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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 Following the conclusion of the summer pilot phase for our routine COVID-19 testing program, the University launched an even more comprehensive fall testing program on Monday, Aug. 24. I write today with an initial update to the community on our results to date, as students and employees approved to be on campus continue to visit our two testing locations with the start of the fall term approaching. Since Aug. 24, we have enrolled in the testing program 6,375 members of the Brown community who are studying, working or living on campus as part of our phased return to in-person operations. By the end of the day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, we had completed approximately 6,000 tests at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center (OMAC) and One Davol Square testing sites. As of that same timeframe, results for more than 5,400 of those tests had been returned, with the others still to be processed. Out of those approximately 5,400 tests, we have had a total of five positive results. Among those five, some of these positive results represent not newly detected cases, but prior infections of COVID-19 diagnosed at earlier points within the past 90 days — during that timeframe after diagnosis, a person can shed virus particles that are detected by a previous test, even though the individual is no longer contagious. (And consistent with CDC guidance, individuals who test positive should generally not be tested for the next 90 days.) 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. It is an indication that the efforts we are all making every day -- wearing masks, washing our hands, maintaining social distancing, staying home when sick or exposed, participating in the testing program -- are working and that we need to continue those efforts to best protect ourselves, the Brown community, and our broader Providence and Rhode Island communities as well. In general, the feedback we have received regarding the testing sites and process itself has been positive, and we have continued to make improvements based on participant feedback and suggestions. We have also been monitoring the timeliness of results closely. The Broad Institute picks up test samples from both of our testing sites twice a day, and those samples arrive in their Cambridge, Massachusetts, lab facility in the late afternoon or evening on the same day each test is conducted. For the most part, the Broad Institute has delivered results within 24 hours of the sample arriving at the lab -- so typically with 24 to 36 hours following the test. That is consistent with what we anticipated but remains a metric of success that we will assess on a daily basis. As some participants are aware, we have some challenges with the online scheduling process. A significant system update to the Healthy at Work / School web application was implemented this week, and we believe that challenges to the scheduling process have been resolved. Some of these were related to the change in testing cadence from the summer pilot, when we were sampling the population and selecting participants at random for tests -- as opposed to the fall program, through which all participants are tested either once or twice a week. Concurrent with the launch of the testing program, we are also in the latter stages of finalizing a public dashboard that will share data on testing results and the prevalence of the virus on campus. We look forward to sharing that dashboard with the full community shortly. In the interim, you can find additional details and a growing set of FAQs on the Testing & Tracing section of the Healthy Brown website at https://healthy.brown.edu/testing-tracing. I want to thank all students, faculty and staff who have participated in routine testing to date for their diligence in completing the symptom tracker, scheduling and taking tests, and for their patience as we work through the successful launch of a program with significant scale and complexity. Similarly, I deeply appreciate the efforts of the many colleagues at Brown who are working hard every day to support the program for all participants. Sincerely, Russell C. Carey Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy 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 Five out of 5,400 COVID-19 test results of Brown community members were positive as of Sept. 1. 6,375 members of the Brown community who are studying, living or working on campus were enrolled in the University’s testing program, which began Aug. 24, according to a community wide email from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 sent Wednesday. By the end of Tuesday, Sept. 1, the program completed “approximately 6,000 tests” at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center and Jewelry District testing sites, of which 5,400 have been returned as results. Community members enrolled in the program receive routine testing either once or twice a week, depending on whether they are classified as high contact or medium contact, The Herald previously reported. The five tests corresponded to results from five different community members. The email did not specify the exact dates when the