1 10 28 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/b3e63d045e470ebb5290190c5868e2b3.png?Expires=1782345600&Signature=kSjSEuAnsKZEy2qphDBc6kTL8EK2Z4%7EKwnXa8KyR2n0WfzPhZYs%7E8fSAc20K28qrG72%7EBkK5TumFbbs%7EHi4MOigZBe0UrB-VDzegKya4DflawePLO7Y2JxPsWgZqRUygToqiC4bNnBQuEZE3FhnPRj71gjXve%7EUA8u2QNeQQcFUmtauQ-gpxyz5EjPs7aJ6Kzy6X7hC4WRStIcqkN9kC3Rp9KFJJBuF2pXrlHwF2i6rO9OANL9w629pPmbS1Z4wJsrxaznGg2UtvQj607xlADc2L00MWvaZUMfbA0NhL6xwgmZVWNagDEx3YenxY9D0En0JvG8%7EyHkotWGLCYEotjQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f2591313dec2857e518315adc3b512dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dear Blueno Posts Description An account of the resource Screenshots of posts from the public Facebook group "Dear Blueno," an anonymous online forum used dominantly by the Brown community to express their opinions, concerns, or other articulations. Item names are either excerpts from posts or the posts in full. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "1787* - topic: corona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to everyone who has been freaking out about not going back in the fall because of db, the world is cracking down on this pretty hard, especially in the last couple of weeks with the rise of the widespread concept of social distancing and quarantine. I wouldn't worry about it. even if we recover slower than china (who is doing a lot better now, 3 months later), it's likely that things will be looking upwards come at least july end, and we're only going back end of august/september. i think that things may be still cautious on campus, but absolute WORST case (which I don't think will happen) is that the semester is delayed in starting by a couple weeks. " Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dear Blueno Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 25, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG fall 2020 fall on campus verified https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/b6ee9ef6fc1acef74835f3500d5524d8.png?Expires=1782345600&Signature=v-nDHSETFSeLBzQs0t5gUVhVTG%7E6wLa7yJ85ZYKOfQbAAufkLpEANtxo3ULY9E4pdBzreAEz8c9966d7lCVr%7EU7e5Q3WkmCXlQkVrCukQwzaWPVFn8v6Al6hosjaPKddBCZ6FnCIycX7GFRASeEd2%7Ey0Yb5SIpgCq8%7EwGKMYqRKqyObaKK8VWZ2NEKkwNTmeqZVb73MmuJ%7EO0LZjJ6iCyq01Y%7E2ZaGTlr%7EBkttaLjkCYn%7E7l4nSrH5h5va53X7hjlUIn%7EFS5oHujMCxSoc9KdeGBg6uOxsjAw9M3WVX4SSS%7E5llmde2afhYtfMAotwVbLuC9KsKh1sBhhFQaKEU-Eg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM cf5adc04d75551120739bce569791c85 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dear Blueno Posts Description An account of the resource Screenshots of posts from the public Facebook group "Dear Blueno," an anonymous online forum used dominantly by the Brown community to express their opinions, concerns, or other articulations. Item names are either excerpts from posts or the posts in full. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "1791* - topic: corona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . db is doing a good job making it seem like we aren't going back in the fall. we most probably will. that's six months away and the world is pretty proactively trying to do something about this now. stop freaking out people, idk when people started assuming it was over but now everyone seems resigned to it. " Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "1791* - topic: corona . db is doing a good job making it seem like we aren't going back in the fall. we ... Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dear Blueno Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 26, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG fall 2020 fall on campus verified https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/efa34a81b29580fd6cc12764c22a26b1.png?Expires=1782345600&Signature=tT3zA3WDyNsiriyyxQ2%7ECMvdbyxOELiowL18FSaO095lIdwoNZg9yisliRxBNbSkbqCuBXTGZpAPQrhlfWQJqmMvpRSdcNggUOMFwfZNLqsrVotpvl2alnYaLKa5VDA8v6ipS94dHGDHer9S%7Eb4VshyHmYdPkrbRyhpO1Nm3H6I3ELhr5F1EX7ovckfBzyLxzL3WYTEieWKfmE89Lh4wmr77WJLiz1XRaoIGyDbZ6OmQIqa5pZ00oEpzw7ip6puExkWhoBLPdTeGU7qR9Dyn-GkSzWGcz7PloizJnS7kcHmhvtBoNdugOnNQ9PSW4jYlMXap1MoF8aJvGyHGK0zvHA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c1b8724bdacc2566872c9ae2c80879fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dear Blueno Posts Description An account of the resource Screenshots of posts from the public Facebook group "Dear Blueno," an anonymous online forum used dominantly by the Brown community to express their opinions, concerns, or other articulations. Item names are either excerpts from posts or the posts in full. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "1802* - topic: corona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just by looking at how the US government is handling this, it’s impossible for us to return to campus this fall." 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dear Blueno Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 26, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG fall 2020 fall on campus verified https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/f305018080e62479b38bb4938669c16c.png?Expires=1782345600&Signature=GUVnq7vdXlZxlH5%7ER6YA539LO8KOgnkShCIuS8Oo231HzxGFn6b-O-Kfs1YOao1GT51tpl6dKMpEV0zfEezSYJaDrYViLvOszh9Ch7F2CWiD7lgW-nRZ388pW5aVPQGH8Rp8ICFVqZw3910eKL8uYbkgcJvBRzAcAwiMhgf-jPXs3nZCVbUd0QhH1S1PFAnt%7EPmeJ-pndvnS1JBPOImb6tTHhk28RK9ltYUdetLSyYnLd%7EG6p7IDxSqiSURgXSr2X34uPbHxZZVDDI8q2VvUmBcc4QpzJze7jP6cAfH%7EU16dpQpo%7EKGaPJh1LSa4LGv0PXaroG0Y58ioFLPI0UJuXg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9c566e10a69b430bf235b86026364ab8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dear Blueno Posts Description An account of the resource Screenshots of posts from the public Facebook group "Dear Blueno," an anonymous online forum used dominantly by the Brown community to express their opinions, concerns, or other articulations. Item names are either excerpts from posts or the posts in full. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 1737* - I’m really nervous about not being able to go back to Brown in the fall :/ I get why we couldn’t just end the semester since we’re halfway through (and we’ve already paid!), but I don’t go to Brown to do it online! I’d rather graduate a year later than do more school online. Would Brown consider not starting next semester at all ?! Or would we be forced to go online if society isn’t back to normal by then ? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1737* - I’m really nervous about not being able to go back to Brown in the fall :/ I get ... Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dear Blueno Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 23, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG fall 2020 fall on campus Online Classes verified https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/7c8b1caed60cda59093d6947f0b01376.png?Expires=1782345600&Signature=JlxFlptYc6DWmg-SoAxAOY0hAe044WmmR4ixYu5Oqg4skIvsxV7ghquEiwTied%7E7qq-2pc8H%7EBdwuRdS8Y%7Em6c3gZhclcNkZQdc8HwMuqkdwaMtE650fCr78VZFa%7EIc1UAu29PNN4Tvd%7EfwGJteiYVJGIfEKgJ6xVWCWW0koz6fCGNj%7E95XgJetvJItrhwdUHbxYQneg3aRqGZPKp3jyWbEoXH4IJ5g24G%7EeYISjf8DrAmhPD%7EUEv-pmF06gwG-emZyBBw3AIT8c3vnRmErwwNkctwHFRTPBWj3z7KOqgsCnfKNsyEmykxxLn2%7EigncM4uMnIr4xlL0PBRNWiXsT0g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a1d0e49481b21c06556a246a1a3c4a80 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brown Daily Herald Description An account of the resource This collection consists of articles published by the Brown Daily Herald, the undergraduate daily student newspaper, in regards to COVID-19 at Brown. