Media mention: Byerley featured in New York Times for new COVID risk tool; Leffler quoted in Red & Black article on Deaf History Month
Byerley featured in New York Times for new COVID risk tool
With the long-term effects of coronavirus as unpredictable as the weather, any tool that can help assess the threat of the infection is a welcome solution.
Created by Cameron Byerley, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education, COVID-Taser is a new online platform which was recently featured in an article by the New York times.
The digital tool allows people to input their age, vaccine status and health background to predict the risks of the virus. Byerley and her team used estimates of the proportion of infections from earlier in the pandemic to help predict relative risk.
Read the full story on the New York Times website.
Leffler quoted in Red & Black article on Deaf History Month
Brian Leffler, a lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education, was quoted in a recent Red & Black article highlighting Deaf History Month.
Leffler said Deaf history was not taught at both the private and public schools he attended growing up, including a private school for the Deaf.
“I wish that Deaf culture and Deaf history would have been taught while I was growing up,” he said.