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A boat blowout in Boston Harbor. A clubhouse bash in Harvard Square. An orchard fête in northern Massachusetts.
Some students, determined to end a fraught school year on a note of normalcy, defied Harvardâs Covid-19 rules this past semester in the name of fun â and to the chagrin of some of their classmates.
Concerned by a spike in Covid-19 cases among undergraduates living on and near campus this spring, University administrators have urged students to continue observing public health practices and avoiding gatherings.
âHere in Cambridge and near campus, we see some worrisome trends in the number of positive cases, especially among students living together off-campus,â Dean of Students Katherine G. OâDair and Harvard University Health Services Director Giang T. Nguyen wrote in an April 16 email. âIt is spring, the weather is warming up, and we know that you want to gather with each other; please do this safely, using sound public health pract
As Harvard prepares for a full return to campus for students this fall, the College is experimenting with in-person and hybrid courses to develop best practices for in-person teaching and learning.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay first announced the trials in a December 2020 faculty meeting, noting that they would help the FAS âwork through the logisticsâ of offering in-person instruction in the fall.
Rebecca N. Nesson, associate dean of the Harvard College curriculum, said in an interview that the Collegeâs pilot program has two components: âfull in-person teaching and learning with distancing and masksâ and âhybrid teaching,â with students both physically and digitally present.
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When Angela Y. Zhong ’24, a freshman from Cypress, T.X., arrived on campus on Thursday, she anticipated starting her “normal” college experience. Though the College invited freshmen to live in residence last semester, Zhong decided to complete her first semester of college from home.
“I really felt like I was missing out last semester,” Zhong said. “I thought I would petition, and I also just wanted to meet new people.
Students invited to live in residence this semester will encounter a far-from-normal campus experience, which began for many this week with a move-in process modified for the pandemic era.
In December, the College announced that it was expanding spring housing to accommodate 3,100 undergraduates compared to the 25 percent of students who lived in residence during the fall semester. Students living on campus this semester seniors, enrolled juniors, students with difficult learning environments, and petitioning juniors returning from leaves of absences