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As UC Berkeley prepares to resume in-person instruction in the fall, several faculty members have raised concerns over poor ventilation in Dwinelle Hall and Wheeler Hall, posing questions about safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the Occupy Cal movement in 2011, UCPD altered the windows of the two halls, allowing them to only open a few inches, according to Anne-Lise Francois, campus associate professor of English and comparative literature. While teaching in Dwinelle after the limitations were established, Francois said the “stifling heat” created an uncomfortable teaching environment and made it difficult for students to concentrate.
“It is so hard to teach when people are terribly uncomfortable,” said Janet Sorensen, campus professor of English, in an email. “Now with the added risk of COVID-19 and its variants, the university has an awful lot of work to do to get one of the most critical pieces of the risk abatement puzzle ventilation in place.”