Light after the long, dark winter

Despite the early warnings from Michael Osterholm to the contrary, very few of us could have imagined in March 2020 that our lives (and sometimes livelihoods) would veer off track so dramatically, and for so long. Osterholm, of course, is a professor in the U of M’s School of Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and one of the most interviewed experts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, a year and change later, we’re slowly emerging from our cocoons. For University of Minnesota students, the best news may have come in early March, with the announcement that all five system campuses are planning to return to fully on-campus operations this fall. Read the full article here.