# Professor Sabrina Howell’s co-authored research on early-stage venture capital activity in the first two months after COVID-19 reached the U.S. is referenced

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Excerpt from [Chemical & Engineering News](https://cen.acs.org/business/start-ups/Starting-science-business-during-pandemic/98/i29) -- "The monthly number of deals raising venture capital for young and start-up companies dropped 38% for the two months starting March 4, as compared with the four months before the COVID-19 crisis, according to a recent Harvard Business School study from [Sabrina Howell](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell) of New York University, Josh Lerner of Harvard University, and colleagues."

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