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Where students once climbed onto the roof for an evening of soccer under the stars, where athletes huddled together to chat with their teammates during practices and navigated the track and courts, the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center has now become a primary gathering spot for the Brown community — in a very different way. There, many University students and staff are learning to follow a set of equally spaced-out arrows along the floor and swab their nasal passages, instead of dribbling basketballs, as the University tallies positive and negative test results. There have been five positive tests from 5,400 results that have come back thus far from Brown community members who have already initiated their asymptomatic testing at the OMAC or Brown’s second testing center, 1 Davol Square. Over 6,000 University community members have received tests at the two locations from Aug. 24. through Sept. 1 as part of the academic year testing process, according to a Sept. 2 email from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91. To date, 6,375 University students, faculty and staff have enrolled in testing. “While the low rate of positive asymptomatic tests is reassuring, it is by no means an indication that our individual or community vigilance with regard to health and safety measures should relax,” Carey wrote. The University’s current testing process was built off of information gathered during the University’s summer testing pilot, which reported under five positive results from around 3,100 total tests, according to an Aug. 28 Today@Brown Announcement from Provost Richard Locke P’18 and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Barbara Chernow ’79. “We have worked hard to improve the test scheduling process, speed up turnaround times for test results, strengthen the process for delivering test results to participants, and refine the approach to the web-based screening survey through which participants report symptoms,” they wrote in the announcement summarizing summer testing results. Still, due to the transition from randomized testing to required weekly or semiweekly testing, some testing participants had difficulties with the scheduling process over the past week. Some returning students mistakenly received emails, reviewed by The Herald, indicating that they had not followed testing and symptom tracking procedures and stated that if they did not remedy the alleged mistake, the matter would be “referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards and you may face disciplinary action.” But Carey added that Verily, the company working with the University to manage testing logistics, has updated their system, mostly resolving this issue. “The feedback we have received regarding the testing sites and testing process itself has been positive, and we have continued to make improvements based on participant feedback and suggestions,” Carey wrote. Claire Miller ’21, who lives off-campus, shared such feedback about her experience registering for testing, which requires setting up an account on Verily’s website after receiving an email from Campus Life. The directions were “super, super clear,” Miller said. “Honestly, I think they’re doing a really good job with the explanations. I was a little nervous when I went in just because I hadn’t done it before, but it was so organized.” Upon arrival at the OMAC, students must follow arrows dotting the floor and stand at socially distanced spots while waiting in line for a temperature check before showing an ID to check-in. Staff then direct community members to private booths separated by black curtains, where health care personnel wearing long gowns, face shields, masks and gloves instruct them on how to administer the test. For asymptomatic individuals, the University has opted for an “easier and significantly less uncomfortable” — yet comparably accurate — anterior nasal test that uses a swab and does not go as deep into the nose as the nasopharyngeal test, according to the Aug. 28 University statement. Mia Santomauro ’21, who is also living off-campus, went in to receive their first test Aug. 24, the first day of academic-year COVID-19 testing at the OMAC, after it transitioned from a prior location on Meeting Street. Santomauro, who like Miller completed the entire process in around five minutes, said the process was “super easy,” and, given the vast space, it “wasn’t overly crowded.” The University specifically chose the OMAC because it is spacious and well ventilated. Verily will notify participants getting tested once or twice a week to schedule a subsequent test three days or one to two days, respectively, after their last test. In both cases, it is recommended that people space out their tests every three to four days. “For the most part, the Broad Institute is turning around results within 24 hours of the sample arriving at the lab, so typically a day and a half after the test,” Carey wrote. Students who test positive will not be tested again for 90 days in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The University is in the process of finalizing a dashboard to communicate collective and anonymized results with the public on its Healthy Brown website. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Online newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brown Daily Herald Description An account of the resource This collection consists of articles published by the Brown Daily Herald, the undergraduate daily student newspaper, in regards to COVID-19 at Brown. