The University of Notre Dame will welcome students back to campus for the 2020-21 fall semester the week of Aug. 10, two weeks earlier than originally scheduled, and will forgo fall break in October and end the semester before Thanksgiving.
Faculty are encouraged to apply for a new, competitive funding opportunity to support research into diagnostics or therapeutics for SAR-CoV-2 as well as other concerns related to COVID-19.
Father John Jenkins, Provost Tom Burish, and Provost-Elect Marie Lynn Miranda wrote to the faculty this week to describe the underlying principles that govern the University’s thinking toward the return of in-person classes, the opening of laboratories, and other measures.