If the Unit Operations Lab can navigate a pandemic, then we all can. In our Be Brief format, we explore the challenges and adaptations of lab courses. Teaching labs is what we do. More than 95% of Michigan Technological University undergrads are enrolled as science, technology, engineering and math majors. We can talk a lot about STEM, but at the end of the day, lab experiences are a crucial part of education. And the pandemic has disrupted lab courses as much as lectures and research. 6,500 square feet of industrial engineering. The Unit Operations Lab is a three-story laboratory where upper-level chemical engineering students learn to run experiments