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Providing care from a distance
Doctor and patient digital outreach through phones

Providing care from a distance

Telemedicine is a critical tool in the COVID-19 epidemic. Clinicians at the medical, dental, and veterinary schools are making use of virtual encounters to keep providing patients with safe, timely, quality care.

Katherine Unger Baillie

How to support University City restaurants during the coronavirus crisis
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How to support University City restaurants during the coronavirus crisis

University City's rich and diverse restaurant scene is facing a unique challenge as we deal with the impact of the coronavirus. The University City District wants to help local restaurants by offering support through a limited time promotion.

Dee Patel

Campus ministries continue to serve the community
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University Chaplain Charles Howard heads the Spiritual and Religious Life Center at Penn. (Image: Candace DiCarlo)

Campus ministries continue to serve the community

The leaders of Penn campus ministries are coming together on virtual platforms to create ways to support the people of Penn and Philadelphia, while also supporting each other.
Extraordinary measures: Penn services step up to support students with critical needs leaving campus
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Extraordinary measures: Penn services step up to support students with critical needs leaving campus

Staff in Residential Services, Student Registration and Financial Services, Student Intervention Services, Penn First Plus, Penn Global, and College Houses and Academic Services gathered to support students leaving campus and respond to Penn’s most vulnerable populations.
Staying protected from COVID-19 phishing schemes
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Staying protected from COVID-19 phishing schemes

Nick Falcone, Penn’s information security officer, recommends taking extra steps to keep technology secure during such unprecedented times.

Lauren Hertzler

At the dental school, the dietitian is in
A dietitian shows a nutrition label to a person in a dental clinic

Matthew Whipple, a registered dietitian, consults with patients in clinics at Penn's School of Dental Medicine. (Image: Penn Dental Medicine)

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    • At the dental school, the dietitian is in

    Matthew Whipple, a registered dietitian at the School of Dental Medicine, consults with patients in clinics and educates students about the importance of spreading nutrition advice. He also cooks up a mean chicken and sausage gumbo.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    A Q&A with Ben Jealous, former NAACP head turned tech investor
    A person standing with arms crossed, in a courtyard next to a metal railing aside glass windows.

    Ben Jealous, former head of the NAACP, is a visiting scholar in the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Wharton. He is teaching a class on social innovation, part of SP2’s Nonprofit Leadership program.

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    • A Q&A with Ben Jealous, former NAACP head turned tech investor

    The visiting scholar discusses the social innovation class he is teaching, plus why it’s key to focus on local civil rights victories and the need to take a long view of history.

    Michele W. Berger

    Talking to kids about coronavirus
    Concerned parent holding an adolescent child's hand and touching their forehead

    Talking to kids about coronavirus

    Kids are going to have questions and fears about the COVID-19 virus. Caroline Watts, a practicing child therapist and Penn GSE’s Director of School and Community Engagement, shares how parents can address them.

    Penn Today Staff