Amazon and General Motors are among companies exploring ways to test employees for COVID-19 infection, but these measures may be against the law.
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The crisis has made recovery more difficult for those with substance use disorders. The inability to get to support group meetings, stress and illness are just some of the factors.
Algorithms are only as good as the people who make them.
Social distancing has made giving to the poor – an obligation under Islam – harder this Ramadan. Meanwhile Muslim nonprofits are feeling the strain of the economic downturn.
Brazil's Valley of the Dawn faith is often dismissed as a cult. But many of the group's fantastical rituals are a recognizable reaction to this harsh world of inequality, loneliness and pandemics.
Most Christian churches were relying heavily on 'collection plates' to pay their bills before the pandemic struck. And less than half were doing any online fundraising as of 2018.
Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities' drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff.
They're conducting research, accommodating testing facilities and turning dorms into quarters for medical professionals while also helping people muddle through hard ethical decisions.
A survey of 500 adults in the US provides a snapshot of the ways people are dealing with life during a pandemic and how well they think they're doing.
Officially, not that many people have recovered from the coronavirus. An epidemiologist explains what has to happen for a COVID-19 survivor to get a clean bill of health.
The response by Chinese donors to this pandemic so far illustrates how the country's philanthropy is beginning to go global.
In past recessions, donors have tightened their pursestrings even as the need has grown. But two scholars explain why, at least for foundations, there's room for more generosity in tough times.
The founder of a black hair-care empire supported the NAACP and the Tuskegee Institute, helped preserve Frederick Douglass's home. She also tried to used her prominence to stop lynching.
In 2002, Mike Veeck, a minor league baseball owner with a knack for bizarre promotions, decided to set the record for lowest attendance – and bar fans from entering the stadium.
For higher ed, this is a crisis of unknown proportions.
Travelers may undergo screenings at airports to control the spread of coronavirus. Research shows that these efforts have little to no effect on slowing the spread of disease.
An epidemiologist explains the differences and similarities between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu.
For more than two centuries, one particular epithet has resonated through US politics – and even helped inspire the unofficial mascot of a major political party.
The flu shot is a bargain – and people are more likely to get it if they know that.
It helps when school leaders are open about their financial struggles before it's too late to forge a good plan.
Authors
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Global Philanthropy Fellow, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
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Research fellow, IUPUI
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Ph.D. Student in Psychology, IUPUI
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Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
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Professor of Business Law, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Psychology, IUPUI
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Ph.D. Student in Psychology, IUPUI
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Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow, IUPUI
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Assistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, IUPUI
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Director Epidemiology Education, IUPUI
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Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs, Philanthropy, and English; Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Emeritus, IUPUI
