Thread by @TexasTribune

1/ Tomorrow at 12 p.m. CT, the Tribune’s @viaalana will speak to UT System chancellor J.B. Milliken (@jbmilliken) about the #COVID19 pandemic’s impact on higher education.

Follow this thread to see what we’ll discuss. #ttevents bit.ly/2VzKca9

@viaAlana @jbmilliken 2/ The @utsystem is uniquely positioned to respond to the virus — it educates more health care workers than any other #highered system in Texas.

Here’s how @UTAustin's McLellan Lab played a key role in coronavirus vaccine development: bit.ly/2W6DRTX

@viaAlana @jbmilliken @utsystem @UTAustin 3/ Last month, @ShannonNajma reported on how faculty and staff across the UT System were transitioning to online instruction and adjusting to address the needs of students who depend on campus services: bit.ly/2W8E3SG

@viaAlana @jbmilliken @utsystem @UTAustin 4/ To help address the financial issues Texas #highered institutions face, millions of dollars in funding have been allocated through the federal #CARESAct.

But institutions say it isn't enough to cover their coronavirus-related losses: bit.ly/2VIjRYs

@viaAlana @jbmilliken @utsystem @UTAustin 5/ @ShannonNajma sat down with @TAMU System Chancellor John Sharp earlier this month.

He said that while he hopes in-person classes can resume in the fall, contingency plans are in place in the event that remote learning must continue: bit.ly/39Qu2Oy

@viaAlana @jbmilliken @utsystem @UTAustin @ShannonNajma 6/6 What questions do you have for Chancellor Milliken? Submit them here: bit.ly/2VzKca9

And catch up with the other conversations in our coronavirus series here: bit.ly/2VLUDIL