Tagged - pandemic

UR settles lawsuit: partial tuition reimbursement offered to some students

Carstairs alleged that the University failed to provide its promised thirty additional hours of out-of-class student work per credit hour to students taking online classes during the pandemic. Read More

COVID cases rise again across campus this fall

As students return to campuses nationwide for the fall semester, COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the U.S. — and the University is no exception. An initial jump in cases occurred shortly after students returned to campus in the latter half of August, according to Vice Provost and Director of the Department of University […]

UR ends most COVID-19 accommodations, all reporting requirements

Tuesday's new COVID-19 guidelines drew back accommodations for most students and ended the tiered masking system and reporting requirements. Read More

How far off is “Don’t Look Up” from real life?

The film also resonates as an allegory for the pandemic response by our distracted, capitalist country. Read More

COVID-19 updates: Cases rise in time for student arrival 

As the Delta variant spreads and students return to campus, new COVID-19 school-wide policies have been put in place for fall 2021.  All students are required to be vaccinated upon returning to campus, barring religious or medical reasons, which must be approved by University Health Services (UHS). Faculty and staff must either be vaccinated or […]