EP #114 - 8.27.2020 The Return to Campus

Today we will talk about the return to campus with Juliana Kaplan and Sheldon Jacobson.

Sheldon H. Jacobson is a Founder Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He has a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University.  Dr. Jacobson research focuses on data-driven, risk-based, decision-making applied to problems in public health and public policy.  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has published over 30 opinion pieces and commentaries in such outlets as The Hill, the New York Daily News, the Indianapolis Star, and the Chicago Tribune, providing insights into the impact of Covid-19 on aviation security, air travel, university openings, and college sports.  

Juliana Kaplan is an associate editor at Business Insider. She works with freelancers and contributors on careers and life coverage, first-person perspectives, and book excerpts. She also covers news, education, and how the pandemic is reshaping our world. She graduated from Barnard College in 2019 with a degree in English and a concentration in creative writing.