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The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences officially welcomed concentrators from the class of 2023 at its first virtual sophomore convocation Thursday night.
Nearly 100 sophomores – in fields ranging from Computer Science to Applied Math to Mechanical Engineering – joined SEAS Dean Francis J. Doyle III for the 75-minute event, which featured keynote speaker R. Martin “Marty” Chavez ’85, a panel of five alumni, and a virtual tour of the newly constructed Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.
Chavez, a former chief financial officer at Goldman Sachs, emphasized how a liberal arts education combined with computer science enabled him to move up the ranks of Wall Street.
Covid-19
Feb 3, 2021 11:17 AM By Sabrina Emms It may be time to pull two masks from the box instead of one, or double layer your surgical mask with a cloth one. AFP / ROSLAN RAHMAN
Many people have adjusted to the new normal checking for keys, wallet and mask before leaving the house. Now, that might be changing a bit. Instead of one mask, people are reaching for two. Anthony Fauci, MD, endorsed the trend of double masking to NBC’s Savannah Guthrie. If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective. said Dr. Fauci.
Explained: What is double masking; How is it more effective amid new strain of COVID-19 viruses
India
Published: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 12:04 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 28: With the spread of new strain COVID-19 variants around the world, it can be seen that healthcare experts are now encouraging the use of two face masks, a practice popularly called double masking , to help create a stronger barrier against the deadly disease.
Doubling up face masks just makes common sense as it is likely to be more effective, according to the US top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci. That s the reason why you see people either double masking or doing a version of an N95, he said in an interview.