Winter 2020

A Simple Phone Call

Georgia Southern Students Helping Seniors During Pandemic and Beyond with Telephone Reassurance Program Sometimes a simple phone call can improve a person’s day. The Senior Companion Program at Georgia Southern University is aiming to improve the days of many older adults in the area as a part of the Love In Action telephone reassurance program,…
Investigating an Invasion

Georgia Southern students, faculty research invasive lizard species A creature docile enough to be a house pet yet invasive enough to destroy an ecosystem is posing a major threat to the woodlands of southeast Georgia. But faculty and student researchers in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University are working with state and federal…
Why Is There A Coin Shortage During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

Parker College of Business The velocity of money is the rate at which money flows through the economy. If the velocity of money slows, we need more money in circulation to facilitate transactions. This is our current problem with coins. We face a coin shortage because coins are unintentionally stockpiled in our homes. Large retailers’…
What Happens When Singing Becomes A Dangerous Activity?

College of Arts and Humanities The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for singers and, while a majority of my career is now focused on teaching voice and serving as an administrator for the National Association of Teachers of Singing, I still do have a few singing gigs of my own each year, an important part…
Staying Active During COVID-19

Waters College of Health Professions Prolonged physical inactivity has a potent effect on the mind and body. It can shorten the lifespan, reduce the quality of life, increase health care costs and reduce the age of chronic disease onset (Booth et al., 2020). This is of concern because pre-existing chronic disease seems to worsen the…
Telehealth – Delivering Health Care Safely during COVID-19 and into the Future

Jiann-Ping Hsu College Of Public Health You just noticed a rash on your skin. You’d like to get a doctor’s opinion, so you reach for your computer to schedule a telehealth visit. In recent months, this scenario has become commonplace. COVID-19 has launched telehealth into mainstream health care delivery as patient and provider willingness to…
Building a Food Oasis in a Pandemic

College of Science and Mathematics Food deserts Many neighborhoods across the country lack a key component: a local grocery store. For many Savannahians, food insecurity is a daily reality – one the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated. “Food deserts” are areas, often urban and low-income, where fresh, nutritional food is not readily accessible, especially for those…
The Digital Divide

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences For anyone who regularly uses the internet for school, work and entertainment, it’s hard to imagine, but many of our neighbors and some of our students live in the gap known as the digital divide. The digital divide, or the fact that a substantial percentage of people are limited…
Supporting Children’s Mental Health Needs During the Global Pandemic

College of Education The global pandemic resulting from COVID-19 has created significant disruption across all of the domains of our lives that normally provide us with stability and consistency. Our physical, emotional, social, vocational and spiritual pursuits have decreased and (in some cases) ceased. Disruption in any one area can increase symptoms of anxiety and…
Pandemic 3D Printing: How Did We Get Here?

Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing In March of 2020 it became evident that the COVID-19 pandemic was resulting in substantial shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Health care workers risked their lives in the care of their COVID patients by using homemade PPE devices and recycling single-use PPE devices. As the adage…