{"id":162085,"date":"2020-03-20T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T13:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=162085"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:19:30","slug":"our-campus-responds-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2020\/our-campus-responds-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Campus Responds to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 20, 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2020-campus-quarantine-for-covid-19 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-162078\" data-slideshow-name=\"2020-campus-quarantine-for-covid-19\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-162078\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_campus_4C4A0072.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">With students attending class remotely, the campus had none of the expected bustle of spring semester<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_cafe_4C4A0078.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">The cafe in the Instructional Building lobby has closed until students return<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_sign_4C4A0047.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">For the safety of patients and staff, Boston Medical Center is moving some outpatient visits back to the Shapiro Building <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_blue-triage_4C4A0097.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Triage tents are set up outside the BMC Emergency Room to screen incoming patients<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_Triage_4C4A0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_ambulance_4C4A0084.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">BMC is limiting curbside drop-off access to ambulances only<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/TUE_groceries_4C4A0111.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Community organizations are stepping up to help people in need<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_streetscape_4C4A0050.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">The empty intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Albany Street, usually a flurry of activity<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_traffic_4C4A0136.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Downtown Boston traffic, usually among the worst spots in the nation, was quiet just past the morning rush <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_clock_4C4A0081.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Practicing physical distancing <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-162078_10\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2020\/03\/WED_spring_4C4A0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Early spring flowers are making an appearance on campus <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-162078\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several weeks, the School of Public Health responded to the worldwide call for physical distancing to reduce transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. Classes were moved to online instruction, and the school&#8217;s signature programs \u2014 including one assessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/public-health-conversations\/deans-seminars\/coronavirus-seminar-series\/coronavirus-what-do-we-know-what-do-we-not-know-what-should-we-be-doing\/\">the state of current COVID-19 knowledge<\/a> \u2014 were also changed to an online only format.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2020\/03\/19\/continuing-the-conversation\/\"> Future events will also follow this format<\/a>; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/public-health-conversations\/public-health-fora\/tb-the-hidden-epidemic\/\">next event<\/a>, on the overlooked scourge of tuberculosis, will be a worldwide Zoom Meeting webinar.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the changes, the school continues to operate all of its core functions of research, teaching, and practice, with key staff handling student inquiries remotely and limited numbers of students and faculty using the libraries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPH joined the rest of the Medical Campus in doing its part to combat the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7185,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[3434,3121],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3519,3526,3544],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/162085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162085"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/162085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172885,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/162085\/revisions\/172885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=162085"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=162085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}