Classroom guidance for faculty

The university’s COVID-19 dashboard will be updated daily to report new cases among UB students and employees.

UB students, faculty and staff are reminded to monitor their health each day, stay home if they are sick, practice good hand hygiene and follow UB’s guidelines on face coverings and other protocols. 

Yes.

Please note -All UB students are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend classes in person and participate in on-campus activities in the fall, according to a SUNY mandate. Full approval of the vaccine has been granted by the FDA. Students requesting a vaccine exemption will not be allowed on campus while the request is being reviewed. Therefore, these students will not be able to attend in-person classes during that time. Such absences are considered excusable.

Encourage them to stay out of class and get tested immediately for COVID-19. All students, regardless of vaccination status, should closely monitor their health and get tested if they develop symptoms.

Any student who receives a positive COVID-19 test result should report it via UB’s confidential COVID-19 reporting form.

Though dependent on the circumstances of the course, faculty should use all means at their disposal to allow students to make up work and engage in class if students are unable to participate in course activities while in isolation or quarantine.

Yes. Ventilation systems have been adjusted to increase the flow of outside air into the buildings, per CDC recommendations.

Please inform students that the risk of transmission within classrooms is still considered very low because all UB students are expected to be masked and, with few exceptions, fully vaccinated. Also, in order to protect the privacy of the student who tests positive, faculty should not share the identity of the student in any communication to the class.

No. As long as students in the class were properly masked and were sufficiently distanced from the person who tested positive. As per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, fully vaccinated individuals who are identified by the Erie County Department of Health as close contacts (within 6 feet of the positive individual for more than 15 consecutive minutes) are not subject to quarantine.

Unvaccinated students and instructors who are not vaccinated will be required to quarantine if they are identified as close contacts by the department of health.

Refer them to Accessibility Resources for assistance with accommodations.