The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies asked its community of scholars and artists to reflect on the Covid-19 pandemic through the lens of their research. In this conversation, Mariola Espinosa (Global Health Studies Program Director) reflects on her work studying the history of yellow fever and other viral outbreaks in the Caribbean and how issues such as the racialization of a virus and state/federal disputes about border closings during medical emergencies echoes between the past and the present.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on April 4-5, 2020, is the world's leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,000 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, professionals and students from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.

The Developmental Sciences Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) Awards provide support to tenured CLAS faculty for an approved research project within the humanities. The award is expected to result in at least one project for publication, or a national/ international presentation.

Two Global Health Studies Majors, Naomi Marroquin and Emma Sillman, are showcased in the Dare to Discover campaign and have banners highlighting their research on Washington Street in downtown Iowa City.