The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/covid/page/3/)
On its first day of finals, Cornell’s growing COVID spike worsened with the University identifying, but not yet reporting, nearly 300 new cases — including the introduction of the new Omicron variant.
Cornell reported 194 new COVID cases in the past week, Provost Michael Kotlikoff, Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi and Vice President Mary Opperman wrote in a Friday email.
As the holiday season swings into gear, Cornell COVID-19 cases have risen to 30 to 50 cases a week for the past three weeks.
A new University announcement states that students who miss their testing day from now until Saturday, Nov. 13 won’t lose access to campus buildings or Canvas — policies normally in place for a missed surveillance test.
After nearly a month in the yellow alert level, marked by record-high campus case counts, Cornell has returned to alert green.
The University has extended their test-optional policy, providing Fall 2023 and 2024 applicants the option to forgo standardized testing.
This fall semester Cornell resident advisors have found better work conditions and a better ability to interact with residents.
After just two days of fully in-person classes, Cornell has moved to alert level yellow Friday afternoon as cases increase among students.
A year and a half filled with uncertainty has left Cornellians and Americans nationwide grasping at the straws of capricious public health advisory in search of information to protect their communities from COVID-19. Cornell Tech experts note that social media has played an irrevocable role in allowing avenues for disputing the science surrounding COVID-19, straining pandemic response globally.
Cornell will open fully in fall 2021, Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announced Monday afternoon.