INSIDE HIGHER ED — Since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities have played a key role in providing testing and other health resources—not just on campuses but in their local communities. With cases spiking as the start of the third pandemic year approaches, many colleges are leveraging their resources and brainpower in innovative new ways to increase their support of local communities struggling to survive an ever-evolving disease. One crucial component in the fight to contain COVID-19 has been testing, which has prompted numerous colleges to develop testing sites on campus or in the broader community, including historically underserved areas that often have populations of exposed essential workers. “Looking at how this virus impacted individuals, we were very concerned about making sure that individuals in our surrounding community had access to testing,” said Tanya Tatum, director of student health services at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.