UH president’s report: COVID-19 update, telework policy, federal funding and more

University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner 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.

Lassner also explained how UH may see an increase in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act.

• COVID-19 update (video)
• COVID-19 guidance by team of UH experts (video)
• Vaccination requirement for spring 2022 (video)
• Telework policy update (video)
• Spring 2022 will include online courses (video)
• Attendance at UH athletics events (video)
• Tenure task force work underway (video)
• Legislative inquiries continue (5,000 pages provided to date) (video)
• Astro2020 Decadal Survey (video)
• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (video)
• Build Back Better Act (video)
• Federal budget bill (video)
• Reimagining UH project update (video)
• Philanthropy update (video)
• Intramural funding update (video)
• UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow (video)
• UH wins multiple academic events (video)
  Entomology champions
  Hackathon winners
  eSports collegiate title
  Rocketry flies high

See previous president’s reports to the Board of Regents.