{"id":151953,"date":"2021-11-18T12:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=151953"},"modified":"2021-11-18T12:33:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:33:40","slug":"uh-presidents-report-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/uh-presidents-report-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> president\u2019s report: COVID-19 update, telework policy, federal funding and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_36836\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kL5rio6Oxw8?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½president\u2019s report: COVID-19 update, telework policy, federal funding and more\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> provided an update on the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for the spring 2020 semester, the employee telework policy and the expected increase in online offerings in his monthly report to the Board of Regents on November 18.<\/p>\n<p>Lassner also explained how <abbr>UH<\/abbr> may see an increase in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-covid-vaccination-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person getting vaccinated\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-149237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-covid-vaccination-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-covid-vaccination-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-covid-vaccination.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COVID-19 update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=8s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 guidance by team of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> experts (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=17s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Vaccination requirement for spring 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=56s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Telework policy update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=2m14s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2022 will include online courses (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=3m14s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Attendance at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> athletics events (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=6m55s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Tenure task force work underway (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=9m24s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Legislative inquiries continue (5,000 pages provided to date) (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=12m11s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Astro2020 Decadal Survey (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=13m33s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=18m33s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Build Back Better Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=20m38s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Federal budget bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=21m25s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Reimagining <abbr>UH<\/abbr> project update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=26m15s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Philanthropy update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=31m21s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Intramural funding update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=32m35s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UN<\/abbr> Climate Change conference in Glasgow (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=33m11s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> wins multiple academic events (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kL5rio6Oxw8?t=34m7s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/entomology-championship\/\">Entomology champions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/28\/hackathon-students-victorious\/\">Hackathon winners<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/19\/esports-first-collegiate-title\/\">eSports collegiate title<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/28\/1st-place-in-rocketry-competition-for-uh-community-college-students\/\">Rocketry flies high<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/presidents-report\/\">See previous president&#8217;s reports to the Board of Regents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150670\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-project-imua-estrada-hudson.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in a room with a rocket\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-project-imua-estrada-hudson.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-project-imua-estrada-hudson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/system-project-imua-estrada-hudson-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Estrada with mentor Jacob Hudson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner provided an update on <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, telework policy, federal funding and 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