Harvard labs share personal protective equipment
A call went out just hours before the labs shut down across campus as part of the University-wide social-distancing pushto combat the spread of the coronavirus, and faculty and staff responded immediately. “We had a lot of PPEs [personal protective equipment] that were no longer being used on site that could be put to good use,” said Sarah Elwell, director of research operations for science and engineering. Last Wednesday, Christopher Stubbs and Frank Doyle, the deans of the Division of Science and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, respectively, sent emails to their faculties with a message that was quickly shared with colleagues:As you shut off the lights and lock the door, please put out your PPEs. Similar support came in from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Harvard Medical School labs. “Members of our community are on the front...