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The University is implementing a “phased approach” to in-person undergraduate instruction and student returns to campus in light of the shifting public health landscape, according to the Healthy Brown website. As part of this approach, all undergraduate courses will be taught remotely until the week of Oct. 5, meaning in-person teaching will resume at least two weeks later than initially planned — or not at all. A limited number of students will be allowed back on campus prior to this date, as part of phase one of the fall term. Most undergraduates will likely be invited back to campus in phase two. The University will make a decision by Sept. 11 about proceeding with phase two or shifting to a fully remote semester. Students invited to campus for phase two of reopening may choose to continue to study remotely, and faculty members may choose to teach their courses remotely if they have health concerns even if in-person classes begin in phase two. Employees who are able to continue their work remotely in the coming months will do so, according to the Healthy Brown website. Graduate and medical students will still return to campus before Sept. 7 for in person instruction in most cases, Paxson wrote. Undergraduate students living off-campus are “discouraged from returning to campus until late September,” Paxson wrote. Public health conditions The beginning of the second phase will depend on whether the in-state severity of the virus has sufficiently declined. “If by September 11, COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island have declined from their current level over a 14-day period and the number of students who test positive for COVID-19 is sufficiently low, then we will follow our current plan to offer many smaller undergraduate courses (with no more than 20 students) in person beginning on October 5,” President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in an Tuesday email to community members. “If these conditions are not met by September 11, the remainder of the semester will be remote,” she wrote. Undergraduates who live in environments that are unsafe or unconducive to remote study, who have planned research and laboratory work or who cannot return home because of international status will be able to apply to return to residence halls before Labor Day. Paxson’s email follows a wave of announcements from institutions across the country who have altered plans to bring students back to campus — or reversed those plans altogether. Howard University and Princeton University were among the institutions that announced they will be moving completely online for the fall semester last week. In their decisions, both cite difficulty in quarantine procedures for students, health risks for surrounding communities and diminished quality of on-campus experience. Following months of successful efforts to reduce the number of coronavirus cases in the state, new infections began to gradually increase over the past month. Governor Gina Raimondo announced the extension of Phase 3 and a reduction in size of social gatherings to 15 people on July 29. “It is unclear whether cases will decline or continue to rise in the coming week,” Paxson wrote. “We must confront the reality that bringing students back in smaller numbers is the safer course,” she added. Academics, campus life This newly-adopted phased approach to the start of in-person instructions does not impact the tri-semester model announced last month, Paxson wrote. “The expectation is that first-year students will still arrive for the spring term and continue to the summer term,” she added. The pre-registration process will continue as planned, with students receiving their initial course registrations on Aug. 14 and the add/drop period following from Aug. 17 to Sept. 22. Students can order physical or digital course materials through the Brown Bookstore website beginning Aug. 24. From Aug. 22 to Sept, 15, students living both on- and off-campus will be expected to adhere to the University’s quiet period. During this time, students are “expected to remain in their residents halls except for a limited number of specific essential activities,” wrote Eric Estes, Vice President for Campus Life, and Rashid Zia, Dean of the College, in a campus-wide email Tuesday. During this time the University will be following quarantine requirements put in place by the Rhode Island Department of Health. This includes “wearing masks, social distancing, testing, contact tracing, and limiting the size of social gatherings for attendees and especially hosts,” Estes and Zia wrote. Failure to comply with these requirements will be considered a violation of the University Code of Student Conduct. The new staggered arrival plan means previous housing requests by students to live with friends on campus no longer apply. “Returning to campus before Labor Day will invalidate any prior requests for specific neighbors unless they also apply for and receive permission to move in at the end of August,” Estes and Zia wrote. Students who return in the first phase will likely be reassigned to a new room upon the return of the remaining students in the second phase depending on the public health situation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Online newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brown Daily Herald Description An account of the resource This collection consists of articles published by the Brown Daily Herald, the undergraduate daily student newspaper, in regards to COVID-19 at Brown. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The University released its guidelines Aug. 11 for the free COVID-19 testing that will be required of returning students and employees during the fall semester. The summer testing pilot program currently in place will transition to this academic-year testing initiative beginning the week of Aug. 24. The new initiative will require routine, asymptomatic testing at least weekly for students, staff and faculty returning to campus or Providence. Students and employees coming back to campus will be required to undergo a baseline test upon their arrival. For undergraduate students, arrival may range from late August to late September given the University’s new plan, under which the majority of students will not return to campus until the week of Sept. 21. “I can’t make an absolute guarantee, but the goal is that everybody will be tested on the same day they arrive or within the first 24 hours,” University Spokesperson Brian Clark said. Afterwards, everyone must participate in routine testing at least weekly. University community members will be expected to undergo asymptomatic testing about every three or four days, Clark added, noting that this interval may change over time. Any student exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms is asked to notify University Health Services. Health Services will screen the student and help arrange a virtual appointment with a clinician to assess the person’s health and schedule a symptomatic test if necessary, said Vanessa Britto, associate vice president for campus life and executive director of health and wellness. Alongside these measures, asymptomatic, routine “testing is essential and really has to be one of the foundational elements for identifying and essentially stopping the community spread of (the) virus,” Clark said. Routine testing will “enable an understanding of the incidence of novel coronavirus in the on-campus population and help identify the proportion of asymptomatic positives over time,” according to the Healthy Brown website. Testing “will help us understand exactly how COVID is impacting our students both on and off campus” and “understand what community transmission might look like,” Britto said. Britto stressed the fundamental importance of asymptomatic testing to maintaining an understanding of the scope of COVID-19 on campus. “When you think about the age demographic of the traditional undergraduate population … 30 to 50 percent of that population is asymptomatic. They don’t have symptoms. They (may) have the disease, they may be incubating the