News
Three Years Since COVID-19 Lockdown, Cornellians Reflect on Pandemic
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Students and faculty reflect on their Cornell experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic after three years when the University shifted to fully online learning.
antigen test
University Continues COVID-19 Self-Test Policy as Fall Break Ends
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As students return from fall break travel outside of Ithaca, the University is asking — but not mandating — that they take antigen tests before returning and before beginning to resume their regular campus activities.
Cornell University
Cornell Gears Up for a Relatively “Normal” Fall Semester, PCR Testing Sites To Be Discontinued
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On Wednesday Jul. 27, the University announced changes to its current COVID-19 policy for the upcoming Fall semester.
COVID-19
University Reduces Testing Frequency and Suspends Booster Requirement for 2022-23 Academic Year
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Students will not be required to have received a booster shot for 2022-23 academic year, and unvaccinated and unboosted students will only be required to test once a week.
Columns
VALDETARO | Code Red Calamity: “Living” with the Virus
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By reducing testing capacity and frequency, the University made itself less resilient and nimble in the face of a potential new variant like Omicron. Given that COVID-19 isn’t going away anytime soon, Cornell’s administration should take decisive action to improve its public health capacity, indoor air policies and logistical preparation for the next time there’s a surge.
Symptomatic Test Kits
Cornell to Offer Symptomatic Test Kits Come Monday
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Starting Monday Jan. 31, Cornell will offer test kits including one antigen and one PCR test to students experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19.
semester updates
Spring 2022: Everything You Need to Know About Cornell’s Start of Semester Plan
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After an abrupt end to the fall semester due to a campus-wide COVID-19 outbreak, the University has updated Cornellians on campus operations for the beginning of spring semester.
virtual instruction
Cornellians Adjust to Virtual Learning on First Day of Classes
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Students express relief and frustration over Cornell’s decision to offer two weeks of virtual instruction and increase testing in the wake of December’s COVID-19 surge.
Willard Straight Hall
From Popping Student Union to Empty Halls: Students Lament Willard Straight Changes
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Without cherished bags of popcorn and beloved study spots in Willard Straight Hall, Cornellians express discontent about changes made to the student union.
COVID-19
VALDERATO | Can You Test Me More?
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This is not a call for endless restrictions on social life or acts of pandemic theater. I actually agree that any outdoor mask mandate is prioritizing the wrong thing given the miniscule risk for outdoor transmission compared to eating in a packed dining hall. Similarly, I acknowledge that most if not all of us are likely to get COVID-19 in our lifetime, experiencing it as a non-life-threatening illness somewhere between a cold we don’t notice and a bad case of the flu.