{"id":156620,"date":"2022-03-17T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=156620"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T21:11:07","slug":"march-2022-president-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/march-2022-president-report\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s report: COVID-19 latest, tenure task force, federal funding"},"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_93516\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9nVZh9ft-w?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 March 2022 report: COVID-19 latest, tenure task force, federal funding\"  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 David Lassner announced the relaxing of most COVID-19 restrictions on March 26 at <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8216;s 10 campuses in his monthly report to the Board of Regents on March 17.<\/p>\n<p>The president also provided updates on the next steps for the tenure task force, development of the new strategic plan for the system, record-setting pace of extramural funding and philanthropic giving, and the impact to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> of the recently passed $1.5-trillion federal budget.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COVID-19 pandemic state response (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=27s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/uh-updates-covid-19-guidelines\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> COVID-19 Guidelines update<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=2m27s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Updated masking requirements (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=3m54s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Tenure task force (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=6m13s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> strategic plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=9m20s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/jabsom-10m-gift\/\">Chan Zuckerberg $10<abbr>M<\/abbr> gift<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=11m15s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>$143<abbr>M<\/abbr> in gifts this fiscal year (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=13m21s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Research funding up 14%, $396<abbr>M<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=14m11s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Federal budget provides strong <abbr>UH<\/abbr> funding (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=15m27s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> part of Red Hill water efforts (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t9nVZh9ft-w?t=16m39s\">video<\/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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-medical-gnrc-1.jpg\" alt=\"Medical students in P P E giving high fives\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-156567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-medical-gnrc-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-medical-gnrc-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-medical-gnrc-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lassner announced the relaxing of most COVID-19 restrictions on March 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