virus, but without testing, we wouldn’t know,” she added. The announcement about testing guidelines follows the University’s prior decision to conduct randomized testing of those returning to Brown this summer as part of its pilot program. By assessing the testing process and considering several testing partners over recent months, the University developed an informed strategy for the fall, Clark said. Testing Frequency To settle on a rate for asymptomatic testing, the University sought “a balance between frequent enough testing so that you get a clear window into prevalence on campus and whether there is a community spread … and something that’s practical to implement,” Clark said. Testing frequency and the means of administering the test will vary on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the University’s issued guidelines. Clark explained that to help determine how frequently University community members should be tested, the University considered medical and public health experts’ recommendations to develop two categories, “with a focus on the amount of contact an individual is likely to have with other campus community members:” high contact and medium contact. On-campus, off-campus and commuter undergraduate students and first-year, second-year and Gateways medical students will be considered high contact, and will all be tested twice each week. Other high-contact individuals will also receive tests twice a week.High-contact individuals generally include those who satisfy the following criteria: remaining on campus for at least three days a week; learning, teaching, advising or supervising others in person; or working around students, in residences or in places where social distancing may not be feasible. Graduate students and University faculty in Providence meeting these criteria would be considered high contact, according to the Healthy Brown website. Josh Neronha ’22 thinks this testing rate for undergraduates is “great” because “having community transmission at Brown is pretty much inevitable, and I think the best way to alleviate that is testing,” he said. But many graduate students and faculty may fall into the medium-contact category. Medium-contact people will only be tested once a week. This testing rate applies to graduate students or faculty who take classes or teach remotely or who work in private, on-campus offices or areas conducive to social distancing, as long as they will not be on campus for more than two days. The goal is to eventually be able to provide testing twice a week to medium-contact graduate students and employees at their request, Clark said. Those who do not fall into either category include students and faculty who will be completely remote, meaning they will not be teaching, studying or researching on campus, as well as staff who are permitted to visit the campus weekly for at most half a day. Medical students on rotations as third and fourth-years, as well as Alpert Medical School faculty, must follow guidelines for health care workers that are separate from those of the University. Additionally, higher-risk groups may seek access to tests prior to returning to campus, but “we’re not obligating anyone to be tested before they arrive” on campus, as doing so may prove challenging or unsafe for some, Britto said. Depending on the public health situation in Rhode Island, testing frequency regulations are also subject to change — but likely, not in the immediate future. If, for example, “the numbers in Rhode Island are drastically less than what they are now, maybe there’s a possibility of cutting back on frequency many months from now,” Clark said. Testing Process and Location A nasopharyngeal swab will be used for all those who qualify for routine testing. Polymerase chain reaction, which looks for viral genetic material, will be used to analyze the test. “We have the most information about this type of testing, and so we’re trying to keep the science and evidence in front of us and base decisions on that,” Britto said. The University will not be administering antibody tests at this time but “may consider conducting antibody tests in the future” if there are developments in public health guidance or research, according to the Healthy Brown website. The University has chosen the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center as the location for asymptomatic tests to replace the summer pilot testing site at 205 Meeting Street in order to accommodate the influx of students, Clark said. The University’s third-party partner for the summer testing pilot program, Verily, will continue to provide the staff and infrastructure for this testing, Britto wrote in an email to The Herald. To maintain social distancing, asymptomatic people will typically self-administer the test while under the instruction and guidance of observing clinical personnel. If the student needs or requests assistance, the clinician can administer the test, Britto said. Neronha received a baseline asymptomatic test this summer upon returning to campus to conduct laboratory research. He described the process as “honestly really easy. I was probably in and out in five minutes.” Meanwhile, personnel from University Health Services will conduct all testing for individuals with COVID-19 symptoms, taking the necessary safety precautions, according to the Healthy Brown website. Summer symptomatic tests have taken place at Rhode Island Department of Health sites, but this location will change to a University facility for the academic year. The University also plans to create a separate annex for students with respiratory symptoms within isolation and quarantine residences, and “symptomatic students will be swabbed there in the respiratory clinic,” Brito said. “It will be efficient for the student; it will be efficient from the standpoint of the consumption of healthcare resources.” Lifespan laboratory partners in Providence will quickly process symptomatic test samples in the fall, Britto said. But the Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA will take over asymptomatic analysis with an expected turnaround of within 24 hours. It’s important that the result of a test comes back before the administration of a subsequent test for the safety of the community and so that a person who tests positive can be notified as soon as possible, Britto added. Tracking and Scheduling In implementing testing and symptom tracking, the University is continuing to work with Verily. Using Verily’s Healthy at Work online tool, Brown community members will have to complete a daily report of their symptoms and register for their tests. Students who do not arrive for their scheduled test will receive follow-up communication, such as an initial reminder and request to reschedule, followed by additional measures as needed, the details of which are still under development, Clark said. “We’re absolutely going to be mandating for those who are in isolation or quarantine to symptom track, and certainly we want people who are asymptomatic even to also be doing it,” Britto said. “On either side of this equation, it’s important.” Britto also