Community members are invited to participate in the event, which…


51±¬ÁÏ-Cascades Advocacy and Advisory Board to meet - June 18, 2020

The 51±¬ÁÏ - Cascades Advocacy and Advisory Board will meet June 22 and hear reports on topics including student and academic success, advocacy and development, and progress of the campus expansion.

The meeting will…


TRACE sampling in Bend suggests one person in 1,000 infected with SARS-CoV-2 - June 10, 2020

Results from two days of door-to-door sampling by 51±¬ÁÏ and 51±¬ÁÏ-Cascades suggest that one person in 1,000 in the Bend community during the weekend of May 30-31 had the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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51±¬ÁÏ-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±¬ÁÏ’s TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of…


Noted writer Elizabeth Powell to give reading with 51±¬ÁÏ-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±¬ÁÏ â€“ Cascades.

The virtual event…


51±¬ÁÏ expands coronavirus prevalence study to Bend - May 21, 2020

TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking 51±¬ÁÏ 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…