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“We’re getting a lot of questions from employers about how to make sure people are legitimately allowed to take paid sick leave and then what to do to make sure people legitimately have medical issues,” Larry Stuart, an employment lawyer in the Houston-based law firm Stuart PC and an adjunct professor at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, tells Yahoo Life.

“The big question is, in the absence of any government action, what will consumers do?” said Peter Rodriguez, an economist and dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. “Many are going to hold back at least a few more weeks and wait for a real sign of safety.”

Peter Rodriguez is the dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University: “We know that some businesses really can't open at this capacity level and be profitable, so 25% isn't any better than being completely shut and it will stay that way." He says today's effort to restart our economy in southeast texas is a step forward. It's not a miracle drug.

Indra Nooyi (center), former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, was the John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker at the Weinberg Center’s 2019 Corporate Governance Symposium. Joining Nooyi were, left to right, Weinberg Center Associate Director Ann Mule, Weinberg Center Director Charles M. Elson, UD President Dennis Assanis and College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean John Pelesko.

The Artemis Fund recently launched to provide seed money and Series A financing to women-led companies. Its first $100,000 award will be given at the Rice Business Plan Competition held April 4 through April 6.