Courtesy of John Taylor and Carter Hayek What I ve come to realize through studying and doing wastewater-based epidemiology, it is the absolute truth, he adds. Poop doesn t lie.
The eight-minute documentary, produced last fall by students
John Taylor and
Carter Hayek, proves the catchphrase, as it chronicles the university s efforts to track campus spread of coronavirus by testing wastewater from student dorms. The testing effort, led by Pepper, helped stop at least one COVID-19 outbreak during the first week of fall classes, and the success was widely covered in national media. Solution Number Two premiered last week as part of the School of Theatre, Film and Television s annual What s Up, Docs? screening event featuring short documentary films produced by Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts students. Instead of hosting the usual in-person premiere at The Loft Cinema, the school in the College of Fine Arts partnered with the local theater to debut this year s