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View this email in your browser NEW PUBLICATIONS The latest publications in your chosen topic preferences. Education Health and Medicine Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prioritizing Health, Equity, and Communities   Buy This Book Download Free PDF   Health and Medicine Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response   Buy This Book Download Free PDF   Health and Medicine Reflections on Sharing Clinical Trial Data: Challenges and a Way Forward: Proceedings of a Workshop   Buy This Book Download Free PDF   Earth Sciences Earth System Predictability Research and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Update of Security 101: A Physical and Cybersecurity Primer for Transportation Agencies   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Developing a Physical and Cyber Security Primer for Transportation Agencies   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Guidebook for Detecting and Mitigating Low-Level DC Leakage and Fault Currents in Transit Systems   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods   Download Free PDF   Transportation and Infrastructure Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods   Download Free PDF   FEATURED NEWS STORIES The Coronavirus Pandemic: “This Is Everybody’s Issue” In the Summer 2020 issue of Issues in Science and Technology, National Academy of Medicine President Victor Dzau and immediate past NAM Foreign Secretary Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg discuss pandemic preparedness, the toll the pandemic is taking on vulnerable populations, and the prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more. HBCUs, COVID-19, and Systemic Racism Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) serve communities that are especially impacted by COVID-19 as well as systemic racism. Read highlights of a recent town hall, where the presidents of three HBCUs discussed how the pandemic is affecting their institutions at a time of a national awakening around the country’s racial history and divisions.   A Deep Curiosity About the World In a wide-ranging discussion hosted in June by DASER Experiments — a series of online discussions between scientists and artists who are pushing the boundaries of their fields — oceanographer Jody Deming and artist Adrien Segal explored what inspires their work and the overlap between science and art.    NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Schools Should Prioritize Reopening in Fall 2020, Especially for Grades K-5, While Weighing Risks and Benefits New Report Recommends National Framework to Strengthen Evidence on Effective Responses to Public Health Emergencies, Says Current Evidence Base Is Deficient Historically Black Colleges and Universities Take Center Stage as the Nation Responds to COVID-19 and Systemic Racism “A deep curiosity about the world” COVID-19 and Black Communities See more press releases in the National Academies Newsroom. CONNECT WITH US National Academies Press.   National Academies Press 500 Fifth St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Add us to your address book