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SUNY Spring Semester Changes Due to COVID Uptick in Tri-State
Students attending college at one of New York’s public universities in the spring will have to quarantine at home for a week first and be tested for COVID-19, officials said. Katherine Creag with the latest.
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SUNY Cuts Spring Break, Mandates Testing Upon Return
Before they return in the spring, after two months away, students will first have to quarantine for seven days. Katherine Creag reports.
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Quarantine, COVID-19 Tests for SUNY Students in Spring
Students attending college at one of New York’s public universities in the spring will have to quarantine at home for a week first and be tested for COVID-19, officials announced Sunday. The spring semester will start later than usual, on Feb. 1 instead of Jan. 22, and there will be no spring break, which was canceled to prevent the spread…
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NY College Campuses Plan to Close After Thanksgiving
Concern about the country’s coronavirus surge is fueling a shift at colleges in New York. Leaders are worried that students traveling for Thanksgiving break could bring the virus back to campuses and trigger new spikes! Long Island reporter Greg Cergol reports on the state’s action plan.
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All SUNY Students Must Test Negative for COVID Before Thanksgiving Break: Chancellor
New York’s public university system is requiring students to test negative for the coronavirus before they can leave for Thanksgiving break in hopes of preventing community spread as students fan across the country. The system’s 64 colleges and universities must come up with plans by Nov. 5 to test about 140,000 students within 10 days before Thanksgiving break, State University…
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After COVID-19 Outbreak, SUNY Oneonta President Departs
The State University of New York at Oneonta on Thursday announced its president had resigned to “pursue other opportunities,” following a coronavirus outbreak that forced the school to switch to all-remote classes for the rest of the semester. The central New York school said in a statement Dennis Craig would temporarily take on the role formerly held by Barbara Jean…
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Coronavirus Cases Send Classes Online at SUNY Cortland Campus
In a statement, the president of SUNY Cortland said the campus would remain open and students living there would continue to do so, but would be doing classwork remotely
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New York to Step Up College Area Bar Enforcement To Curtail COVID Spread
In an attempt to ensure bars and restaurants in areas where college students gather are abiding by COVID health measures, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will increase enforcement efforts around popular establishments frequented by college students. With outbreaks linked to colleges and universities across the nation, and in the state, “these stepped-up efforts will help keep our students, faculty,…
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SUNY Oneonta Sends Students Home for Semester After COVID Cases Spike Over 500
SUNY Oneonta will close for in-person instruction for the rest of the semester and send students home following a spike in coronavirus infections, the university said Thursday. Chancellor Jim Malatras initially put the college on a two-week “pause” period Aug. 30 in order to focus on testing while limiting the spread of COVID-19. At that point, there had been 105…
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SUNY Oneonta Shutdown
After a coronavirus outbreak, SUNY Oneonta has sent their students an official letter to send them home, Rana Novini reports.
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COVID Cases Rising at SUNY Branches
There has been a rise in cases on SUNY campuses across the state, Lynda Baquero reports.
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9 Students, 2 Frats and Sorority Suspended at SUNY Campus After Violating COVID Rules
Nine students were suspended along with the Theta Chi and Zeta Beta Xi fraternities and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority after allegedly violating the university’s pandemic rules
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Cuomo Warns of COVID Spike From In-Person K-12; NYC Teachers Union May Hold Strike Vote
BREAKING UPDATE: NYC Schools to Delay Opening as Mayor, Union Reach Deal to Avert Teacher Strike Gov. Andrew Cuomo has raised a warning flag for schools that are expected to reopen in person in some capacity in less than two weeks, forewarning that clusters of COVID-19 cases that have been popping in colleges will inevitably happen to some degree when…
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Everything That Happened Today in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Andrew Siff and Brian Thompson report on the latest in the coronavirus.
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NYC Teachers Still Express Safety Concerns 10 Days Before School Starts
Earlier this month, the city’s largest teachers’ union threatened to strike — and that could still on the table if its agreements with de Blasio on how to safely welcome educators and kids back to in-person learning disintegrate further.The union’s at-time fractious relationship with City Hall has been made that much more tense by looming layoffs — 22,000 city workers,...
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Cuomo Raises Concerns About In-Person Learning
“We have to be careful. New York is very much the exception to what is going on around the world with COVID. But we have to protect that progress,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on a teleconference Sunday. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.
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SUNY Oneonta Closes for 2 Weeks After 105 Test Positive for Virus
SUNY Oneonta will close for in-person instruction for the next two weeks following a spike in coronavirus infections, incoming Chancellor Jim Malatras said Sunday. The primary source of the infection spread has been traced to a number of student parties in and around campus, state officials said. So far, five students and three campus organizations have been suspended for their…
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Montclair State Students Sent Home Following Party
Eleven Montclair State students have been sent home to quarantine after attending an off-campus party that violated the school’s COVID-19 protocols, John Chandler has the latest response from students and staff
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Some SUNY and CUNY Students Set to Return From Abroad
Hundreds of SUNY and CUNY students who were studying abroad in coronavirus-exposed countries are returning home. Ken Buffa reports.