emphasized the importance of adhering to public health guidelines and health practices, including social distancing, hand washing and wearing face masks, regardless of the test results. “We really need people to do all three. It’s really, really important,” she said. But if a student does test positive, PWN Health, which is the clinician network working with Verily, and UHS will contact them and provide further guidance, and the University will take appropriate action to ensure health and safety. “If someone has a positive test, I want them to know that we’re here, we’re going to support people, we’re going to wrap services around them, we’re going to keep them comfortable, we’re going to monitor them closely, we’re going to be in partnership with them,” Britto said. While students may feel relieved upon opening their inbox to an email from PWN Health confirming a negative test, “one of the most important things that we will stress this year is that a negative test does not mean any license to amend public health practices” since the result only applies to the time of testing and does not account for any exposure thereafter, Clark said. “There’s the danger of feeling a false sense of confidence.” “It’s very easy for all of us, just from the standpoint of human nature, to develop issue fatigue, where over time you just get tired of following the rules. … So I would caution people to not let their guard down, to think about the fact that you may not experience symptoms but you absolutely could be incubating and therefore spreading virus,” Britto said. A platform through which the University can publicly report data about testing results in the aggregate that are not linked to any individuals, such as, potentially, the weekly rate of positive tests on campus, is also being developed, Clark said. In doing so, the University would remain reasonably transparent without compromising privacy; individual test results would only be shared as legally required by public health guidelines and for contact tracing. The University will employ its own contact tracing program established in tandem with the Rhode Island Department of Health. Additionally, University administrators addressing COVID-19 will receive more continuous, updated information about the quantity and location of people testing positive to better understand the pandemic’s prevalence and trends and assist with contact tracing, Clark said. Regular testing will continue at the University for the foreseeable future. “This testing is going to be in place as long as we have folks operating on campus during the academic year here or until we get to the point many months from now when there’s a vaccine and we start to move past it. So, there’s not going to be any established end date at this point,” Clark said. Acknowledging that not everything may turn out perfectly, Britto said, “we are doing our best to think through some of the permutations that would sort of keep the community healthy, the student population healthy (and) assessed as quickly as possible by people who are protected in the right ways, and get students the information they need quickly.” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Online newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Today@Brown Description An account of the resource This collection captures the different events announced on Today@Brown, a daily email received by all members of Brown, as screenshots. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Join a Zoom discussion of passionate students and Campus Life staff to envision creative ways that students can work together to build community and social connection in the fall. We will examine questions such as: How can we release that party energy safely during the pandemic? How can we communicate to others who might not be following public health guidelines that we feel unsafe? What skills do people need, or already have, to advocate for our health and safety comfortably to others? And more. Register for the focus group at tinyurl.com/CLSABFocusGroup. This focus group is part of a pilot for the new Campus Life Student Advisory Board run by the Office of the VP for Campus Life. These pilot sessions are intended to gather input from a broad range of undergraduate student perspectives on key issues affecting the Brown community. Insights and takeaways from these discussions will help inform Campus Life policy, and have the capacity to impact decision making processes around community building. Sessions will be jointly facilitated by student leaders and Campus Life Fellow Akash Altman ‘20. These focus groups are an introduction to the type of work the new Campus Life Student Advisory Board will perform. The Board can advise the Division of Campus Life on vision, policies, programming, climate, and decisions related to the campus community. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brown Daily Herald Description An account of the resource This collection consists of articles published by the Brown Daily Herald, the undergraduate daily student newspaper, in regards to COVID-19 at Brown. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Before classes resume on College Hill, the University intends to test all returning students for COVID-19. But what happens next? On Tuesday, Russell Carey ’91, a member of the Health Fall Task Force and the executive vice president for planning and policy, spoke to The Herald about the on-going COVID-19 testing summer pilot for essential employees and how the lessons from the pilot will inform the University’s approach this fall when students return. In an April Op-Ed published in the New York Times, President Christina Paxson P’19 called for “aggressive testing” on college campuses. “Testing is an absolute prerequisite,” Paxson wrote. “Regular testing is the only way to prevent the disease from spreading silently through dormitories and classrooms.” The University’s summer pilot performs routine testing “for all essential on-site faculty, staff and graduate students,” according to the University’s official plan for the 2020-21 academic year. As of mid-July, the University’s summer testing pilot had received results for almost 1,200 tests, with fewer than five coming back positive. The fall testing program, like the testing pilot, will be provided at no cost to the individual being tested, and will not require any form of insurance. But with the start of the fall semester looming ever closer, key details of Brown’s testing policy — result turnaround times and the number of testing sites on campus, for example — remain unanswered. The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity. How frequently will students be tested? President Paxson and others have stressed the importance of regular, routine testing — which tests individuals regardless of symptoms to monitor for the virus’s spread — but what does “regular” mean? I don’t have a precise frequency right now. I think we’re in the final weeks of the pilot program, which has given us a lot of experience. We’re working through the logistics and also the public health and scientific advice about