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• Send me flowers now — don’t wait for my funeral

  Lisa Cole Mental Healthcare

  Who among us hasn't followed our intuition or waited too late to take action and, ultimately, dearly regretted it? Maybe that voice inside kept niggling you to contact someone; yet, you kept telling yourself you'd get to it later. Perhaps you fully intended to make amends with an estranged relative or friend yet never quite found the right time to do so. My elderly mother gave me the title for this article. If your family is anything like mine, there's always one of us who seems to be out of sorts with the other.

• Hospitality industry copes with unprecedented times, massive layoffs

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  The COVID-19 pandemic has brought life and business to a grinding halt. Among the hardest-hit sectors are travel and hospitality. As the virus spread rapidly across the world in February and March, millions scrambled to cancel their travel plans. Hotels and airlines were besieged by customer calls — all demanding cancellations and refunds. Things are going to be tough for some time in these industries, as approximately 15 million hospitality jobs in the U.S. have been affected.

• Supporting multilingual students’ learning in a time of school closures

  Erick Herrmann Education

  There is an old adage in education: "all students can learn." While I agree wholeheartedly with the statement, I believe a more accurate statement would be "all students will learn." Every human learns. We learn language, learn how to navigate the world around us, how to build relationships, how to feed ourselves, and myriad other skills. Of course, it is also appropriate to ask if students will learn the skills we are teaching in schools. When it comes to school closures or extended student absences, what will students continue to learn?

• COVID-19 and the wild sheep decline: An interesting parallel

  Chester Moore Jr. Recreation & Leisure

  The impact of COVID-19 on humanity is nothing short of historic. While the death toll has not and hopefully will not reach the levels of the Spanish flu of 1918, the potential is there, and the grip it has on government, commerce, and private citizens is unprecedented. That’s why I can’t help but make parallels between COVID-19 and the near-catastrophic decline of wild sheep of the 1800s.

• Researchers ‘trick’ body into accepting organ transplant using…

  Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed technology designed to "trick" the body into accepting a transplanted organ. "It's like hacking into the immune system, borrowing a strategy used by one of humanity's worst enemies to trick the body into accepting a transplant," said senior author Steven Little of the Swanson School of Engineering at Pitt. "And we do it synthetically." The enemy Little is referring to is cancer, which tricks the body's immune system into thinking the tumor is a part of the body.

• Infographic: Tech to help you work smarter, not harder

  Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  For the past few decades, technology has changed how we work. In 2016, 85% of global business was done by virtual teams. And while distance workers have increased by 115% since 2005, 1 in 4 struggle with interacting solely through technology. Work-at-home expert Leslie Truex says, "Many managers and workers haven’t had training in how to communicate and coordinate in a virtual world." But there are also myriad tech tools that can help boost your productivity while working virtually. Find out more with this infographic.

• How to digitally market appropriately and compassionately during the COVID-19…

  Lisa Mulcahy Marketing

  You want to stay in touch with you customers during the COVID-19 crisis but you're acutely aware of the fact that a communication misstep can derail that good intention. Digital or social media brand messages that look opportunistic, insensitive or tone-deaf at this time could indeed be a deal-breaker for many consumers and decision-makers now and may be very difficult to recover from when sales conditions normalize down the line. How do you make sure you're communicating in a way that is humane, balanced, kind and altruistic? Here are 10 crucial, common-sense ways to accomplish your goal.

• Feeling restless? Follow these tips.

  Amanda Ghosh Medical & Allied Healthcare

  More than 50% of adults experience insomnia. Unfortunately, a lack of sleep isn't just annoying; it's deadly. Sleep deprivation increases your risk for accidents, heart attack, diabetes, and other scary maladies. If you're not getting at least seven hours of sleep each night, you may want to invest in this sleep trick.

• How important is good office space design?

  Terri Williams Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  There's no magic formula for creating an office environment that fosters productivity and collaboration while increasing employee engagement levels. However, it appears that the physical office space may be as important as the intangible factors that companies routinely chase. A new survey of top-performing employees in Denver conducted by Layton Construction, reveals that office space is so important that it’s only trumped by salary, working hours, healthcare benefits, and the daily commute.

• COVID-19 and the grief process

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  The COVID-19 pandemic is encircling our planet and the entire human family is facing great distress. The deadly impact of the coronavirus can be felt throughout every economy in the world, as well as in villages, rural communities, cities, and suburbs the world over. From shortages of essential supplies to the demise of thousands of small businesses, the ripple effects of this pandemic are beyond imagination. Amidst the social isolation and the wide array of emotions elicited in most every individual, one concept stands out: the grieving process.

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