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• Coronavirus and student loans: What’s the impact?

  Andy Kearns Education

  The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life all over the globe. Not only has it taken lives, devastated families, caused excessive stress and worry, but it’s also hit a lot of people hard financially. It’s caused roughly 39 million Americans to file for unemployment benefits. If you’re a student loan borrower, you’ve likely been impacted by the effects of coronavirus, too, so it’s crucial to understand what’s changed.

• Will home-sharing and luxury hotels recover before other lodging products?

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  As more places ease coronavirus restrictions, travel companies are getting ready to reopen their businesses. But do people want to travel again soon? If so, who are the travelers? Smith Travel Research (STR), a leading data analytics provider for the lodging industry, conducted an opinion survey about travelers’ attitudes towards different types of accommodation facilities based on their preferences from past experiences. One assumption for such an analysis is that travelers tend to stick to the same kind of accommodation facility for their trips.

• States are reopening their manufacturing sectors. Here’s what they…

  Bambi Majumdar Manufacturing

  The manufacturing industry will have a significant role in the coming economic recovery, so there is optimism to be had with the news of the sector reopening in many places. But worker safety must be of paramount importance. As we cautiously go into our next phase of battling this pandemic, manufacturing companies are preparing to protect workers from the spread of COVID-19.

• Finding the upside of ‘Groundhog Day’

  Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  During our worldwide quarantine, I've heard numerous groans about every day being "Groundhog Day," a reference to an old Bill Murray movie where every day was a rerun of the previous. But regardless of the lockdown, how many of us run busily through our days, repeating mechanically the previous day’s agenda? If you're going through rote motions of living, then you've already been living through "Groundhog Day." Well, this quarantine forces us to be still, to think. When we are moving mechanically and busily through life, we don’t often take the time to think; we just do.

• Museum educators fill a critical need for students

  Sheilamary Koch Education

  To say museums have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic would be an understatement. The American Alliance of Museums estimates that museums in the United States are collectively losing at least $33 million a day. Yet even now while they’re hurting most, many museums have offered entertainment and solace to families sheltering in place at home with free virtual tours. Teachers have been able to take advantage of these resources to create engaging lessons for students on virtual field trips.

• Keep the wrong people away from the planning retreat

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Association planning retreats are convened every few years. They represent a significant investment in people’s time and meeting costs. Attendees are asked to create a three- to five-year roadmap. The results should best position the organization and communicate value to members. During the process, volunteers and staff will take deep dives into analyzing trends, assessing programs, creating initiatives and making long-term decisions.

• On equity: How the pandemic may impact schools in the future

  Brian Stack Education

  As our nation prepares to enter a third month of altered operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, an alarming reality is starting to give rise amongst policymakers, educators, and parents alike: When it comes to equity, many schools and school systems may in fact be worse off than they may have originally thought, and it will get worse before it gets better.

• Medical practices are up against it as they struggle to retain patients,…

  Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied Healthcare

  For some more than others, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Still, medical practices remain at the center of battling the virus as they treat patients. They also face personal financial pressures like many of their American counterparts. More than half of clinicians (55%) fear another wave of the virus. They are stressed because of potentially limited access to testing and personal protective equipment, according to a survey of 730 primary care clinicians in 49 states and Washington, D.C.

• Newly discovered immune pathway could help prevent long-term organ rejection

  Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

  University of Pittsburgh and Houston Methodist Hospital researchers have discovered an immune pathway that could cause rejection of transplanted organs. The study, published in the journal Science, says contrary to previous data, the body's "innate" immune system may impact organ transplants over the long term. "The rate of acute rejection within one year after a transplant has decreased significantly, but many people who get an organ transplant are likely to need a second one in their lifetime due to chronic rejection," said Dr. Fadi Lakkis, the study’s senior author.

• Trails for two-wheelers: A look at the United States Bicycle Route System

  Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

  Missouri’s Katy Trail State Park is a cyclist’s dream. Created by repurposing a 237-mile-long stretch of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, the bicycle trail cuts across Missouri’s midriff with over half its length following Lewis & Clark’s path up the Missouri River as they launched their epic expedition of discovery. This trail is typical of a fast-growing number of long-distance cycling routes crisscrossing America that have inspired development of a national cycling route network known as the United States Bicycle Route System (USBRS).

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