Lessons learned during our year with COVID-19
News staff
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We’ve just been through a year-plus in dealing with a global pandemic. Many of our actions and reactions were laudable: The toughness of our frontline workers, our own adaptability and community-minded actions, and countless, personal brave and selfless acts. But we stumbled as well, and in some instances and with some strategies we wished we had a do-over.
We’ve asked several people in the Capital Region to look back over the past year, and to also look forward. If, heaven help us, another pandemic takes hold in the near future, with what we know now, how might we react differently. What are some of the lessons we have learned?
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RPI requires vaccinations, in-person classes for summer semester
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This summer all classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will take place in person with COVID-19 vaccinations required of all students and staff, officials at the Troy, N.Y.-based school announced on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
TROY All classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will take place in person this summer semester with COVID-19 vaccinations required of all students and staff, school officials announced Friday. As we anticipate a brighter future on the public health front, Rensselaer is making plans for a fully in-person Arch summer semester and 2021-2022 academic year, officials wrote in a memo. All classes and educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students are expected to be held in-person, assuming the public health situation allows.
Letter: RPI s handling of coronavirus pandemic disappointing
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FILE. Letter writer says, As a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alum and long-time supporter of the school, particularly the nationally renowned hockey program, I was disappointed to read about how the school has handled the coronavirus pandemic. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
As a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alum and long-time supporter of the school, particularly the nationally renowned hockey program, I was disappointed to read about how the school has handled the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s amazing to me that on a campus with such few coronavirus cases, the administration had totally shut down every team, club or organization and required the students to be, essentially, locked in their dormitories until recently. The students lost opportunities to interact with coaches, professors and others to build their skills and relationships. Other ren
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