“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Research
Advancing NIH’s Mission Through a Unified Strategy
Source: National Institutes of Health NIH is moving toward a unified strategy that aligns our priorities and funding approaches to fulfill this commitment.
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Scientists Have Just Created The Most Synthetic Life Form Ever
Source: ScienceAlert Scientists have created a strain of bacteria with a genetic code more streamlined – and more meddled with – than any other life on Earth.
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Leading a lab, and all it entails
Source: Science A chemist offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.
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Building a research database to protect tribal trust
Source: The University of Arizona Claudia Nelson guided the creation of a public-facing research database, increasing transparency between U of A researchers and Arizona’s native tribes.
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Technology Ethics
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info
Source: Reuters An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
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More on AI Agents Taking Employee Training
Source: Radical Compliance Employees can now use AI agents to take their training for them. Let's consider some of internal control and compliance headaches that arise.
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Safety
Does human-AI collaboration promote or hinder employees’ safety performance? A job demands-resources perspective
Source: ScienceDirect With the widespread implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), human-AI collaboration has become an important and influential employment model.
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Energy Department Announces First Pilot Project for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Lines
Source: U.S. Department of Energy The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains for nuclear fuel.
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CSX and Florida State College at Jacksonville to Build Nation's First Railroad-Operated Hazardous Materials Training Institute for Emergency Responders
Source: CSX CSX Corp. and Florida State College at Jacksonville, today announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art hazardous materials training facility located at FSCJ’s Fire Academy of the South.
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Higher Education
Survey: International Student Demand Remains High for Now, Despite Federal Changes
Source: Inside Higher Ed Recent data shows that a significant number of students globally are interested in studying in the U.S., but difficulties with immigration processes are limiting opportunities for them.
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Soft Skills Matter Now More Than Ever, According to New Research
Source: Harvard Business Review An analysis of over 1,000 occupations and hundreds of skills—capturing 70 million job transitions—examined the importance of foundational skills to career progression.
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