{"id":82892,"date":"2022-01-20T07:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/?p=82892"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:11:26","slug":"in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/","title":{"rendered":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>A follow-up message with additional requirements and details was sent to the University community on January 26, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/return-to-campus-updates-for-spring-2022\/\">Read the January 26 message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The below message was sent on January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: A follow-up message with additional requirements and details was sent to the University community on January 26, 2022. Read the January 26 message. The below message was sent on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[1046],"class_list":["post-82892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-messages","tag-jan-2022"],"acf":{"external":"","hide_featured_image":false,"related":"show_related","style":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"Dear University of Rochester Community,\r\n\r\nWe write with the good news that recent downward trends in new COVID cases in the Rochester region are encouraging enough to our public health experts and local government officials that we can confirm that <strong>we are preparing for a return to in-person instruction on Monday, January 31<\/strong>. There will be some new requirements and health protocols, as well as minor operational changes that we will communicate to students, faculty, and staff next week, but for now, students living in campus housing who have remained off campus should make plans to return to their residence halls on January 29 and 30, and be prepared to transition back to in-person classroom learning beginning on January 31.\r\n\r\nOver the past several weeks, the dedicated healthcare professionals at the University of Rochester Medical Center have worked tirelessly to care for the Rochester community even as infection rates surged and mandatory isolation guidelines resulted in staff shortages. At the same time, many other members of our campus community have been hard at work maintaining services for students who remained on campus during winter stay and developing the necessary plans and preparations that continue to prioritize the health and well-being of all of our University community members. Make no mistake: COVID \u2013 and especially the highly contagious omicron variant \u2013 remains a concern for us, and we are mindful of how quickly the public health situation may change. However, given that COVID case numbers appear to have peaked locally and begun to decline, as have the staff absences due to COVID, we\u2019re optimistic about our ability to launch the in-person learning and residential experiences. As the spring semester progresses, we will continue to monitor conditions carefully and adjust accordingly with the intention of avoiding a shift to online instruction unless that becomes critically important for health and safety reasons.\r\n\r\n<strong>For residential students:<\/strong> Unless otherwise instructed, students should plan to return to campus on January 29 or January 30. Please do not return before that time, so that our staff and faculty can make the necessary preparations for your arrival. However, if it is absolutely necessary to return early, please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/faq\/spring-2022\/\">COVID Resource Center FAQ<\/a> for guidance on how to obtain permission for early return. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/faq\/spring-2022\/\">Pre-arrival COVID testing requirements<\/a> still apply regardless of arrival date. Students who arrive on January 29 or after will see a credit applied to their account for the pro-rated room and board. *\r\n\r\n<strong>And a reminder to all students:<\/strong> get your required COVID booster shot and upload the proof to UHSConnect. \u00a0Full details are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/faq\/vaccines\/\">COVID Resource Center<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThank you to everyone for being patient and flexible during this time, and safe travels to all. If you have additional questions, please contact\u00a0URQuestion@rochester.edu.\r\n\r\nWe look forward to welcoming everyone back to campus soon!\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\n\r\n<strong>Sarah C. Mangelsdorf<\/strong>\r\nPresident and G. Robert Witmer, Jr. University Professor\r\n\r\n<strong>Sarah Peyre<\/strong>\r\nInterim Provost\r\n\r\n<strong>Mark B. Taubman<\/strong>\r\nCEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n* This date was later changed to January 27 to be responsive to student needs.","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"COVID-19 Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Link-Preview-COVID-19-1200x630.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webhelp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webhelp\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webhelp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\"},\"headline\":\"In-person classes planned to begin January 31\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":34,\"keywords\":[\"jan-2022\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Leadership Messages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/\",\"name\":\"In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\"},\"description\":\"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In-person classes planned to begin January 31\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/\",\"name\":\"COVID-19 Resource Center\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\",\"name\":\"webhelp\",\"description\":\"Administrative account for Web Services team\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester","description":"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester","og_description":"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/","og_site_name":"COVID-19 Resource Center","article_published_time":"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Link-Preview-COVID-19-1200x630.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"webhelp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webhelp"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/"},"author":{"name":"webhelp","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5"},"headline":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31","datePublished":"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/"},"wordCount":34,"keywords":["jan-2022"],"articleSection":["Leadership Messages"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/","name":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31 - University of Rochester","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-01-20T12:40:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-18T20:11:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5"},"description":"In a leadership message, the University of Rochester announces plans to resume in-person instruction for the Spring 2022 semester.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/in-person-classes-planned-to-begin-january-31\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In-person classes planned to begin January 31"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/","name":"COVID-19 Resource Center","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5","name":"webhelp","description":"Administrative account for Web Services team","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89246,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892\/revisions\/89246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}