the best approach for the fall. There will be an initial test at the start of the semester … and it will be a regular basis after that. But it is something we’re working very hard to finalize and we’ll be communicating certainly before the beginning of the semester and really, as soon as we can. How will the test collection be administered? Tests for the summer testing pilot are supervised and self-administered nasal swabs. There’s a clinical person who is there to instruct you carefully on what to do, (or who) would do it, if you for any particular reason, couldn’t or preferred not to. That’s what I would currently anticipate for the fall, but testing is an area that’s developing rapidly. Where will the test collection be administered? On campus, but beyond that I’m unsure. The site that we are using for the summer pilot is 205 Meeting Street. That’s been great for the summer but it’s a much smaller population. So we’ll have to be (using) a larger and maybe more than one site, and that is also in the mix of things that we’re still working on. What kinds of models has the University done, or what models created by other institutions, has the University considered as it determines the frequency of student testing? I don’t know if I have a specific answer. The Healthy Fall Task Force includes members who have a lot of expertise — the director of University Health Services (Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Executive Director of Health and Wellness Vanessa Britto), in particular — and we’re in pretty much constant communication with a wide variety of peer institutions, all of whom are doing many of the same things and sharing information and knowledge. At the end of it, there’s some judgement about balancing the amount of testing that’s appropriate for a population, and the details and logistics of getting that all done. It’s not practical to test everybody every day, even though some public health experts might say that’s the safest way for any kind of community to operate. But I don’t really have a specific model to point to, but we are getting a lot of very informed and very sound advice and of course, also paying close attention to the guidance and information for both the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Who will be part of this asymptomatic, regular testing program? The same principle is applied to the summer — everyone who is authorized to be on campus — will continue in the fall and obviously, expand to include a much larger population of undergraduates as the enrollment increases consistent with a plan that’s been laid out by the President and the Provost for the fall term. Undergraduates in residence halls and undergraduates who are off-campus will be treated the same and will have an initial test, probably right around the end of August … and then ongoing testing throughout the semester. To be clear, if someone, particularly a student, has opted to enroll remotely and is not on campus, then they would not be included in a testing program. Any employee who continues to work remotely — a faculty member who opted to teach remotely, for example, or a staff member who can do their work remotely and will continue to do so in the fall — would not be included in the ongoing testing program. If a student suspects that they have symptoms, what should they do? The first thing to do is to immediately contact University Health Services. They will treat that student and assess what the most appropriate course of action is. If a test is warranted, that test will be processed through the Lifespan Lab, the laboratory that we use on a regular basis for students’ healthcare. We expect same-day results on symptomatic tests. Symptomatic testing, unlike routine testing, would be managed through University Health Services for students and for faculty and staff by their primary care provider. I’m also curious about whether some asymptomatic students may be routinely tested more than others. For example, students living in dorms versus those in off-campus accommodation. Is that something the University is considering? That’s definitely in the arena of frequency determinations that are still in the process of being made. I would expect the undergraduate student population to be treated pretty uniformly. Especially at the beginning of the semester, that would be my current expectation. And does that change for graduate students? Graduate students could be treated differently because of their levels of contact with each other and with undergraduates may vary. So that, that is a possibility. But that also is still really being assessed. No matter where those sort of differentiations come out, community members should expect regular and frequent testing. It is not going to be a rare occurrence. It’s going to be a regular part of our routine, particularly in, I would say, the first half of the semester — being really cautious to ensure that we can detect the virus where it occurs and stay on top of developments and keep everybody healthy and safe. Reflecting on how the summer pilot has gone so far, what has been the average wait time between administering the test and receiving the result? Our wait time, like many testing processes across the U.S. over the last month, has been not good. We started the pilot on June 24, right as we were beginning to see a dramatic increase in cases, particularly in the southwestern part of the country, and the demand for testing really going into that early part of July has overwhelmed the system. We have been working very closely with Verily, which is the company that we’re working with to help administer the overall program, to identify better and more timely lab partners. In the past week, we’ve been engaged with a new lab partner who have, for the most part, been returning results within 48 hours of having received them. And we’re finalizing a relationship with another partner, the Broad Institute, who is currently delivering a 24-hour turnaround from the time it gets received. We’re working really hard to get to that point. We feel better even in the past week with what we’re seeing. To clarify, is it that specific numbers about the summer pilot testing result turnaround time haven’t been calculated, or is it that you’re not disclosing them to the public? I guess I was being more qualitative, but when I said we weren’t happy with it, I mean we were easily seeing turnaround time of a week or more. But that was not just us; that was, that was labs nationwide. Right now, the lab we’re working with is consistently turning them around in two days. And as I mentioned, we expect to be with a new lab soon that will be one day turnaround. How will contact tracing work on campus? If a student is showing symptoms, the medical professionals caring for that student may determine that contact tracing is appropriate — contact tracing doesn’t require having a positive test. Contact tracing is done in coordination with and is consistent with guidance from the Rhode Island Department of Health. We have built up the capacity internally to support and manage contact tracing so that the Department of