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GW researchers are involved in more than 90 projects related to COVID-19 amid a record-high number of invention disclosures and patents filed by GW affiliates this year.
Officials doled out more money on research expenditures last calendar year than any other year in University history, Provost Brian Blake said at a Faculty Senate meeting Friday.
Blake said GW’s researchers had a “phenomenal” year despite the pandemic and ended up spending more than $200 million on research projects. He said GW had a “record year” of invention disclosures and patents in 2020, and the number of GW-authored documents and citations of work done by GW researchers reached a 10-year high.
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LeBlanc said there is no set timeline to reinstate GW s matching retirement contributions, but officials are discussing the University s financial projections daily.
News By Zach Schonfeld Dec 18, 2020 1:17 PM
Officials are reinstating GW’s base retirement contributions for employees and promotion-related salary increases next month as the University’s financial outlook becomes clearer.
University President Thomas LeBlanc, Chief Financial Officer Mark Diaz and Provost Brian Blake said in a joint interview Friday that all eligible faculty and staff will receive an 8 percent base contribution to their retirement accounts in January – double the usual amount to retroactively provide funds for December – before receiving the typical 4 percent base contribution beginning in February. Recently tenured and promoted faculty will also be provided promotion-related salary increases effective Jan. 1, the officials said.
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The JEC released an opinion during the 2019 SA election forbidding write-in candidates from submitting a photo and purpose statement, according to the bill.
The Student Association Senate voted to update election procedures at its last meeting of the semester Monday, allowing write-in candidates in runoff elections to submit additional information on the ballot for voters’ consideration.
The senate action grants any write-in candidate the ability to submit a profile photo and campaign statement if they advance to a runoff election in any opposed senate race. Senators also approved legislation encouraging professors to conduct their courses via Zoom instead of other virtual platforms because of student preferences, dismissed a senator for a lack of attendance at meetings and confirmed two members to the Joint Elections Commission, the body that oversees SA elections.