tests that delivered positive results were administered, only that the testing period was between Aug. 24 and Sept 1. Only 10 of the tests were “indeterminate,” according to University spokesperson Brian Clark. Indeterminate results are tests that could not be processed for various reasons. “Some of the positive results represent prior infections of COVID-19 over the past 90 days, during which time a person can shed virus particles that are subsequently picked up by the test, even though the individual is no longer contagious,” Carey wrote in the email. “Consistent with CDC guidance, when an individual tests positive through routine or other testing, they will not be tested for the next 90 days.” Carey also wrote that administrators have “experienced challenges with the online scheduling process,” causing problems for community members when signing up for a test. He attributed some of these challenges to a system update in Verily, the 3rd party vendor that schedules the University’s tests. That update took place Tuesday night. Other challenges “have been related to the change in testing cadence from the summer pilot, when we were sampling the population and selecting participants at random for tests, to the fall when all participants are tested either once or twice a week,” he wrote. The Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology collects tests from the two testing sites twice a day. The samples arrive at the laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the evening of the day they were collected, Carey wrote. “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. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. 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Title A name given to the resource Five positive COVID-19 tests among 5,400 results in Brown community Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clara Gutman Argemí Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brown Daily Herald Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Brown Daily Herald Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 2, 2020 fall 2020 fall on campus positive case quiet period testing https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/7c8b1caed60cda59093d6947f0b01376.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=SiglwjClvI7YwCGsBwZwhqougZ6Vj6bIcY9vmAKyzlsj55XlLlfyIkGwvPIh6tAzkVsQVa-XBH1GDZtu-Z0%7EXaxFsNAAnfC0jiEfI2i2FhemWm85-ago%7Eg75ruxyE2aSpPAk6mxQweQEoLDJ5Cd96xO9MzX8rnlQbBXUF6yFq0cGw5e1eZNIC6oxe0jAy3bdNJVkafe4Uec%7EcNZwkb%7E5z0Rh%7Edr%7EGlLZjfIsnI1tPng6EJDk0E3CTMkYlU9p9C6TVYbC2bH2zc56CmA0jQun-axq-l2VrYIlCyAXjE8hkyeMHIYw4H869Y-RuQv1GF%7EkU5MZOXXZDLmiuNPYJ1zAZg__&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 Student Art + Media Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Materials Given to Providence-Area Undergraduate Students At the Start of Quiet Period Description An account of the resource Images and scans of two packages of materials I received near the start of Quiet Period (during my second coronavirus test at the OMAC, 9/2/20.) Similar bags were distributed to all undergraduate students who were living in the Providence area and getting tested at around this time, although there seems to have been some variation in mask numbers, type, and quality. The envelope labeled "Quiet Period Kit" contained a pamphlet titled "A Guide to Forming Your Pod," a pamphlet titled "Quiet Period Tips and Activities," six postcards, a poster titled "Stop the Spread of Germs," four Brown Takes Care stickers, and a box of colored pencils. The plastic bag contained three cloth tie-on face masks, two four-ounce tubes of hand sanitizer, and a package of 50 alcohol wipes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nesya Nelkin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 2, 2020 Brown Takes Care fall 2020 fall off campus fall on campus masks ppe quiet period student support testing https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/30a4438af2cb1d95bf47c64f3bbd943f.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=EGRngj8f30il%7EI-2UVe5voxlOtCiOVCuqkAs2rkHEtUvHWOWsXwOfmhjlpP8wsd-AHD3u%7EGFs0kCAF534it289DQBh6ud09-Y15bMPxbJM5I1WQFpHlCfT6eildvM-9ekFfjZ53uq4BxhgeO0qCypjwyTj0TutnvTqjAuUywX3Ts1LFeBRVMWqA-dOLS3efafMR%7EFVw6QH%7Etr6hFXyFIVXCPTH-urNxCYvIEztluCman%7EJRAewnOW2SpqRjZb1laemgczk-eJVygGBJ7Vdj54AWO0129OZuRCO9CSdfEDpLDVD5y2nDC3dMib-h0aRYXhi4XDAdX4xsIw8KFQLrgmA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM cae11c8d3d5385da5f0ee97f0d504fea 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 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 To learn more about the details of what’s expected, and to get responses to questions, please join College and Campus Life administrators to discuss: Move-in COVID-19, Testing and Tracing, Quiet Period, Dining during Quiet Period, Pods & Welcome (and restricted) activities 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 Today! Webinar on Move-in, Testing & Quiet Period Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Office of the VP for Campus Life Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Today@Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 25, 2020 contact tracing move in quiet period testing virtual events https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/9b66ee1174f2e8e9120f3893110cbee6.