ASU will receive $6 million from state for new COVID-19 test
The state of Arizona awarded ASU researchers a $6 million contract to develop a rapid point-of-need COVID-19 test, Gov. Doug Ducey announced at a press conference Thursday.
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The state of Arizona awarded ASU researchers a $6 million contract to develop a rapid point-of-need COVID-19 test, Gov. Doug Ducey announced at a press conference Thursday.
Since reopening on Aug. 20, about 20% of the ASU student body has returned to campus, while the University works to adapt its community to a life with the coronavirus that has infected more than 1,600 students.
The University has begun displaying the random COVID-19 testing results within the ASU community, an update posted online by the University Monday night showed.
Students will participate in classes remotely after Thanksgiving break and the semester will end early on Dec. 4, University Provost Mark Searle announced in an email Friday afternoon.
There are 360 total active positive COVID-19 cases within the ASU community as of Sept. 16, according to an update posted online by the University Thursday night. Active students have decreased to 355 and active employee cases have decreased to five.
The "high-pressure release of a cylinder containing chlorine dioxide" at an ASU lab injured three contractors, according to a University spokesperson.
There are 637 current active COVID-19 positives within the ASU community, 628 are students and nine are employees, according to an update from the University Thursday night.
With cumulative COVID-19 cases now over 1,000 among ASU's student body, the University is beginning to take action.
Faculty and staff at Barrett, The Honors College taking part in the National Scholar Strike are holding a teach-in through Wednesday to create spaces for the community to collaborate and learn about racial justice using skills developed through introductory honors courses.
An ASU COVID-19 update added new data figures for the ASU community, but the numbers needed to be fact-checked after publication, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
There are now 983 total positive COVID-19 cases within the ASU community as of Sept. 2, according to an update released late Thursday.
Multiple students attending an engineering business practice class in person Tuesday said their professor required them to move to the front two rows of the classroom and sit near one another, violating University indoor social distancing policies.
The chants of hundreds of ASU students, alumni and other community members Sunday echoed those of millions of other protesters this summer fighting against systemic racism and oppression throughout the country.
The University’s COVID-19 management framework page does not include the percent of positive cases found within tests collected by ASU, but a University spokesperson confirmed the school is working to update the page.
The Black African Coalition announced Thursday that it will not be taking part in the planned protest on ASU grounds Sunday after the University announced new guidelines on social gatherings, members said.
There are 161 known positive cases of the coronavirus currently within the ASU community, according to a statement made by University President Michael Crow Tuesday.
Six of nine party citations issued over the first weekend of the semester by the Tempe Police Department were "student-related," a department spokesperson said Monday.
For the first time since March, the University held thousands of in-person classes. But campuses are different than they were six months ago – Tempe's walkways nearly empty, the Memorial Union not crowded, hand sanitizer stations on every corner and posters, stickers, signs encouraging safety were plastered throughout halls and walkways.
ASU will begin regular and required COVID-19 testing "of a subset of students, ASU employees and employees of key business partners working on campus," an email from Provost Mark Searle and Treasurer and CFO Morgan Olsen announced Thursday.
While health experts acknowledge that ASU's plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on-campus is strong, the issue lies within what happens off campus, something that the University may struggle to control, they said.
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