The 天美影视传媒 held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the recent announcement of a UW staff member who received a presumptive positive test result for COVID-19.
Panelists (from left to right): Denzil Suite, Vice President for Student Life; Ana Mari Cauce, UW President; Dr. Geoffrey S. Gottlieb, Interim Chair, UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases
The UW announced Friday that starting Monday, March 9, classes聽will聽no longer meet in person.聽For the remainder of the quarter, instructors聽have been asked聽to conduct classes and/or exams remotely, as possible, until the quarter concludes on March 20.聽Final exams will not be conducted in person, but may be conducted online when feasible, and at the instructor鈥檚 discretion.
More information on the plan for online classes can be found here.
The UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) also announced today that a 天美影视传媒 staff member who works in the Roosevelt Commons East building has received a presumptive positive test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The employee is in self-isolation at home. Out of an abundance of caution, the building, which is located west of the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus in the 4300 block of 11th Ave. NE, has been closed for appropriate cleaning until further notice.
More information on the presumptive case聽can be found here.