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=Re1bLp5i-XLG3X0DIGrL1Beuu5Kl1UmsqwMKYXHKb%7Eb7BDU01eAp7gKtzCVOITbhVkqPSuUbY-B9WeKVj7w%7E5d6%7Eqb7wrMqWkIawfiI8NsAfXqzNtG4jN%7Efzr2iQ81kPtm9GofAqg2INQBlVzJYkM84N0IPwBgz%7EdUuwzUJ8zL2V22lBGBBAogAMUOVvKFgwNC%7EMXEHQJWsthk6OISfbyXl0uTRRnVIaCmPXn1FGyrpYwzIIK9wPL0Nnahmq8NzmTp3tuvuehAe%7E-G7XZvFC04xbwipTPrqGLAt8Y-2jD9226NxhZ0nCWgIBL0klSh8omXTXx2MQl-3ApUBC13ceaA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c5f0540e70454695c654a869b5dcfb20 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 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 Regardless of your fall semester plans, we would appreciate your input regarding on-campus testing and student life amidst the pandemic. Your participation in our anonymous survey is crucial to allow us to develop diagnostic techniques at the Tripathi Lab to help the Brown community this upcoming academic year. Please find the survey linked down below. 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 Participate in our COVID-19 Diagnostic Survey! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Johnny Boustany Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Today@Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 25, 2020 testing https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/c05a734b357831f04912f2ae793f8b5a.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=u-g86Xp12uYneVkZSjscKiia%7EYPWncAEIn6t6qCoj7M0bbx3PQm9CoAiWv77OOXWAWzzozb794Omtf57a1Zl3160B8vh2g7I6-YzPcIqS2QyHxqW8piU2oLXVXT3fBCWNiCyP0lJhYEaQ7h3PiQmkAo6JSQtS5ZVJD4Dl-wutGqC%7ECl9Sym2b388tWRSftdYAmzC9scImLiKMDAKgCV9EFdsc1p0eB0iJ5SbhLQobO9Zgsx-6z%7EVb-eBee4vvfN73cg%7EfvaPPImdW62vYg3ovauf4kHAALpCSvsOJyLw7IID-S5VFgR%7E8AasIRpP63IaCnJzb5g4sLnSPLJlmmsLuQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 774c0162b65bfaafce71b1bb03ec2041 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 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 More than two months ago, we launched the pilot phase of a routine COVID-19 testing program, starting with all graduate students, faculty and staff designated as essential on-site and essential-special for conducting work on campus. Today, we write to share key takeaways from the pilot, which have helped inform our approach for the academic year on everything from the testing process and contact tracing protocols to how we will keep the community informed of confirmed cases and COVID-19 prevalence on campus. As Brown’s Plan for a Healthy and Safe 2020-21 outlines in detail, COVID-19 testing and contact tracing will be among the most essential elements of Brown’s plans to mitigate the impact of coronavirus. We know that like any campus or community, we can expect to see diagnosed cases at Brown until a vaccine is made widely available — this fact is the very basis for many of the specific measures outlined in our academic year plan. Over the course of our summer pilot, which began in June, we received results for nearly 3,100 routine tests. Based on those reports — as well as the results of tests conducted independently away from campus and self-reported to the University by students or employees — we are aware of less than five positive test results in total. As is customary when cases number between one and five, we are sharing this range to protect confidentiality. We have taken action in response to the positive case(s) in line with our contact tracing protocols, COVID-19 Campus Safety Policy, isolation and quarantine procedures, and other measures outlined in our 2020-21 plan. The experiences and feedback of those tested in the summer pilot have informed the development of our routine testing and tracing protocols, which began this week as we prepare for the coming academic year. Together with Verily, our third-party COVID-19 testing vendor, 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. Throughout the pilot, we have continuously evaluated tests that are accurate and reliable and labs that can provide fast turnaround of test results. This fall, the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will process our tests. The Broad Institute has processed tests for many New England colleges and universities since late spring and has demonstrated that it is able to return results in a timely manner. The Broad test is a self-administered (under supervision) anterior nasal swab, which is easier and significantly less uncomfortable than the mid-turbinate nasal swab the University used for most of its summer pilot. CDC guidance indicates that the two testing techniques are comparable in accuracy. We will continue to monitor developments in testing technology and assess new options as they become available. Moving forward, routine testing of all members of the Brown community who plan to work and study on campus, as well as undergraduate students who live on campus or in Providence during the academic year, will be mandatory. By the end of this week, all community members subject to mandatory testing will have received an email prompting them to schedule an initial baseline test in late August, early September or the point at which they come to campus. Those who undergo testing will also be required to respond to regular symptom tracking