Health does not have to take on that responsibility exclusively for the Brown community… A number of colleagues … have gone through an online contact tracing course developed by Johns Hopkins. What happens if someone doesn’t show up for their scheduled test? There will be a follow up. By email? The process is still being worked out. Email is probably pretty likely. The best thing I could say right now is that people will have to participate. Is there a plan for if a student, staff or faculty member dies from COVID? Are there specific plans for those scenarios? I don’t know if this plan is exactly for that. I think that the overall plan of a healthy and safe campus, designed to mitigate this presence and spread of COVID and reduce the risk of bad outcomes, both in terms of people getting sick and of people dying. We can’t eliminate that risk completely. None of us can, in our daily lives. If somebody were to die, I mean, there would certainly be the things that we do typically — that does happen from time to time on campus, and there are communication protocols, supports and other things in place. So all those would be essentially the same. No doubt that would intensify people’s levels of concern and anxiety. And I think we understand that. Our best response is to have a coordinated, comprehensive campus health and safety program that all community members are actively engaged in supporting. Coming into this interview, the key questions on my mind — and on the minds of a lot of others in the University community — were: How frequent will the testing be? What will the turnaround time be? What labs will the testing be done at? And it seems like those answers are still unknown. I would phrase it a little bit differently: They’re all being worked on. We are absolutely going to communicate about the testing frequency. We’re going to communicate in August. I expect that we’ll be able to achieve the 24-hour turnaround time. But, to be transparent about it, that is something we are still working on. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Online newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University Communication Description An account of the resource Mass communication sent out by Brown Email A resource containing textual messages and binary attachments sent electronically from one person to another or one person to many people. Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers Dear Students, We hope that you and your families are healthy and safe. As you read in President Paxson’s message earlier today, Brown will take a phased approach to bringing students back for the fall semester in light of the shifting public health conditions of the global pandemic. We’re writing to provide you with important information to explain changes to academic planning and housing with the new phased approach. It is important that you read this message in full. In the first phase of the fall term, all undergraduate classes will be taught fully online from September 9 until the week of October 5, and only a limited number of undergraduates will be permitted to return and have access to campus beginning at the end of August. The majority of undergraduate students will start the Fall 2020 semester studying remotely, preferably outside of the Providence area. Students enrolled for the fall who don’t receive permission to come to campus in the first phase will be permitted to come to campus in a second phase of move-in that will begin in late September, provided the public health situation improves. This phased approach greatly reduces the number of students expected to be on campus at the beginning of the first term of the three-semester model announced July 7. This letter provides information relevant for all students and addresses topics specific to students living on and off campus. At the end of every section of this message, we provide a set of links to the material described in that section, so that you have easy access to the requirements, guidance and resources you need for how Brown will operate in light of the pandemic. Process for applying to move into a campus residence hall by the end of August Students may apply to move into a residence hall starting at the end of August, if they:  live in environments that are unsafe;  live in circumstances that make remote study difficult;  are already in Providence and are unable to travel home;  have previously-arranged plans for archival or laboratory research than can only be done on campus; or  have other exceptional circumstances (to be assessed on an individual basis). Applications are due no later than Sunday, August 16 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). Students will be notified of the outcome of their application no later than Wednesday, August 19 at 5 p.m. (EDT). Additional information regarding arrival and check-in will be provided to students who are approved to live on campus before Labor Day. Students who do not have permission to move into a residence hall before Labor Day are strongly encouraged to remain away from Providence until they are invited to return. Students who have health conditions that may place them in a high-risk category are also strongly urged to remain at home. Access this important form online:  Application to return to campus before Labor Day (due no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT Aug. 16) Responsibilities of all students who are living in Providence (on or off campus) by the end of August All students who are living in the City of Providence, whether they live on or off campus, will be required to read and sign a form called the Student Commitment to COVID-19 Community Health and Safety Requirements; complete an online educational module; and follow a set of pre-arrival requirements and recommendations. All students will be subject to Brown’s COVID-19 Campus Safety Policy. They also will be required to enroll and begin participation in the COVID-19 testing program, including a required test upon arrival in Providence. We will follow up separately with students living off campus to gather information about your arrival date. Students living on campus will be required to observe the 14-day quiet period, which will include a period of time when students will be expected to remain in their residence halls except for a limited number of specific essential activities. Meals and other support will be provided. Students living off campus will be required to follow RIDOH’s quarantine requirements. Failure to comply with public health guidelines on or off campus (wearing masks, social distancing, testing, contact tracing, and limiting the size of social gatherings for attendees and especially hosts) will be a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and will be addressed through the COVID-19 Student Conduct Procedure with sanctions up to and including removal from campus and academic suspension. Access these important requirements online:  Student Commitment to COVID-19 Community Health and Safety Requirements  COVID-19 Campus Safety Policy  COVID-19 Student Conduct Procedures  Pre-arrival requirements