{"id":159435,"date":"2022-05-19T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159435"},"modified":"2022-07-22T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:55:43","slug":"president-report-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/19\/president-report-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u02bbs report: COVID-19, enrollment, 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_31691\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbOaRNdGv9E?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=\"President\u02bbs report: COVID-19, enrollment, 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 <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> provided the latest on <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s response to COVID-19 in his monthly report today, May 19, at the Board of Regents meeting at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\">Honolulu Community College<\/a>. Lassner cited the increase in positive cases in the state when explaining why the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/face-masks-for-summer\/\">mask requirement for educational spaces<\/a> will remain in place for the summer sessions.<\/p>\n<p>He also provided progress reports on the tenure working group and Â鶹´«Ã½ning Initiative, discussed pay increases for employees and student employees and highlighted a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> to fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/20m-tclimate-resilience-through-data-science\/\">research and capacity building in support of actionable climate science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mahalo to host Honolulu Community College (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=17s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=1m32s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Tenure working group update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=4m38s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Â鶹´«Ã½ning Initiative progress report (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=8m58s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Employee collective bargaining agreements (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=14m58s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Raises for student employees (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=16m50s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Higher payscale for graduate assistants (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=18m28s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2022 enrollment down slightly (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=21m56s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>$499 million in research funding (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=23m3s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>$20 million <abbr>NSF<\/abbr> award for data science (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t=23m37s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Zero-cost textbook project (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DbOaRNdGv9E?t26m53s\">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<figure id=\"attachment_138862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138862\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/system-epscor-water-conference-2.jpg\" alt=\"rainbow over arboretum\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/system-epscor-water-conference-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/system-epscor-water-conference-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/system-epscor-water-conference-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate station located at Lyon Artoretum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lassner also provided updates on employee collective bargaining agreements and student employee 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