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May 29, 2020 Community, Health Care, Service
Brooklyn Cares feeds medical frontliners and provides boost to local restaurants
Stephanie Schragger ’93 launched Brooklyn Cares with her friend to support struggling neighborhood restaurants and provide meals for the exhausted frontline medical workers who were battling COVID-19. “We were really just inspired to do something for the community at a time when it’s really hard to feel helpful when you’re stuck at home,” she said.
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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 28, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts, Policy
Politics & Polls #187: South Korea’s Response to Covid-19 Featuring Asaph Young Chun
When COVID-19 first emerged in South Korea, the country’s rapid response and decisive intervention enabled the country to detect cases early, slowing the spread of the infection and controlling mortality rates. Now, the country faces a new spike in cases, leaving many to wonder if a second wave is coming. Sam Wang and Julian Zelizer discuss South Korea’s response to Covid-19 in this episode featuring Dr. Asaph Young Chun, director-general of Statistics Research Institute in South Korea, the state-run think tank of official statistics and data innovation.
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May 28, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Community,
‘Heritage and Harmony’ concert celebrates Asian Americans at a crucial moment
When confronted with an increase in anti-Asian racism fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, Donna Weng Friedman ’80 decided to change the story. “We set out to change the channel (and single-story narrative) by inviting a number of outstanding classical musicians of Asian descent to share their stories through their words and — of course — their music.”
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May 26, 2020 Community, Podcasts
Cherishing Continuity: Rabbi Ira Dounn on Grief, Closure and Remaining Princetonians
Even as the “Princeton diaspora” is scattered across the world, Rabbi Ira Dounn of the Center for Jewish Life finds that students are maintaining relationships and finding, if not closure, the continuity of being part of the University now and for the rest of their lives.
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May 26, 2020 Health Care
Class of ’92 hosts online medical panel to discuss COVID-19
Princeton’s Class of 1992 held an online panel discussion about the COVID-19 response with five class members who serve on the medical front lines.
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May 26, 2020 Community, Health Care, Service
Iming Lin ’03 co-created Food Flow to connect local South African farmers with people in need
After South Africa’s president declared a national state of disaster in response to COVID-19 in March, Iming Lin ’03 recognized an opportunity to help her farm, her neighbors, and others. Within a week, she and colleagues established Food Flow, an organization that connects local farmers with soup kitchens and families that are hungry.
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May 26, 2020 Education
Theola DeBose ’96 Creates a New Family Rhythm in Quarantine
Theola DeBose ’96 finds frustration in homeschooling her four children, but also an unexpected gift in the time together.
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May 26, 2020 Community, Service
Jesse Max Creed ’07 Pushes for Safe Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Jesse Max Creed ’07 watches Los Angeles build on his work housing homeless veterans during the pandemic.
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May 26, 2020 Health Care
Jessica Benedetto ’96 reports from the coronavirus front
Jessica Benedetto ’96, an internal medicine physician at North Shore Medical Center in Massachusetts, wrote a letter to her local newspaper, the Daily Item, describing the activity and conditions at her hospital during the fight against COVID-19.
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