Category: News
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January 14, 2021 News, Policy, Research, Technology
NSF award brings Princeton research into the fight against COVID-19
The National Science Foundation awards grant to Princeton technology that offers to enhance COVID-19 vaccines.
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August 26, 2020 Health Care, News, Service
Lisa Tan ’01 and Martin Rawls-Meehan ’01 donate 30,000 masks to Princeton
At the height of the spring COVID-19 outbreak in Michigan, Martin Rawls-Meehan ’01 and Lisa Tan ’01 realized they were in position to help. Their smart-tech sleep systems company, Reverie, had the production technology to mass produce cloth protective face masks. To date, Reverie is approaching 1 million donated masks to nonprofits, healthcare providers, the State of Michigan and other institutions — including 30,000 masks to Princeton.
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July 1, 2020 Health Care, News
Elissa Adair ’88 Explores Gun Safety and Suicide in the Age of COVID-19
Elissa Schuler Adair ’88 works with Lines for Life, an organization that promotes mental wellness and suicide prevention. With gun sales rising, in part because of the impact of COVID-19, she recently participated in a project to look at suicide prevention from a gun owner’s perspective.
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June 30, 2020 Education, News, Technology
With an assist from Charles Goldstein *69 *71, students landed 35 virtual summer internships
With parts of the country locked down and many businesses and organizations operating under at-home work conditions due to COVID-19, most summer internships were canceled. Charles Goldstein *69 *71 was determined to support as many Princeton students as he could, helping to arrange 35 virtual internships at HALE Sports.
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Princeton University Relief Fund announces contribution to support small businesses in Princeton affected by the pandemic
Princeton University has announced the second phase of the Princeton University Relief Fund (PURF) that will focus on relief for small businesses in the Municipality of Princeton impacted by the pandemic.
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June 22, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Education, News
Medical Anthropology students capture the pandemic in thoughtful and personal ways
Once João Biehl and Onur Günay shifted instruction for their Medical Anthropology class online as a result of COVID-19, they encouraged students to think creatively about the health crisis. The students captured the pandemic in thoughtful and personal ways that might serve as documents for future students and academics who study the impact of COVID-19 on 2020 America.
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June 16, 2020 Health Care, News
Colorado Coalition Moves to Protect Homeless During Pandemic
With board chair T.R. Reid ’66 at the helm, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless rented every room in four Denver-area motels and two hotels to assist people who are homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Anne Fitzgibbon *98’s Music-Making Program Helps Keep Kids Composed
While sheltering in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, nine students from Anne Fitzgibbon *98’s Harmony Program, together with members of the New York Philharmonic, channeled their feelings into a musical creation.
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May 19, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Community, Education, Health Care, News, Policy, Service
Medical Anthropology students share COVID-19 projects in online showcase
Medical Anthropology (ANT/HUM 240) might be the rare Princeton course that was deepened and enriched by the life-altering circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, since its focus is very much related to how the humanities and anthropology can help us understand illness, healing and present-day struggles for wellbeing. The students’ class projects have been made available in a special online showcase.
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May 18, 2020 News
Physicists and ‘Big Science’ researchers crowdsource solutions on new COVID-19 website
Peter Elmer and other Princeton researchers are part of an international team that established Science Responds, a website that looks for ways that data science, statistics and software development can be used to assist in the global fight against COVID-19.
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May 18, 2020 Health Care, News, Research
New Princeton COVID-19 study: ‘Warmer or more humid climates will not slow the virus’
Local variations in climate are not likely to dominate the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published May 18 in the journal, Science. “We project that warmer or more humid climates will not slow the virus at the early stage of the pandemic,” said first author Rachel Baker, a postdoctoral research associate in the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI).
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May 18, 2020 Health Care, News, Research
National Science Foundation awards grant to Princeton engineers to investigate asymptomatic spread of COVID-19
A National Science Foundation grant will support Princeton researchers studying how COVID-19 may be spread by people without symptoms through everyday social interactions involving breathing and speaking.