Meet Lil Alessa (bit.ly/2SLSRFH), professor and co-director of the Center for Resilient Communities at the University of Idaho. We all know fake news exists, and you’ve probably noticed fake news about COVID-19 zooming by on your social media feeds. Lil and a group of academics are spending part of their time searching out disinformation on COVID-19 as it pops up. They then try and figure out whether there could be important consequences to the spread of that information. Lil and I chatted about the significance of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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More U of I research:
Our entrepreneurial team CatheterX has designed an innovative urinary catheter that should prevent infections, save lives and reduce hospital costs. at bit.ly/2zq5zTZ.

The University of Idaho is working to identify a cure for coronaviruses, including COVID-19. The Department of Biological Sciences team expects to finish preliminary tests within a year. at bit.ly/3crdaQw.

John Abatzoglou, from the Department of Geography, and colleagues looked at how snowmelt affects food production and how changes in snowmelt may threaten production in irrigated regions. at bit.ly/36v8vuI.

Music:
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/2PsMCpw) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/2Ju7MQb).
“The Stork” by Ketsa (bit.ly/2A99Lru) via freeusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3ceRqHG).

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