Category: Campus

The university is transitioning away from the Color testing program. Free rapid tests will continue to be available.

As fluctuating case numbers and circulating variants remind us, COVID has not gone away. As campus activities increase, masking, testing and other health protocols are crucial to our efforts to minimize COVID spread.

In light of an increase in COVID cases, Stanford continues to strongly encourage face coverings indoors and in crowded outdoor spaces. Masking will continue to be required in classrooms and on Marguerite buses until further notice.

Following new guidance from Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the California Department of Public Health, Stanford is making adjustments to its masking guidelines, effective March 2.

Following an announcement that the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health anticipates lifting the county’s indoor masking mandate on March 2, Stanford is working to revise campus protocols. Updates will be provided early next week.

A message from Provost Persis Drell and Russell Furr, associate vice provost for environment health & safety, outlines temporary limitations on campus events and gatherings designed to help limit COVID-19 transmission during the current omicron wave.

On Friday, Nov. 26, the World Health Organization designated Omicron a new COVID-19 variant of concern. Stanford's Persis Drell, Lloyd B. Minor and Russell Furr share their perspectives and reassure the community that Omicron is not a cause for panic.

A message to the campus community addresses a requirement that all employees, students and visitors wear face coverings indoors – regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status – following mandates by Santa Clara and San Mateo counties that become effective tonight at midnight.

Following public health guidance by Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, Stanford now recommends that face coverings be worn in crowded indoor spaces on campus and requires their use in campus spaces that are open to the public.

A message to the campus community addresses changes to the process for reporting vaccination status on Health Check and other steps the university is taking to prepare for more normal times ahead.