surveys. Routine testing for the fall term will happen at two locations, with the majority of asymptomatic tests taking place at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center (OMAC) and a secondary site at One Davol Square. Adhering to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention best practices for patient safety in indoor testing locations, the OMAC site is a very large venue with ample ventilation and space required for social distancing. Additionally, the space allows for collection areas to be physically separated and partitioned for both privacy and distance. While we do not have plans to publicly report individual positive tests, we are committed to keeping the community informed of confirmed cases and COVID-19 prevalence on campus. We plan to report aggregate data at regular intervals over the course of the academic year via a public dashboard on the Healthy Brown website. We deeply appreciate the assistance and cooperation of everyone who participated in the summer testing pilot, and we hope that you and your loved ones remain healthy and safe this fall. Sincerely, Richard M. Locke Provost Barbara Chernow Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration 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 COVID-19 Testing Pilot Results Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Provost Richard Locke and Executive VP Barbara Chernow Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Today@Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 28, 2020 Barbara Chernow Richard Locke testing testing pilot program university communications verily https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/9602eccea3dad4b9b6e5430a9bc18546.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=YXLnNWL-kKN07qGTUpHc-vj6w33ANCVRe570R5oyvOSZVoIAWsLOc6swMEdSSlJ5hnLIs1ARdwfTfbtSBFjsadgVko6WeZJSO88memw3FYO9ima4iXyjSj8aJjYyX0OmGQt-lR8OzEsaVKtVt0ekK1io1xy7Lea9wSMIML4Dh4VFECnRgVjQvXYJI0OItTAFhQqCpf9NnAfbmwHfKyxOnJn%7EevGftvAjN4xveCFszAcdZQN0uBBWRA915Ahr%7Et-LTE22exxVbe0AelbiRh0OZTBRFKVNJ7tetYBKGtuYsdtzypTQp2TcuzFR-9IzUWrmSw-M9JIAk3MdwLToRwGaiQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3df4fb7c36d00e2ba76224d2f29c7498 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 As part of the University’s “phased approach” to undergraduate instruction and students’ return to campus announced Aug. 11, most undergraduate students will not be allowed on campus until late September, if at all. But, for the undergraduates granted permission to reside on campus, those living off campus on College Hill and graduate students, The Herald has compiled information on the details of returning to campus as well as updates about on campus resources, which can be found here. Key takeaways Students returning to Providence before Labor Day must complete an online education module and sign a commitment to follow health and safety requirements. During stage 1 of the quiet period, students living on campus will only be able to leave their dorms for meals and testing, while off-campus students will be expected to quarantine away from campus. In stage 2 of the quiet period, on-campus students will have more freedoms, but will not be allowed to interact with off-campus students in Providence. Students will be sent an email with information to set up the symptom tracking tool and schedule their first tests on campus. Arrival on campus All students who will be living in Providence, whether on or off campus, will have to complete an “online education and prevention module” and sign a commitment to follow the University’s health and safety requirements. The commitment, which can be found on the Healthy Brown website, consists of 12 clauses and a statement of understanding. “Because the University cannot guarantee a campus free from the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, I understand that my failure to follow these health and safety requirements increases the risk that I may become infected with COVID-19 or infect others, and that I or other members of the community may experience severe illness including personal injury and death as a result of becoming infected with COVID-19,” reads one line of the commitment. An individualized link to the COVID-19 online education module was sent to all students planning to return to Providence at the end of the month today, Aug. 21, coinciding with the deadline to request an early return. The deadline to complete the module is Wednesday, Aug. 26, according to the email. Students returning to live off-campus had to indicate their date of return on the Housing Questionnaire by 11:59 p.m. Aug. 20. Those students, as well as those returning to live on campus, will receive a COVID-19 test on Aug. 29 or close to their arrival. The University is also purchasing additional health supplies for distribution, and is ensuring that its supplies will be adequate to provide three cloth masks, two 4-ounce tubes of hand sanitizer and one container of sanitizing wipes to every student, faculty, and staff, according to the Healthy Brown website. Quiet period All students living on and off campus will have to adhere to a 14-day quiet period — essentially a quarantine — in order to eliminate the risk of spread from pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic