Presenting our ideas more thoughtfully and interacting with our colleagues, students and communities in new ways are key for leaders in the COVID-19 era, says UB guest columnist Kim Mooney, president of Franklin Pierce University.

Student organizations at many closed colleges and universities are finding creative ways to remain active and serve their campus communities during the coronavirus outbreak. 

Higher ed leaders and educators: A pandemic is no time to abandon the idea of community. In fact, it should be a time to double down, says UB guest columnist Scott Mobley, who is executive director of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

The California-Irvine professor and former White House Senior Policy adviser will discuss "The Intellectual Life of Esports" in the inaugural event's opening session.