Updated January 19, 2022
As a course instructor, you play a critical role in allowing students to adhere to UB’s comprehensive Health and Safety Guidelines, which help protect the health and safety of all of us at UB.
Please be prepared to accommodate students who are requesting to stay home due to illness or who indicate they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
We recommend clearly communicating opportunities and expectations around alternative assignments or makeup work and maintaining flexibility with respect to student circumstances and normal course attendance policies.
Class absences due to COVID-19 isolation or quarantine are considered excusable per the university’s Class Attendance policies. Please use all means at your disposal to allow students to make up work and engage in class activities while in isolation, depending on the circumstances relevant to your course.
The FAQ below describe steps to take when a faculty member learns that one of their students has tested positive.
Yes. Class absences due to COVID-19 isolation or quarantine are considered excusable per the university’s Class Attendance policies. Please use all means at your disposal to allow students to make up work and engage in class activities while in isolation, depending on the circumstances relevant to your course.
Updated August 23, 2021
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.
Updated August 19, 2021
Please be prepared to accommodate students who are requesting to stay home due to illness or who indicate they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. We recommend clearly communicating opportunities and expectations around alternative assignments or makeup work and maintaining flexibility with respect to student circumstances and normal course attendance policies.
Class absences due to COVID-19 isolation or quarantine are considered excusable per the university’s Class Attendance policies. Please use all means at your disposal to allow students to make up work and engage in class activities while in isolation, depending on the circumstances relevant to your course
Updated August 19, 2021
Yes. Ventilation systems have been adjusted to increase the flow of outside air into the buildings, per CDC recommendations.
Updated August 19, 2021
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.
Updated August 19, 2021
No. As long as students in the class were properly masked and were sufficiently distanced from the person who tested positive.
See "Close Contacts," below, for additional details on close contacts and quarantine and isolation requirements.
Any student who receives a positive COVID-19 test result should isolate and report it via UB’s confidential reporting form.
If students need to miss class due to illness, isolation or quarantine, they must notify their instructor by email as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours after missing class. Residential students may request assistance from Campus Living to provide faculty notifications.
Residential students have the option to isolate/quarantine in designated on-campus housing. See Quarantine Information for Residence Hall Students for more information.
Any employee who receives a positive COVID-19 test result should isolate and report it to their supervisor and to UB’s Office of Human Resources. HR will provide additional guidance.
UB Human Resources
716-645-7777
ub-hr@buffalo.edu
The Erie County Department of Health asks that anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 to self-isolate, notify household members and other close contacts. If you are a close contact, you must follow the CDC guidance for Quarantine and Isolation.
All students and employees, regardless of vaccination status, should closely monitor their health, stay home if they develop symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested immediately.
Updated October 20, 2021
Refer them to Accessibility Resources for assistance with accommodations.
Updated August 19, 2021
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.
Updated August 19, 2021
Yes. UB instructors are expected to be masked when teaching in the classrooms, even if they are beyond 6 feet from students. Masks are required indoors, even if you are fully vaccinated.
Updated October 6, 2021
99% will have received a complete series of an FDA-approved/authorized or WHO-authorized COVID-19 vaccine, but not all will be eligible for the booster before the spring semester begins on Jan. 31 due to the eligibility timing considerations associated with receiving a booster. Note that UB will be enforcing compliance throughout the semester.
Updated January 19, 2022