students. The quiet period will be split into two phases. Stage One In the first stage, on-campus students will be isolated within their residence halls. They will only be permitted to leave to receive a COVID-19 test or pick up dining hall meals delivered to designated spots on campus, according to the Healthy Brown website. Students living off-campus will be expected to quarantine in off-campus housing in compliance with Rhode Island Department of Health rules. RIDOH notes that while all people arriving in Rhode Island are advised to quarantine, people traveling from one of these 33 states with a positivity rate of over 5 percent or out of the country are required to quarantine for 14 days. College students are exempt from the RIDOH provision allowing visitors and returning residents to “test out” of a two-week quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test obtained within 72 hours prior to arrival, according to the Healthy Brown website, meaning that if a returning student tests negative on arrival, they will still need to complete a two week quarantine. RIDOH’s “Guidance for Colleges, Universities and Boarding Schools” notes only that “students and their families and friends traveling from countries outside of the US or a hot spot within the US must quarantine for 14 days within the state.” Off-campus students will not be allowed on campus in any capacity during the quiet period with few exceptions, including receiving a scheduled COVID-19 test, visiting Health Services or completing University-approved laboratory work. On-campus students are discouraged from leaving their rooms for anything other than the essentials, according to Vanessa Britto, associate vice president for campus life and executive director of health and wellness for the University. “As challenging as it is, we really do need people to not gather while in residence halls and to limit their movement beyond the essentials — bathroom, meal pick-up, etc.,” Britto wrote in an email to The Herald. “This will help us minimize exposures during the quiet period.” All students returning to Providence will be tested twice during phase one of the quiet period — once upon arrival and again after four or five days. “Low infection rates in the second-round test will allow Brown to move to Stage 2,” on the phased reopening model, according to the Healthy Brown website. Stage Two Stage 2 of the quiet period will bring some more flexibility to those living on-campus — students can exercise outdoors (on-campus only), have small gatherings (five people wearing masks or adequately social distancing) and order contactless food delivery to residence halls. Off-campus students will still have to comply with the RIDOH-mandated 14-day quarantine, and will not be allowed on campus save the few exceptions also applicable during stage 1. Students residing on campus are not permitted to interact with students living off campus during stage 2. During stage 2, all students on meal plans will be allowed to pick up grab-and-go meals from dining halls, including off-campus students. The Healthy Brown website notes that the University may loosen or tighten listed quiet period restrictions based on the results from arrival testing. Failure to adhere to the quiet period regulations and the University’s COVID-19 Campus Safety Policy, issued Aug. 7, will be a violation of the Student Code of Conduct, which could result in sanctions including removal from campus or academic suspension. “We are relying on each member of the community to be fully engaged in holding each other accountable and in providing guidance and support around the public health guidelines,” wrote Yolanda Castillo-Appolonio, senior associate dean of students and director of student conduct and community standards, in an email to The Herald. Testing Most University students returning to Providence — including all undergraduates — will be considered “high-contact,” and will undergo asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 twice per week, The Herald previously reported. To facilitate the details of testing and symptom tracking, the University has partnered with Verily, a life sciences company. Members of the University community will use Verily’s Healthy at Work online tool to report daily symptoms and schedule COVID-19 tests. Returning students will be granted access to the tool in an upcoming email. “Students who will be living on campus or off campus in Providence in the fall will soon receive an email with instructions on how to log on to Verily Healthy at Work, schedule their first COVID-19 test and complete symptoms screening questions,” Russell Carey P’18, executive vice president for planning and policy at the University, wrote in an email to The Herald. “Students will schedule each subsequent routine COVID-19 test directly after they have been tested.” All asymptomatic testing of students will take place in the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. Students will be tested with a nasopharyngeal swab, which will be self-administered under the supervision of a medical professional, The Herald previously reported. Clinicians will be available to assist students who request help with administering the test. Any student exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 should contact University Health Services, which will then arrange a telehealth visit to assess the student’s symptoms and schedule a test if necessary. All symptomatic testing will be conducted by Health Services personnel and will be conducted at a separate University facility. There will be another location for symptomatic testing of students already in isolation or in the quarantine residence hall, The Herald previously reported. More information on COVID-19 testing on campus can be found here. This page will be updated as more information becomes available. If you have a question about returning to Providence that you’d like to see answered, email us at: herald@browndailyherald.com. 