Marymount University professors and staff are available to offer insights into how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting areas of public health, nursing, politics, psychology, learning from home and other topics. Some members of our community have also been recognized for going the extra mile to help others in these trying times.
Below is a list of COVID-19 news stories from various media outlets which have featured Marymount and its faculty and staff.
Health
- Coronavirus: Are you immune if you recover? Experts uncertain, WTOP, April 15
- Features Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo (Associate Professor, Malek School of Health Professions)
- Union calls for DC to declare grocery store workers as first responders’, WUSA9, April 2
- Features Colleen Sanders (Continuing Instructor, Nursing)
Economics & Business
- Startup Monday: How Local Startups Will Fare During and After the Pandemic, ARLnow.com, April 20
- Features Jonathan Aberman (Dean, School of Business and Technology
- Unemployment rates spike, WDVM-TV, April 2
- Features Jonathan Aberman (Dean, School of Business and Technology)
- Our policies must address a new business world order post-coronavirus, Washington Business Journal, March 25
- Op-ed by Jonathan Aberman (Dean, School of Business and Technology)
3D Printing
- The Rogue Experimenters, The New Yorker, May 18
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Marymount University Professor Refocuses Lab to Create PPE for Frontlines, 104.7 WONK-FM (iHeartRadio), April 22
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Use 3D Printers to Create Face Shields, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 21
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Producing face shields with 3D printing, The Arlington Catholic Herald, April 20
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Meet Eric Bubar, the Marymount professor turned 3D printer of face shields, Washington Business Journal, April 13
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Family does its part to help protect those on front lines of pandemic, InsideNoVa.com, April 10
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- High school, college students create face shields for healthcare workers with 3D printing, WJLA, April 8
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- VERIFY: Can 3D Printers help during this crisis? These volunteers say yes, WUSA9, April 8
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- A Marymount Professor is 3D Printing Medical Face Shields, Arlington Magazine, April 7
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Marymount professor creates reusable face shields for hospital workers, WTOP, April 2
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Marymount University professor is 3D printing face shields for medical workers, WDVM-TV, April 2
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- Marymount professors uses 3-D printing to create face shields for medical workers, The Washington Post, April 1
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
- People Are Using 3D Printers To Combat The Shortage Of Personal Protective Equipment For Hospitals, WAMU, April 1
- Features Dr. Eric Bubar (Associate Professor, Biology & Physical Sciences)
Donations of PPE
- Nurses helping nurses: Marymount Univ. donates essential supplies to healthcare workers, WJLA, April 1
- Features Dr. Catherine Hillberry (Nursing Lab and Technology Coordinator) and Kevin Cummings (Clinical Simulation Technician and Instructor, Nursing)
- Marymount Nursing School Donates Masks, Gowns to Virginia Hospital Center, ARLnow.com, March 30
- Features Dr. Catherine Hillberry (Nursing Lab and Technology Coordinator) and Alicia Marconi (Adjunct Lab Instructor, Nursing)
- Virginia, Maryland governors warn that hospitals soon may be overwhelmed by surge in coronavirus cases, The Washington Post, March 27
- Marymount University answers call to action, donates much-needed supplies to Virginia Hospital Center, InsideNoVa.com, March 27
- Features Dr. Catherine Hillberry (Nursing Lab and Technology Coordinator) and Alicia Marconi (Adjunct Lab Instructor, Nursing)
- Marymount University answers call to action during coronavirus pandemic, WDVM-TV, March 27
- Features Dr. Catherine Hillberry (Nursing Lab and Technology Coordinator) and Alicia Marconi (Adjunct Lab Instructor, Nursing)
- School nurses, crafters donate masks to medical professionals in need, The Arlington Catholic Herald, March 27
- Features Alicia Marconi (Adjunct Lab Instructor, Nursing)
Psychology
- Parental Burnout on Distance Learning During COVID-19, Connection Newspapers, May 20
- Features Dr. Linda McKenna Gulyn (Professor, Psychology)
- Talking to Children about Coronavirus, Connection Newspapers, March 17
- Features Dr. Linda McKenna Gulyn (Professor, Psychology)