This college has the best COVID testing operation in the U.S.

It's back-to-school season. Here's what the fall semester looks like.

Click here to view this email in your browser.  August 31, 2020 Welcome to this edition of The Reader, a weekly roundup of Fortune stories and insights you need to know.   It's back-to-school season.   Some schools are reopening in person, with one university possibly running the best COVID testing operation in the U.S., testing students twice a week.   Others are beginning class online—recently enduring a four-hour outage on Zoom.   Meanwhile, parents are almost evenly split on sending their kids back to campus.   Read on for more on what the fall semester has in store.  Clifton Leaf Editor-in-chief, Fortune   P.S. Become a premium member and get in-depth analysis on urgent stories. MUST READ One university may have the best COVID testing operation in the U.S.   The testing is so widespread on campus that it represented 20% of all tests administered in the state of Illinois and 1.5% of all tests administered nationwide.   BY LEE CLIFFORD AUGUST 29, 2020 HEALTH       Can far-UVC light reduce the spread of COVID-19 indoors? "We're up to our ears in the promise of the technology," says Ed Nardell, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. BY ERIKA FRY AUGUST 31, 2020 TECH       The pandemic problem tech can't solve: Physical touch Tech solutions like Zoom and Google Meet just don't feel the same. BY DANIELLE ABRIL AUGUST 23, 2020 OPINION       I'm a physician and a CEO. Why I won't bring my employees back to the office before Labor Day 2021 The CEO and founder of Zocdoc is considering both the health risks and the business risks of reopening. BY OLIVER KHARRAZ AUGUST 26, 2020 MUST WATCH Getting back to the 'college experience'   "The reason people come to a college campus is because of how many different contacts they have in a day. So we're going to have to be equipped for contact tracing," says Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud. Here's a peek at Fortune Analytics, our exclusive newsletter for Premium subscribers that brings you weekly business insights based on timely data analysis by our editorial team and exclusive polling.    This week, we polled 2,478 people to learn how the pandemic is impacting where they want to live.   8% ... of U.S. adults are more likely to move out of their city or county in the next 12 months as a result of the pandemic. 17% ... of unemployed Americans are more likely to move out of their city or county in the next 12 months. To get the full briefing, consider becoming a Fortune Premium subscriber. You'll also get access to all of our stories on the web and in print.   Your support makes our journalism possible. Thank you. More essential reads As a new school year begins, Zoom endures a 4-hour outage by Andrew Nusca How scary will a COVID-19 Halloween be for candy companies? by Beth Kowitt 34% of would-be parents say they may have children sooner because of COVID-19 by Emma Hinchliffe What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night by Shanice Joseph From the archives "As the back-to-school "season" has become a marketing phenomenon, it definitely suffers from expectations creep – and for working parents, that means lots of late-night trips to Staples and Target, long lines and big bills. Add in to that the challenging of managing new logistics – new schedules for the kids – and you've got full-on back to school stress." —Here's why back to school means 'full on' stress for parents by Laura Vanderkam, September 2015 Check out the new Fortune app.     This email was sent to majed2aboshddad.majed@blogger.com Unsubscribe  | Edit your newsletter subscriptions   Did someone share this with you? Subscribe here.   Fortune Media (USA) Corporation 40 Fulton Street New York, NY. 10038