UC San Diego has 11 outdoor classrooms for teaching.
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Under current health guidelines, all lecture, discussion, seminar, lab, or studio classes may be taught either remotely or outdoors.
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Our campus vending machines simplify the process and provide easier and more efficient access to testing.
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As of January 2, 11 test-kit vending machines opened in conjunction with the start of Winter Quarter.
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The vending machines can distribute more than 2,000 kits per day.
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Students following public health guidelines such as masking has been instrumental to Return to Lean’s success.
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Normalizing behavior such as masking and social distancing has helped keep Tritons safe.
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UC San Diego has more than 400 Triton Health Ambassadors who develop innovative strategies critical to safe campus operations.
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Fewer than 10% of Winter 2021 undergraduate courses are offered in person, using our outdoor classrooms.
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UC San Diego is working with county and regional partners to rapidly and dramatically expand outreach to health care workers in San Diego County in need of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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The expanded effort to vaccinate more people more quickly requires the close collaboration of multiple partners — UC San Diego Health, the County, the Padres and others.
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Our multi-layered strategy provides resiliency along many dimensions of the Return to Learn plan.
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UC San Diego bookstore is fully operational, offering students official Triton gear, textbooks, supplies, gifts and technology.
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The machines are located throughout campus, with most near residence halls and areas with the most traffic from students.
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Increased sanitation is everywhere on campus, including at the self-administered testing vending machines.
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Self-administered tests are identified by a barcode that is scanned at the time of sampling and links to students’/ employees’ campus credentials.
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Each test kit comes with directions.
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A smartphone or mobile device with the UC San Diego app is required to scan the barcode on the test kit.
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Tests must be returned to a collection box within 72 hours of when the kit was picked up.
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Nearly 10,000 students live on campus. Daily traffic among students and staff is estimated at 25,000.
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Julio Barreiro, assistant professor of physics at UC San Diego, teaches in one of UC San Diego’s outdoor classrooms.
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UC San Diego was the first university to announce a commitment to incrementally repopulate our campus, and we have taken the necessary time to develop our flexible Return to Learn plan to do so prudently.
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The outdoor classrooms accommodate up to 50 students.
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Outdoor teaching facilitates UC San Diego’s hands-on and collaborative courses.
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The expanded activation of the CA Notify technology enhances its effectiveness.
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