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As COVID-19 restrictions are eased and CDC guidance evolves again, four faculty members at Penn State Behrend dicuss about the pressure on the scientific community and the new public scrutiny of the scientific process.
April 13, 2021 When faculty members in the School of Science at Penn State Behrend had to re-imagine their courses for the remote-learning COVID environment, they did what scientists do: They experimented until they got it right. “It’s been hard for students and faculty members alike,” said Lynne Beaty, assistant professor of biology, “but I think the pandemic has pushed faculty members to be more creative in how we present information.” She found a solution on her phone – which she mounted to an elastic headband. That freed her hands while giving students a first-person point...