Sarah Church, vice provost for undergraduate education, and Stacey Bent, vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs, challenge students to engage thoughtfully in Democracy Day, a new academic holiday which this year will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Provost Persis Drell told the Faculty Senate Thursday that a committee has been charged with developing recommendations for a process to create a new institute on the study of race, ethnicity and society. The Faculty Senate also heard updates on the university’s response to COVID-19 and the state of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs, among other topics.
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Regardless of vaccination status, all must comply with campus access restrictions and testing requirements following international travel and may not return to unrestricted campus access until they submit a negative Covid-19 PCR test taken at least 5 days after returning. New travel return policies take effect Nov. 27.
Beginning Sept. 20, surveillance testing will be required for faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and students on-site, regardless of vaccination status.
Vaccinated students are no longer required to complete a daily Health Check; students must submit a Health Check when they experience COVID-19 symptoms, have a positive COVID test, or are exposed to household members who test positive.
