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The University of North Dakota community will celebrate the inaugration of Andrew P. Armacost as the 13th president of the university at 2 p.m. Monday. A private ceremony will take place on campus at that time. Although it’s not open to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions, you can watch the event for free on the UND web page and Facebook live.

One of the painful discoveries of the COVID-19 pandemic was how vulnerable U.S. supply chains are, demonstrated most vividly by the shortage of critical medical supplies and equipment. Supply chain experts agree that measures must be taken to ensure the supply chain of the future becomes more resilient and can withstand another national crisis.

To bring COVID-19 under control a vaccine needs to be available to every nation, rich and poor – and it needs to happen quickly. But pharmaceutical breakthroughs are usually the result a slow process involving competition, secrecy, risky investments and extensive trials. Changing any big industry to speed its processes up is going to be difficult. But there are signs that substantial changes are underway – and they may be here to stay.

Large political gatherings in North Carolina that flout safety guidelines ahead of the 2020 elections have continued even as cases of COVID-19 rise across the state. That kind of event brought COVID-19 to the White House, resulting in President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and some staff and party members — including U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis — testing positive for the coronavirus. Can political events in North Carolina be held safely?