The Faculty and Graduate Professional Research Continuity Committee will develop plans for academic and research continuity in the event that UB continues remote learning and social distances throughout fall, 2020. Key areas for consideration include:
- Ensuring that research and scholarship across the university continues to the greatest extent possible while safeguarding the health of PIs, Research Assistants, and postdoctoral researchers
- Understanding the impacts on maintaining laboratory research under a prolonged stoppage
- Sustaining future research opportunities by facilitating and helping faculty maintain successful grant applications
- Preparing TAs to balance instruction in this new environment with the need to maintain progress on their research and dissertations
- Considering opportunities for maintaining retention and completion in graduate degree programs
- Understanding and mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 situation on the future careers of graduate students and postdocs when there are likely hiring pauses across the economy, including in higher education
- Understanding the unique needs of international students and providing accommodations to the best of our ability
