In an email sent to students early this evening, Barnard announced that masking indoors will be optional, though highly recommended, starting October 10 and updates to flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster availability for students.

Starting October 3, all testing will now be done through Color, a new platform that will allow for self-facilitated testing and greater flexibility.

Columbia University released updated plans for COVID-19 safety protocols this afternoon, including classroom masking through September.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

This afternoon, University COVID-19 Director Donna Lynne announced via email that non-cloth masks will be required in all Columbia classrooms, starting Monday morning.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly roundup of how COVID is progressing in the Columbia community.

This is Bwog’s weekly Roundup of how COVID-19 is progressing in the Columbia community.

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This afternoon, one day after Columbia University released updated plans for COVID-19 safety protocols, Barnard students received a new set of guidelines in an email from Marina Catallozzi, VP of Health and Wellness. 

According to an email sent this afternoon, students will no longer be required to fill out daily attestations to access Columbia facilities, and masking indoors will become optional on campus, effective March 14.