Physical & Mental Health

Syracuse, Hilbert and Niagara among New York private colleges to abandon in-person learning earlier than planned. Outbreaks disrupt college football schedule and start to basketball season.

Another half dozen institutions shift to virtual learning as coronavirus cases spike around them.

Professors and graduate students urge caution on spring plans for in-person instruction.

The University at Albany shifts to remote classes for the rest of the fall, Bucknell and Tompkins-Cortland pivot for a week, and Syracuse will go virtual next week through the end of the term.

Utah wants to test all students in the state weekly. Three Northeastern colleges transition classes or activities online. Maine reports case cluster affecting facilities employees. Two Midwestern colleges cut football seasons short.

Research in crisis communications and management suggests college and university leaders might need a different approach to COVID-19 than other crises.

More colleges shift immediately to remote learning as case counts rise on campuses and nearby. Others abandon plans for in-person learning after the Thanksgiving break.

Citing a quarantine housing shortage, University of Michigan moved COVID-19-exposed students into already occupied campus apartment buildings.