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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 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 17530 - ...to all those still planning on traveling to somewhere for spring break -- seriously please don't... 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 14, 2020 spring break testing travel unverified https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/51613/archive/files/0a1b132d3ee278de6900653411714c29.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=F0xJYTxBCkfYlza375%7Ei5SSsvu0scKjoANhZ5S%7EmxkKBb%7EI2z939sOeRNUz2vIA5Zxt0Bx8vBSIIry3f-oxiL%7ED0bV0ZcXMGTcdBw9bhxG4NqNtQOr4zjB0bVQ8x8W%7EtS8kyoADturej28oDAukihVJSka4lHNEHl0xisezeNAiVj04ENbC98BeZnV1c9K86Pz9FVyyoyGY6O8388I4tuVrGmGOiCFfhCpKB1mwg95iMrJrVQlWvbDbpA2CKoaCSe3n%7EZ23lcKqeDpnHLX9lvfzsHHrC0wxdeF2kPibJ3KyXVUibDuEl5%7EiqeA-zjKbeQYRmiVEV0vmfgFF9OIJa4w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b74938ca0e3a2468219ff138312dd30d 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 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 I hope you and your families are healthy and well. I am writing to update you on our plans for the fall semester at Brown. As the weeks have gone by since the July announcement of our three-semester model for bringing students back to campus for the 2020-21 year, I know that many of us have been closely watching the evolving public health situation around COVID-19. Unfortunately, the situation in the country and in Rhode Island has deteriorated over the past several weeks. Given the current landscape, in consultation with public health experts, we have determined it best to take a phased approach to the start of in-person instruction for the fall semester. In the first phase, we will permit only a limited number of students to return to campus before Labor Day. The majority of returning undergraduate students will start the Fall 2020 semester studying remotely, preferably outside of the Providence area. All undergraduate classes will be taught remotely from September 9 until the week of October 5. In the second phase, the remainder of students will be invited to return in late September, provided the public health situation has improved, and in-person instruction of small classes will begin. This staggered arrival of students over a longer time period will better position Brown to address challenges, including quarantine and isolation for any students who test positive for COVID-19. This plan also is in keeping with the data-based and public health-based decision making that has driven our planning since the beginning of the pandemic. These changes do not affect our graduate and medical students who will return to campus before Labor Day (if they are not already in Providence) and, in most cases, will have the opportunity for in-person learning. Additional details about instruction for graduate and medical students, including their participation in the COVID-19 testing program and Rhode Island quarantine regulations, will be shared with those students by the deans of the Graduate School and Medical School. While safety, always, is our top priority, let me say how sorry I am to be writing this letter. I know how eager many of our undergraduates are to return to campus, see their friends and take classes in person, and I understand that a delay of even a few weeks is difficult. Please be assured that Brown faculty and staff have worked tirelessly over the last several months to do all that is needed to safely bring students back to campus, but we must confront the reality that bringing students back in smaller numbers is the safer course. When I announced in July our plans for a three-semester model, I stressed the great uncertainty about how the COVID-19 pandemic would evolve. I also discussed the need for flexibility within our plans, recognizing that it might be necessary to make mid-course corrections and changes if the situation deteriorated across the country or, more importantly, in Rhode Island. Although Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has taken a number of measures to reverse recent increases in COVID-19 cases, it is unclear whether cases will decline or continue to rise in the coming weeks. Also of concern are high infection rates across the country. Brown’s quarantine and isolation capacity could be unduly stressed if a large number of returning students simultaneously test positive for COVID-19. The modified phased approach to bringing students back to campus does not impact the plans announced in