Face Masks Content

Biodegradable Face Mask is Design Challenge Entry

Andy Fell — June 21, 2021 - 11:03am

The COVID-19 pandemic has made face masks an everyday sight. Unfortunately, it has also made used or discarded face masks a common item in trash and litter. Conventional face masks contain plastic materials that do not readily break down in the environment.

Weekender: Alum Art at the Mall; Listen to a Podcast about MSM Exhibition; See a Film

Karen Michele Nikos — May 25, 2021 - 2:19pm

Jessica Wimbley, a �ٺ��Ƶ’ MFA graduate and local artist, is one of 20 California artists helping spread the word about masking through art.

Speaking and Listening Seem More Difficult in a Masked World, But People Are Adapting

Karen Michele Nikos — February 02, 2021 - 9:20am

Ten months into COVID-19 living, people are adapting to speaking from behind, and understanding others who are wearing, a cloth face mask.

Why Masks? To Protect Your Community

Dave Jones — June 23, 2020 - 6:06pm

As COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions ease and more businesses, bars and restaurants open, health experts and state officials are also seeing more confusion, disdain and even hostility toward wearing masks.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacted last Thursday (June 18) by issuing an order requiring Californians to wear face coverings in “high-risk” settings that include any indoor public space, lines to enter those spaces and any setting where 6-foot social distancing is not feasible. (Yolo County has mandated face coverings since April 24.)