A new special collection of natural history collection related articles from BioScience highlights some of the exciting new ways scientists and educators are mobilizing and “Special Collection of BioScience Articles on Natural History Collections”
Category: News & Updates
Legislation Introduced to Provide COVID-19 Relief to Research Community
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have introduced bipartisan legislation to provide emergency relief appropriations for federal science agencies to support the research community during “Legislation Introduced to Provide COVID-19 Relief to Research Community”
ICE Guidance on Foreign Students Rescinded
On July 6, 2020, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a new guidance that would have forced international students to leave the U.S. “ICE Guidance on Foreign Students Rescinded”
Articles Call for Leveraging Biodiversity Science Infrastructure
Two articles published in the July 2020 issue of BioScience — an Editorial led by NSC Alliance Treasurer Jennifer Zaspel and a Viewpoint led by “Articles Call for Leveraging Biodiversity Science Infrastructure”
Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World
Recognizing the rapid changes happening within museum communities and the efforts being made throughout the community to adapt to these changes, iDigBio is organizing a “Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World”
NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Protecting COVID-19 Patient Data
On July 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice ordering hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and “NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Protecting COVID-19 Patient Data”
BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections
The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is working to help the scientific and natural history collections/museum community understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting research, “BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections”
NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Clarity on COVID-19 Business Loan Program
The NSC Alliance has joined with other organizations representing museums, zoos, and aquaria to endorse comments from the National Council of Nonprofits to the Small “NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Clarity on COVID-19 Business Loan Program”
Collections in the News
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that biology and the economy are tightly linked. A new Washington Watch column in BioScience, Policy for Bioeconomic Growth, discusses “Collections in the News”
Survey Data Highlight Community Concerns About COVID Closures, Disruptions
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History “Survey Data Highlight Community Concerns About COVID Closures, Disruptions”