First, respond to trauma; then, create (and assess) wellness programs to facilitate ongoing student success, says UB guest columnist Karen Gross, who emphasizes the importance of incorporating the values of transparency, tranquility, tolerance and temperance.

UB guest columnists John Katzman and Stephen M. Kosslyn address six challenges higher ed faces in preparing for the fall. Ideally, they say, campuses will create a single ecosystem that allows faculty, staff and students to move between physical and virtual environments.

Mid-pandemic, the ED weighed in on controversial new requirements for reporting college and university foreign gifts and contracts. UB guest columnists Anne D. Cartwright and Scott Schneider provide background and advice for higher ed institutions.