Prior to the end of the fall semester, the Omicron virus started to make campus leaders pivot - once again. Cornell University had over 800 confirmed cases in less than a week, causing the university to move all exams to remote. End of semester events, athletic competitions and the like were canceled, postponed or were held without spectators. If we’ve learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that we have our tools, we just need to use them. But with Omicron, CDC guidance about isolation has caused confusion, and some campus leaders are seeking to further re-evaluate their protocols.
My guest was, Dr. Megan Ranney from Brown University. Dr. Ranney is an emergency physician, researcher, and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health. She holds the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is Founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. She is also the Academic Dean at the School of Public Health at Brown University.
Dr. Ranney provided an incredible amount of insight that was not only useful for Higher Education administrators as we are framing the semester ahead, but also as we are managing our own response in our lives to the pandemic and the current surge. I invite you to listen and comment on what YOU took away from the conversation and what you would like to learn more about!
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