<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/story/new_twist_art_covid.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>05/27/2026</pubDate><title>TCOM student puts a new twist on art thanks to COVID</title><summary>In late March of 2020, the world was shut down due to COVID-19, social distancing was part of everyone’s lexicon, and isolation was the new norm, so Anatalie Nguyen, like everyone else, decided to try something new to break the boredom. Nguyen dabbled in art before, but this time she did something different; it was digital, it was exclusively on her phone. Six years and 430 pieces of digital artwork later, Nguyen’s new hobby became an outlet for this student</summary><author>Steven Bartolotta</author><image><img src="/newsroom/_binaries/IMG_7142.jpeg" alt="placeholder"/></image><tags><tag>Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine</tag></tags></item>