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!
June 28 2020: College Fellow David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, brings a unique perspective to his review of the medications currently being tested to treat COVID-19
Against epic odds, Dr. David Fajgenbaum found a drug that saved his own life. Then a global pandemic hit. Now his lab has devoted nearly all of its resources to aiding doctors fighting the novel coronavirus.
June 19 2020: College President and CEO Dr. George Wohlreich discussed how the College is preparing to reopen in The Inquirer
Cultural institutions have done the nitty-gritty of planning to reopen post-pandemic. You’ll be required to wear a mask at most places. At the Franklin Institute, it’s one family in the Giant Heart at a time.
June 12 2020: College Fellow Joseph Greenberg, DMD, discusses the importance of dental hygiene during the pandemic
Inside Dental Hygiene spoke to Joseph Greenberg, DMD, a private practitioner in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and longtime educator, about recent assertions that dental hygiene is a nonessential service.