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University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 led the monthly meeting for the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) on Monday, Feb. 14. Eisgruber expounded on his annual State of the University Letter and took questions from members of the Council, faculty, and student body.
During the week ending on Feb. 11, COVID-19 cases among University students, staff, and faculty continued to fall. According to the latest data from the University’s COVID-19 dashboard, the campus positivity rate currently stands at 0.32 percent with the campus risk status in the yellow “Moderate to High” range.
On Jan. 15, New York’s moratorium on evictions officially expired, ending a pandemic-era policy that allowed tenants to continue living in their leased residences even when they could not afford to pay rent.
Following the second week of the spring semester, COVID-19 cases among the University community have continued on the downward trend seen since the first week of classes. The University COVID-19 dashboard indicates that the total number of undergraduate COVID-19 cases was at 23 last week, the lowest number of total undergraduate cases as of 2022 and a sharp drop from the 123 positive undergraduate cases during the week ending on Jan. 28.
Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Assistant Vice President for Environmental Health and Safety Robin Izzo spoke with The Daily Princetonian via Zoom on Friday, Feb. 4 about current and future COVID-19 policies on campus.
On Friday, Jan. 29, a group of Princeton students with the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Office of Religious Life (ORL) traveled 45 minutes from campus to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL), often referred to as Fort Dix, a U.S. military base in New Jersey where more than 6,000 Afghan evacuees are still awaiting resettlement.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 1, the University has lifted its COVID-19 protocol limiting the capacity of in-person events for undergraduate students to 20 people.
Last week, students flocked to in-person classes, kicking off the first week of the spring semester. During that same period, campus COVID-19 cases among undergraduates witnessed an increase of nearly 50 percent compared to the previous week. The week ending on Jan. 28 saw nearly 123 undergraduates who tested positive, a slight uptick from the 77 positive cases the week prior.
On a campus dominated by the evolving realities of the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person instruction has emerged as a flashpoint for students and administrators. While some students have called for online learning options to be made available to all, administrations recently reaffirmed their commitment to in-person learning.
Three University professors have been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) research grants for their innovative humanities projects.
Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix gave the “Beyond the Resume” keynote speech at Princeton’s second annual Wintersession on Saturday, Jan. 22. She spoke in conversation with Athletic Director John Mack ’00 at the event, which was co-sponsored by Princeton Athletics.
Dr. Keith Shaw, Princeton’s Director of Transfer, Veteran, and Non-Traditional Student Programs, was recognized in December with the Transfer Champion Rising Star Award by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS).
Responding to complaints by members of the Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC), University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 defended a memo sent by Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Amaney Jamal.
Restrictions on domestic travel outside of Mercer County and Plainsboro Township have been lifted for undergraduate students, and students in compliance with University vaccination policies are now permitted to travel anywhere in the United States, effective immediately.
Isolation policies under the COVID-19 testing protocol were updated in an email to all undergraduate and graduate students in the testing protocol from University Health Services (UHS) on Thursday morning. The announcement comes as students begin to move into campus tomorrow.
At a Wednesday, Jan. 12 town hall about COVID-19 policies for graduate students, University administrators explained plans for the start of the semester. During the virtual event, several graduate students expressed concerns about how the University plans to handle a predicted increase in COVID-19 cases.
Due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases on campus amid the national omicron surge, Princeton dining halls began a staggered reopening on Jan. 9, accompanied by new changes in dining policies. Most notably, the changes include the closure of eating spaces within dining halls and all food distributed in a grab-and-go format, resembling the dining policies of the Spring 2021 semester.
For the week ending on Jan. 7, the University reported 446 positive COVID-19 cases on campus and a 5.65 percent positivity rate across undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff.
Xiyue Wang GS and his wife Hua Qu GS ’21 filed suit against Princeton in November 2021, alleging the University caused him “severe personal injuries and other irreparable harm” through “grossly negligent acts.”