More COVID-19 protocols will be implemented next week at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
On Wednesday, the University of Nebraska at Omaha announced the new and enhanced health and safety measures that will go into effect on Monday, November 16th. University leaders say the move comes in response to the spread of COVID-19 in Omaha, Douglas County, and across the state of the Nebraska.
UNO Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and UNO Office of Health Security Interim Executive Director Jane Meza, Ph.D., announced the measures that will impact classes, events, and compliance in a message to campus today. "In recent weeks, we have reiterated that your unwavering commitment to each other’s health, safety, and wellbeing during the Fall 2020 semester has allowed us to maintain campus operations and our educational mission all while seeing very few campus-acquired COVID-19 cases,” Gold and Meza wrote. “For this, we thank you and encourage you to keep this passion and focus in the coming days, weeks, and perhaps months as we continue to fight this pandemic.”
Classes
- Deans and their faculty have been asked to examine remaining course meeting patterns for the rest of the semester, paying special attention to labs, studios, and ensembles. They will be working with specific guidance from Academic Affairs.
- Faculty should utilize alternatives when possible to in-person exams for finals and remaining exams. Scanned and submitted papers or exams, or online testing is preferred wherever possible.
- All labs and studio classes must create accommodations for students who must miss a lab due to individual health concerns or quarantine/isolation.
Research
- All research labs with more than 10 people should dedensify.
- Research staff should comply with all work from home policies.
- All research faculty, staff, and students must use the 1-Check UNO app daily.
- Human subject research should either be deferred or appropriately socially distanced.
Events
- All events with more than 10 people should discontinue. Academic courses are not included.
- No performances should have a live audience (recording or streaming only).