July for a three-term academic calendar. The expectation is that first-year students will still arrive for the spring term and continue to the summer term. Colleagues across campus have been preparing extensively to support the health and safety of students, including setting up an on-campus testing site, training contact tracers, investing in improved air filtration systems, and purchasing additional cleaning supplies. We have also developed a public health education campaign that will encourage all members of our community to do their part to reduce the spread of infection. While we have no control over the current course of the pandemic, we will be ready to bring all of our students back when the situation improves. CRITERIA FOR THE RESUMPTION OF IN-PERSON TEACHING AND LEARNING -- All undergraduates classes will be remote until at least October 5. -- 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. -- If these conditions are not met by September 11, the remainder of the semester will be remote. Bringing undergraduate students to campus for less than seven weeks of in-person instruction would create significant logistical and practical challenges, both for students and the University. MOVE-IN AND FEES FOR DELAYED IN-PERSON CLASSES -- If it is decided on September 11 that in-person classes will begin on October 5, undergraduate students will be invited to move in to their residence halls during the week of September 21. This will allow them to complete any quarantine requirements before attending in-person classes. (See below for the criteria for students to receive permission to return earlier.) -- For undergraduate students who choose to return to campus during the week of September 21, any room and board fees will be pro-rated to account for the shorter time on campus. Students will receive communications in the coming days about how fees will be appropriately adjusted. RECEIVING PERMISSION TO RETURN TO CAMPUS TO LIVE IN RESIDENCE HALLS BEFORE LABOR DAY -- Undergraduate students in the following situations can apply for permission to return to campus to live in residence halls before Labor Day: -- Students who live in unsafe environments; students whose living circumstances are such that remote study is difficult; international students who cannot travel home; and students with other exceptional circumstances (to be assessed on an individual basis). -- Students with previous plans for archival or laboratory research that can only be done on campus. -- Students who receive permission to return to campus to live in residence halls before Labor Day will be invited to move in on their currently-scheduled dates. -- Students who receive permission to return to live in residence halls will be required to fulfill Rhode Island quarantine regulations and enroll in Brown’s COVID-19 testing program to get tested twice per week, free of charge. -- All students will be subject to Brown’s updated COVID-19 Campus Safety Policy, which has been expanded from the COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy to encompass all teaching, research, learning, work and other activities that are authorized to take place on campus. GUIDANCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING -- Undergraduate students with off-campus housing are discouraged from returning to campus until late September, in time to complete quarantine before in-person instruction begins. Those who choose to return or who are already living in the City of Providence will be required to: -- Enroll in Brown’s COVID-19 testing program and get tested twice per week, free of charge. -- Abide by Rhode Island’s quarantine regulations to protect the health of the Brown and Providence communities. All students, faculty and staff will receive follow-up communications from members of my senior leadership team explaining further what to expect for the fall term, given these modified plans for the start of the academic year. We know that participation in a COVID-19 testing and tracing program combined with consistent mask wearing, social distancing and increased hand washing is essential for slowing the spread of this virus. Whenever members of the community return to campus, it will be vitally important that we all embrace our shared responsibility in following these new standards. I know this news is not what our undergraduates were hoping to hear. The uncertainty of what will happen this fall is exceptionally difficult, both logistically and emotionally. I want nothing more than to see all of our students back on campus. However, we must make decisions that prioritize the health and safety of the Brown community as well as the greater Providence community. I recognize that this year will be unlike any other, but we remain committed to delivering Brown’s world-class education. Sincerely, Christina H. Paxson President 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 Modifications to Brown’s plan for Fall 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource President Christina H. Paxson Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Today@Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 12, 2020 Christina Paxson fees off campus Online Classes testing trimester system university communications updated fall reopening plan