OSU-Cascades Dozens of OSU-Cascades students, alumni accompanied health care workers in TRACES COVID-19 project in Bend neighborhoods last year Residents invited to take nasal swab testing; sewage sampling continues REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University says its groundbreaking project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus is expanding to include three days of TRACE Community sampling this week in Redmond, starting Friday and continuing through the weekend. “We are excited to partner with the city of Redmond and with Deschutes County to measure the prevalence of the virus that causes COVID-19,” TRACE-COVID-19 project leader Ben Dalziel, an assistant professor in the OSU College of Science, said in Monday's news release.