and recommendations  Student COVID-19 testing  14-day quiet period requirements  RIDOH guidance for students living off campus Location of Study If you would like to change your Fall 2020 location of study, please send an email from your Brown address to fall2020@brown.edu no later than 12 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, August 17. We particularly encourage this option for students with health conditions that may place them in a high-risk category. You will receive a confirmation email when your location of study has been updated. Billing Students impacted by room and board changes will receive communication directly from Student Financial Services later this week. Academic Planning The pre-registration process will continue as described in the communications you received on July 28. You will find out about your initial course registration this Friday, August 14, and the add/drop period will open next Monday, August 17 and run through September 22. More information on the new pre-registration process can be found on the recently added pre-registration section of the Undergraduate FAQ site, which was developed in collaboration with the UCS Academic Affairs Committee. If a course is in your Primary Cart, you will automatically be able to access the course Canvas site and any electronic course materials posted there. All students will be able to order books and course materials through the Brown Bookstore website beginning Monday August 24, including options to purchase and rent digital materials for immediate download, as well as to ship physical items to your location. As always, if you have specific questions about your individual circumstances, you can connect with an academic advising dean in the College by emailing college@brown.edu. Access this important academic planning information online:  July 28 communication about CAB, pre-registration and virtual shopping period  Pre-registration process on the Undergraduate FAQ website  Academic advising deans in the College (if you have questions)  Brown Bookstore (to order, beginning Aug. 24) Campus Resources During this period of remote learning, campus resources will continue to be available remotely to all students regardless of their location of study. You can learn more about some of these resources on the Campus Life Fall 2020 Opening webpage and on the College webpage. Note that all students, regardless of their location of study, will be able to access Health Services and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) via telehealth. All students, regardless of their location of study, are also able to access support from the Administrator on Call and Student Support Services. Access these support resources online:  Campus Life Fall 2020 Opening  The College  Health Services  Counseling and Psychological Services  Administrator on Call  Student Support Services Information for Students Living in Residence Halls The Office of Residential Life will communicate housing assignments to students who apply and receive approval to move on campus before Labor Day. Documented housing accommodations will be met for any students who are approved to return. Returning to campus before Labor Day will invalidate any prior requests for specific neighbors unless they also apply for and receive permission to move in at the end of August. Any students who return before Labor Day should be prepared to be reassigned to a new room when the remaining students return to campus (in late September if the public health situation allows). Students who receive permission to return to campus before Labor Day and are planning to live in residence halls will be invited to move in on their currently-scheduled dates. You should plan to bring only what is essential. Please be advised that Mail Services will be closed from August 22 to September 15 during the quiet period. Students should not ship items that they will need immediately and should bring these items with them. Information for Students Living Off Campus If you are returning to Providence to live in an off-campus residence, you must continue to follow state-mandated 14-day quarantine requirements in place for people entering Rhode Island from outside the United States and from certain states within the country. As a student living off campus, you are responsible for keeping apprised of the state directives specific to your situation and for planning your arrival and quarantine accordingly. This may include completion of a certificate of compliance with out-of-state travel quarantine and testing requirements upon arriving in Rhode Island and completion of an out-of-state travel screening form. Unless you have permission for access to campus, you will not be permitted to come to campus during the “quiet period” for students living on campus or during your own quarantine. As a reminder, students living off campus are required to provide their local address and telephone number during the academic year. While living in Providence, you will be expected to enroll in Brown’s COVID-19 testing program and get tested twice per week, free of charge. Sign into Banner Self-Service to enter your off-campus address. Please know that the city will more assertively enforce the ordinance related to the occupancy of rental units. Access this important information for off-campus students online:  Rhode Island’s 14-day quarantine requirements for travelers (including link to list of states with travel restrictions upon entry to Rhode Island)  Banner Self-Service (to enter your off-campus address)  City of Providence regulations for occupancy of rental units Contact Information We continue to update the Undergraduate FAQs on the Healthy Brown website to address frequently asked questions regarding Brown’s phased approach to the fall term. We know you also may have questions about your individual circumstances. Please contact the following offices:  The College regarding academic planning: 401-863-9800 or college@brown.edu  Student Financial Services regarding billing and your student account: bursar@brown.edu  The Office of Financial Aid regarding financial aid: financial_aid@brown.edu  The Office of Residential Life regarding on-campus housing: 401-863-3500 or res_life@brown.edu  University Health Services regarding public health questions about COVID-19 testing, the quiet period or quarantine: 401-863-3953  Campus Life regarding other questions: 401-863-1800 or campus_life@brown.edu Whether you will be here in Providence or studying remotely around the world, we hope to see you soon for the start of the fall semester, and we look forward to the time when we can all be together on campus again. Sincerely, Eric Estes Vice President for Campus Life Rashid Zia Dean of the College Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email Update on Academic Planning and Housing for Fall 2020 From The name and email address of the person sending the email Rashid Zia, Eric Estes To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Brown Students Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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