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• ASBMB Today Article
  Rethinking the NIH review system
  June 10, 2021
  

  Proposals for change include a tiered grant funding system, tweaks to scoring and criteria, internal reviews and a continuous submission system.
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  Analysis: Mounting pressure on China about coronavirus ‘lab leak’ could backfire
  June 9, 2021
  

  Where the coronavirus originated remains a mystery, and the Chinese are bucking demands to let investigators see more.
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  Two years of the DOJ’s China Initiative
  April 14, 2021
  

  Despite the agency’s intense scrutiny of scientists at academic institutions, few have been convicted, and none has been accused of economic espionage.
• ASBMB Today Article
  Early-career scientists need pandemic relief funds
  March 3, 2021
  

  The ASBMB is urging Congress to pass immediate, targeted COVID-19 relief for junior scientists. The society recommends that Congress provide an additional year of funding for students and early-career researchers whose grants expired in 2020 before they could complete their training and/or research.
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  Can urban universities be better neighbors?
  Feb. 10, 2021
  

  Universities are a significant economic force in American cities. Some leaders are asking how they can use that power to benefit local communities.
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  5 ways the Biden administration may help stem the loss of international students
  Feb. 10, 2021
  

  Over the past four years, the Trump administration made it increasingly difficult for students from other countries to study in the United States. President Joe Biden’s election signals a new day for international education.
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  Intense scrutiny of Chinese-born researchers in the US threatens innovation
  Jan. 30, 2021
  

  The recent arrest of an MIT engineering professor has once again drawn attention to the role of China in the U.S. science and technology system.
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  Pandemic threatens food security for many college students
  Jan. 17, 2021
  

  One spring 2020 report found that 38% of students at four-year universities were food-insecure in the previous 30 days.
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  From neuroscientist to science policy analyst
  Jan. 15, 2021
  

  Careers columnist Martina G. Efeyini talked to NHLBI staffer Nicholas Jury about his career path.
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  What the 2020 election results might mean for the scientific community
  Nov. 11, 2020
  

  Biden has promised “disciplined, trustworthy leadership grounded in science”; runoffs will determine the balance of power in Congress.