The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented public health crisis. In this course, created by provost Andreas Cangellaris and other campus leaders, you will gain a comprehensive, multidisciplinary understanding of the pandemic. The course will guide you through past, present and future perspectives on the pandemic, with weekly topics that range from history, biology and business to data security, racial disparities, mental health and more.
This non-credit course is free of cost and open to all. Classes will be held online from 8:00–9:00 p.m. every Sunday evening during the fall semester. See the course schedule for details about the instructors and topics covered.
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Introduction: Rachel Switzky (Director, Siebel Center for Design) Speakers: Eliza Forsythe (Labor & Employment Relations and Economics), Derek Long (Media &…
14. The Future with COVID-19, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Antoinette Burton (Professor of History and Director, Humanities Research Institute) Speakers:Julie Pryde (Public Health Administrator, Champaign-Urbana…
13. Social Life: COVID-19 and the CU Community,…
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Introduction: Gene Robinson (Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology; Interim Dean for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) Speakers: Heitor…
12. Financial Consequences of the COVID-19…
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Introduction: Antoinette Burton (Professor of History and Director, Humanities Research Institute) Speakers: James Anderson (College of Education), Robb Lindgren…
11. Higher Education, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Brent Roberts (Director of the Center of Social & Behavioral Science) Speakers: Alex Winter-Nelson (Professor of Agricultural & Consumer Economics…
10. Food Insecurity, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Rachel Switzky (Director, Siebel Center for Design) Speakers: Jerry Dávila (History and Executive Director, Illinois Global Institute), Tim Liao…
09. Global Impacts, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Neal Cohen (Professor of Psychology and Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute) Speakers: William Sullivan (Rokwire), Sanjay Patel…
08. Data Security and Privacy, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Antoinette Burton (Professor of History and Director, Humanities Research Institute) Speakers: Jason Finkelman (Music), Gabriel Solis (Music and Theatre)
07. Arts in a Pandemic, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Gene Robinson (Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology) Speakers: Ruby Mendenhall…
06. Health Inequities, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Eva Pomerantz (Professor of Psychology and Interm Director, Center for Social and Behavioral Science) Speakers: Tara Powell (School of Social Work), Karen…
05. Mental Health, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Rachel Switzky (Director, Siebel Center for Design) Speakers: Robin Fretwell Wilson (Institute of Government & Public Affairs), Brian Gaines (Political…
04. COVID-19 and the Election, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Neal Cohen (Professor of Psychology and Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute) Speakers: Paul Hergenrother (Chemistry), Rashid Bashir…
03. Diagnostic Technologies, COV-Course: A…
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Introduction: Neal Cohen (Professor of Psychology and Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute) Speakers: Jessica Brinkworth (Anthropology), Rebecca Smith…
02. Infection: Biology and Anthropology,…
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Introduction: Antoinette Burton (Professor of History and Director, Humanities Research Institute) Speakers: Carol Symes (History) and May Berenbaum (Entomology)…
01. Pandemics in History, COV-Course: A…
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