By Carla Garnett
Dr. Francis Collins convenes the second consecutive ACD meeting virtually via Zoom.
For the first day of the December meeting of the advisory committee to the NIH director (ACD), the ACD might well have stood for All-Covid Deliberations. The majority of the agenda was devoted to the novel coronavirus that has wreaked havoc worldwide, isolating people physically if not emotionally from family and friends, and forcing most industries and institutions to operate remotely as much as possible.
Indeed, for the second consecutive meeting (the first was last June), the ACD was held virtually via Zoom.
Opening the 121st gathering of the group, and speaking from his dining room by way of computer, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins used a slide presentation to describe “just what a desperate situation we now find ourselves in and how much we need science to come to the rescue as quickly as possible,” he said. “[This is] visual evidence of why some of us are so deep
As the pandemic continues to not only drag on but intensify, the toll on institutions and staff is becoming more evident. To get a sense of what was happening, and how it could help, NIH conducted surveys this fall. The findings provide perhaps the first large-scale albeit limited look at the concerns organizations and researchers are wrestling with.
Increased expenses to ensure the safety of staff and students during COVID-19 are among the factors related to the pandemic that have most substantially affected institutions, according to nearly 70% of the more than 200 research administration leaders responding to the survey.
[1] Close to 32% reported “institutional hiring freezes,” and approximately 62% cited reduced access to labs as the factors “most negatively” affecting research functions.
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Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA) Places Top 10 in California Economic Summit’s Partnerships for Industry and Education (PIE) Contest
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BITA places in annual PIE Contest for offering a comprehensive construction training program to students in 40 high schools throughout California. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB) December 16, 2020 The California Homebuilding Foundation (CHF)’s high school construction training curriculum, the Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA), placed in the top 10 of education programs entered in the Partnerships for Industry and Education (PIE) Contest held during the 2020 California Economic Summit.
California Forward (CA Fwd) administered the fourth annual PIE Contest in partnership with the Sierra Business Council at the California Economic Summit to award outstanding educational programs for their contribution to the state’s economy and workforce.