If we could describe 2020 in one word for posterity, it’d no doubt be “memorable.”
Hopefully it will also be anomalous.
This year was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global disruption, ripped milestones from our routines and created a justifiable (and lingering) amount of concern and anxiety.
That’s not to say it wasn’t hard at times (it was), but our faculty, staff and students stepped up to the challenge – and then some.
Consider UofL’s response to this extraordinary virus as an example. From the onset, our nationally networked lab enabled researchers to safely study coronavirus, our engineering students produced 3D printed face shields for healthcare professionals, our business students started a company to meet demand for reusable face masks, 3D printed swabs developed at UofL filled a gap in test kits and we launched a decontamination program to alleviate a mask shortage for health care workers.