On July 21, the US National Academies hosted a half-day virtual workshop exploring the issues involved in reopening research universities. I was fortunate to be able to attend most of this, and there were some extremely informative talks. The National Academies has just made a brief summary of the meeting available at:

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/07/reopening-us-research-universities-weathering-the-pandemic-and-looking-beyond-it

and has also made video of all of the presentations available, at

https://vimeo.com/showcase/7390716

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI