<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/contact-tracers.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/23/2020</pubDate><title>Students on Front Lines of Coronavirus Pandemic in Connecticut</title><description>As contact tracers with the state of Connecticut’s Department of Public Health, several University of New Haven students are offering support to those who test positive for COVID-19. While helping to slow the spread of the virus, they are gaining meaningful experience in the healthcare field.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>September 23, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/contact-tracers.jpg" alt="Image of different students helping with contact tracing."/></image><image-caption>Rabia Hamid ’23 MHA, Bijaya Dhital ’21 M.S., Sharon Elza Raju ’22 MHA, Emily Bean ’21 MPH.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>