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In Grove City, residents have placed teddy bears or other stuffed animals in visible spots on the fronts of houses as a way of creating an "I Spy" game for children on repeated walks with their family. This is an especially large example!

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Empty toilet paper shelves, Slippery Rock Giant Eagle

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The pandemic turned parents into elementary school teachers. It was exhausting.

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This is a photo of my rearranged home office. So that people could see me properly during Zoom meetings I had to set it up so that I could shine bright lights on the desk and chair.

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This is me and my son doing "office work" during SRUs extended Spring Break. I'm moving my courses online and he is doing online school work. He would pick up his pretend phone and say "It's the dean again!"

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COVID-19 came in the midst of a longer debate about the place of online delivery in higher education. I tweeted this in response to an editorial in The Chronicle of Higher Education that asserted the COVID-19 crisis was the "perfect opportunity" to…

For performing artists, research, rehearsals, and performances are a way of life. The disruption to this process has been life changing, but Professor Lindsay Viatori and her students found a way to document the process for our senior dance majors.…

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Working from home 10-12 hours a day leaves little time for chores. Coffee, Zoom meeting, email email email, quick lunch, answer students' questions via chat, email email email, Zoom meeting, more chat, post research support content online, email…

This film was created during the Winter break of AY 2019-2020 and has been shown as part of Pittsburgh Dance Week. Since the live performance of this choreography couldn't be shown, this video was included in their virtual event.

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And here's a funny clip of my husband (Ben Viatori) and I finding creative ways to stay fit during this time

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Wine/liquor purchase as Gov. Wolf considers closing state liquor stores in eastern PA counties.

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I am getting ready to virtually present my research at the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) annual conference from my bedroom.

From my Coronavirus Journal, the last entry before everything shut down in Washington County

I am a first year tenure-track professor that moved my family into a new home during the lock-down in Butler county. Luckily for me, members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics came to my rescue with a borrowed box truck and strong…

An ovation of healthcare professionals as Mrs. Karen Rich, the first COVID-19 patient at Butler Memorial Hospital, is escorted safely home.
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