In the largest university-wide initiative to protect frontline hospital workers, the RU 3D PPE project is bringing together more than 70 people from the School of Engineering, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The collaboration also includes the RWJMS COVID-19 Innovation Task Force students as well as staff from Rutgers Makerspace, among many others. While the majority of face shields are being made in Rutgers–New Brunswick’s Makerspace due to its cutting-edge 3D printing capabilities, laser cutters and other tools, face shields are also being made in nearby labs with procurement, legal and logistical help from staff at Rutgers–Newark and Rutgers–Camden. To read the full story.