August 6 2020: Board Trustee and College Fellow Janet Haas, MD, is quoted in a Fox29 article about the School Board decision to open schools virtually in the fall
August 5 2020: Board Trustee and College Fellow Paul Offit, MD, discusses the search for a coronavirus vaccine on KSRO Radio
Meyer & Meyer/iStockPat speaks with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children?s Hospital in Philadelphia and a member of of the FDA?s Vaccine & Related Biological Products Advisory Committee:
July 16 2020: Board Chair and College Fellow Tom Fekete, MD, MACP, discusses the risks of outdoor dining
While takeout remains the safest option, medical experts have advice for reducing risk when dining out right now
July 16 2020: The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the Mütter Museum’s reopening
Comic-Con goes virtual. “Curse” premieres on Netflix. W. Kamau Bell takes on white supremacy on CNN.
July 9 2020: The Mütter Museum’s reopening is featured by WHYY
This week, more cultural institutions are reopening around the Delaware Valley.
July 9 2020: The Mütter Museum’s reopening is featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Two of Philadelphia’s most-visited small museums, the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Independence Seaport Museum, will reopen to the general public on July 18, following four months of coronavirus-induced shutdown.
June 30 2020: College Trustee and Fellow Priya Mammen, MD, MPH, discusses how important she finds community support and family connection through activities like dining out but also the need to do so with attention and safety as the pandemic is ongoing
A physician says outdoor dining should be safe with extreme caution, while a resident of the suburbs argues that safety parameters vary by neighborhood.
June 29 2020: As part of Wawa’s virtual Welcome America Festival, our virtual tour of the exhibition, Spit Spreads Death, was featured in the Philly Voice
Museum asks viewers to consider parallels between the influenza and coronavirus pandemics.
June 29 2020: College Librarian and Robert Austrian Chair Beth Lander spoke to The Inquirer about the ways in which the College is documenting this pandemic
Archives and museums across the country have undertaken a new, in-the-moment search, seeking to capture materials that document the coronavirus crisis even as the pandemic rages.
June 28 2020: As part of Wawa’s virtual Welcome America Festival, our virtual tour of the exhibition, Spit Spreads Death, was featured on NBC 10
The fun continued with music, museums and even animals on the second day of Wawa Welcome America!
