The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to our campus activities. Below are the messages VPGE has sent to faculty and staff (some in collaboration with other university leaders); VPGE messages to grad students and postdocs are here. The Grad Updates website contains current academic and Health & Safety information for 2020-21. Please also check the university's Health Alerts site and FAQs for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars for more information about the university's responses to the pandemic.
- Extension of school dean approval for visiting scholars, visiting student researchers, and other nonmatriculated student appointments through Spring Quarter 2022 (10.11.21)
- Clarification on relaxation of restrictions on visitors and other nonmatriculated student appointments (06.29.21)
- Effective Sept 1: Relaxation of restrictions on visitors and other nonmatriculated student appointments (06.21.21)
- Extended through Summer Quarter, until at least Sept. 1: Restrictions on visitors & other nonmatriculated student appointments in response to COVID-19 (03.30.21)
- For DGSs: Graduate Policies and Color Testing (03.18.21)
- Extended through Spring Quarter: Restrictions on visitors & other nonmatriculated students (01.29.21)
- Extended through Winter Quarter: Restrictions on visitors & other nonmatriculated students (10.30.20)
- Further clarification graduate student campus compact (08.21.20)
- For faculty additional information graduate student campus compact (08.20.20)
- Information about the graduate student campus compact (08.17.20)
- For DGSs Academic policies other updates (08.12.20)
- Extended until at least January 2021 Restrictions on visitors & other nonmatriculated students in response to COVID19 (07.16.20)
- Extended until Autumn Quarter Exceptions for remote participation in oral dissertation defenses electronnic signature page submission (06.01.20)
- Updated Restrictions on visitors & other nonmatriculated students in response to COVID19 (05.31.20)
- For directors of graduate studies COVID19 updates invitation to May 19 meeting (04.20.20)
- Important information for your admitted students (04.13.20)
- Important academic changes for graduate students in response to COVID19 (03.27.20)
- Supporting our graduate students during COVID19 disruptions (03.18.20)
- Guidance on critical on-campus activity only (03.17.20)
- Extended through Spring Quarter Important information about oral dissertation defenses exceptions for remote participation (03.16.20)
