The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/yellow-alert/)
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.
After just two days of fully in-person classes, Cornell has moved to alert level yellow Friday afternoon as cases increase among students.
While cases continue to rise, in-person prelims are making for some of the largest gatherings among students on campus.
President Martha Pollack blamed Cornell’s move to the yellow alert on students not following public health guidelines.
Once a highly-anticipated event filled with friends and good food, this year’s Super Bowl Sunday looks different around campus, as Cornell continues to stay at a yellow alert level.
Before classes have even started, the University has entered alert level yellow.
On the last day of in-person classes for the semester, Cornell’s COVID-19 success story began to unravel Friday as a major spike in cases forced the campus to move to yellow alert.
Although still at the yellow alert level, the University has not reported any new COVID-19 cases for the past two days.
As Cornell issues a yellow alert with the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Ithaca community grapples with accountability and enforcement to ensure public safety.