Dear Colleagues: I write to bring you up to date on three things: 1. Compliance deadline: extended to January 18, 2022 2. Mask policy: please pay special attention to this section 3. Vaccination process ...

Dear PI Colleagues: Yesterday, I sent a short note to all university PIs about the federal vaccine and mask mandate and mentioned that the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) will be notifying those PIs whose federal contracts or agreements are affected ...

Dear PI Colleagues: I know many of you are concerned and uncertain about the vaccine and masking mandate announced a few weeks ago by the federal government. At present, this mandate applies to federal contracts and cooperative agreements ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, These aren’t quite the conditions under which I’d hoped to resume my role as vice president for research nor how I was anticipating welcoming you all back to campus for the fall semester ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, I’m writing to you today to share the most recent COVID-19 information and guidance we have, given the increase in infection rates, both statewide and nationally. University leadership, including our ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, I hope you are enjoying your summer — whether that’s staying in and around Austin or traveling safely. I’ll be among the many researchers returning to campus this summer, which is a fitting way of ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, As you’ve likely heard, Governor Abbott issued an executive order yesterday that affects masking policies for counties, cities, school districts, public health authorities and government offices ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, As we get closer to resuming full-capacity, on-campus research, I want to share a few quick reminders and updates with you: On Monday, May 17th, we will move to Research Level 1 (85% workforce ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, As part of the research level step-down plan I introduced earlier this month, I’m writing to let you know that effective Monday, May 10, 2021, social distancing square footage requirements will ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, As the university prepares to return to in-person classes and work this fall, I’m pleased to let you know that we are also initiating a gradual step-down process that will get us back to full-capacity ...