COVID-19 Digest - Aug. 23, 2020 | CU Boulder Today

COVID-19 Digest - Aug. 23, 2020

From Chancellor DiStefano: An important health and safety message

We understand the deluge of COVID-19 information and requirements can be confusing and overwhelming. As you settle into school and the Boulder community, we want to let you know about public health orders in place. It is critical to follow this guidance, which is based on data and science, to slow the spread of this disease, especially to those for whom it can be deadly.听听

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Campus Response & Announcements

Integrity, Safety and Compliance: Keep campus open; Let鈥檚 all do our part

From Assistant Dean Cramer:听How to have a successful and safe fall semester

Medical Services establishes new public health clinic at Wardenburg Health Center

A Protect Our Herd鈥揻ace covering required sign at the entrance of Farrand Field

COVID-19 campus updates: Aug. 20 edition

Safety Campus Community

Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note on topics like positive cases, isolation, contact tracing and mitigation measures. In this issue: move-in, test completion rates, quarantine numbers and more.

Covered faces, distancing, hybrid learning: Campus gears up for new normal

Buffs Together Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

This year鈥檚 move-in was unlike any other in the campus鈥檚 144-year history: Students and their loved ones wore face coverings; welcome events rolled out online; and campus residents had to show proof of negative COVID-19 tests. Like everything else, there is a new normal on the CU Boulder campus.

Maintenance worker viewed through a ventilation fan.

Why better ventilation is key to limiting COVID-19 spread on campus

Health Science & Technology Safety News Headlines Campus Community

As students return to campus, a mostly behind-the-scenes team of university staff and scientists has been working to make sure that the air they breathe will be as safe as possible.

Molecular, cellular and developmental biology graduate student Quing Yang examines samples as part of the process of a rapid, portable saliva-based COVID-19 test able to return results in 45 minutes in the Sawyer lab at the Biofrontiers Institute at the 麻豆视频 . (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Webinars dig into the research shaping CU Boulder's COVID-19-ready campus

Science & Technology Buffs Together News Headlines

Learn what we know about COVID-19 from some of CU Boulder's top researchers and operational experts, and how they're helping put science into practice for a safer return. Full recordings of the in-depth discussions from a recent webinar series are available.

Jenny Simpson at the 2011 IAFF World Championships after winning a gold medal

What an Olympic postponement means for Forever Buffs athletes

Athletics Buffs Together Campus Community

Check out interviews with Olympic bronze medalist Jenny Simpson and Olympic hopeful Joe Klecker as they discuss how the pandemic has affected their training for the upcoming games and what being a Forever Buff means to them.

Sun filters through the trees in early morning by Macky Auditorium

Student-led Sko Together Challenge is a wrap

Getting Involved Buffs Together Campus Community

The Sko Together Challenge has officially wrapped up. This design challenge invited undergraduates to imagine ways they can have a connected campus community experience no matter how they are living, learning and working through the pandemic.

The Conversation

I鈥檓 a听COVID-19听long-hauler听and an epidemiologist鈥攈ere鈥檚 how it feels when symptoms last for听months

The Conversation Alumni in Focus News Headlines Campus Community

Imagine going from healthy and active to fearing you are dying almost overnight. CU alumna and epidemiologist Margot Gage Witvliet shares her story on The Conversation.

Chip the mascot paid a visit to students, families and volunteers who were helping with move-in in Williams Village.

Scene at CU: Celebrating move-in

Scene at CU Buffs Together Campus Community

After some extra preparation, both on the part of families and the campus, first-year Buffs began moving into residence halls the week of Aug. 17, and Chip was there to help.

For Students & Families

3 ways we鈥檙e preparing for you, 3 ways you can prepare yourself

Please pick up your 2 reusable cloth face coverings at these campus locations

Welcome back to the University Libraries

Getting to and around campus while physically distancing

Spending time on campus? Here鈥檚 how to plan your day

The best disinfectant for library materials is time

A student鈥檚 day in the life (during fall 2020)

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