Category: Provost

Stanford will proceed with plans to welcome frosh and sophomores to live on campus in the winter quarter, but in light of public health conditions, will adopt a phased undergraduate arrival process and an enhanced COVID-19 testing protocol for their arrival.

In a message to the campus community, Provost Persis Drell announces that starting January 4, Stanford will begin requiring COVID-19 surveillance testing for faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars who come to campus for in-person work.

In a message to the campus community, Provost Persis Drell provides an update on plans for the quarter that begins in January, including an offer for on-campus housing to frosh and sophomores, with health and safety measures to inhibit the spread of COVID-19.

In a message to the Stanford community, Provost Persis Drell provides details of planning around undergraduate students’ return to campus for the 2020-2021 academic year.

President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell provide an update on academic planning for the fall quarter and 2020-21 academic year.

Provost Persis Drell and other university leaders provide an update on the considerations informing Stanford’s continued planning regarding classes and student residential living in the 2020-21 academic year.

In a message to the campus community, Provost Persis Drell and Elizabeth Zacharias, vice president for human resources, address steps the university is taking to help campus workers facing financial challenges due to COVID-19.

In a message to the university community, Provost Persis Drell provides updates on summer programs and outlines new steps Stanford is taking to address the financial challenges posed to the university by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provost Persis Drell and Vice President Robert Reidy provide an update on campus construction, including specific high-priority projects that will continue while the shelter-in-place order is in effect.