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Dr. Joseph Ametepe, professor of physics and associate dean for the School of Science and Technology (SST), and Dr. Neelam Khan, associate professor of physics and chair of faculty and studies for SST, published their work, “Teaching physics during COVID-19 pandemic: implementation and report of teaching strategies to support student learning” in the "International Journal of Physics Education." The team successfully designed and implemented teaching strategies for lab science courses in hybrid and fully online formats that showed increased participation and improved attendance, and promoted effective communication. Even though student withdrawal rates were higher due to the pandemic, all students completing the courses in this study earned grades of C or better. Other factors contributing to student success included faculty empathy, flexibility and willingness to adjust teaching strategies.