As governors and local policymakers wrestle with how to stage the reopening of their states' economies in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, questions abound. Which businesses are the most essential to the economy and social well-being? Which locations should reopen first—and which should be last?

The University of Central Arkansas Police Department has hired Carol Walton as campus emergency management coordinator. 

The University of Texas-San Antonio has been selected to receive a five-year, $70 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish and lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII).

Edgar Rodriguez has been named Interim AVP for Public Safety and Chief of Police for Oregon State University.

In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger, according to a study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Center for Environmental Information and University of Wisconsin–Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.

Dr. Stacey Hall has been named the new interim Director of The University of Southern Mississippi’s National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4), following the retirement of the center’s founder, Dr. Lou Marciani.