COVID-19
The COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus pandemic has profoundly changed student life for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years.
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Timeline of Events
January 2020 to early March
- Concerns building around the pandemic, especially for New York City.
- Near the end of this period, Columbia administration keeping in eye on the infection rates, peer schools like NYU and other Ivies, and creating their own University COVID-19 Task Force with infectious disease professors, upper-level administration, and other appointees.
March
- After a period of uncertainty, students were told to leave campus, barring special circumstances. This was relatively well-received, compared to peer schools like Princeton.
- The semester moved to P/F (not P/D/F) for both SEAS and CC students.
Remainder of Spring 2020
- Many professors chose to cancel their final exams in favor of projects due to the P/F policy and timezone differences.
