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UConn revokes on-campus housing for students captured on video partying in a packed dorm room without face masks

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AdvertisementBy HartfordAug 19, 2020 at 9:51 amSeveral UConn students have been evicted from on-campus student housing after video of a packed dorm-room party with no social distancing or face masks was shared widely on social media Monday night.University officials condemned the students for “endangering not only their own health and well being, but that of others” and have opened investigations into the students and party.AdvertisementSome of the students involved also have had their student housing revoked, so they must either return home or find new off-campus housing, and were issued interim actions while the university investigates, UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said. It was not immediately clear Tuesday night how many students have been reprimanded.Video of the party spread online Tuesday as the university announced that 25 students have been placed into self quarantine as a precaution after coming in contact with five UConn students who have tested positive for COVID-19.AdvertisementSimilar videos of packed parties have emerged from universities across the country and some schools are already beginning to dial back on-campus life or end in-person classes entirely after spikes in new cases.fromBut the video at UConn is not representative of the thousands of students taking the school’s coronavirus precautions seriously, said UConn Dean of Students Eleanor Daugherty and Residential Life Director Pamela Schipani in a letter to students late Tuesday.“These actions do not represent or speak for the 5,000 residents currently composing our residential community,” they wrote. “Our residential community has demonstrated an admirable commitment to follow universal precautions and keep our community safe. In doing so, they have made considerable sacrifice.“We cannot afford the cost to the public health that is associated with inviting students into a room for a late night party,” they continued. “The vast majority of our students are doing the right thing — but every student needs to do the same.”UConn opened its campus to residential students on Friday, and is requiring every residential student to be tested for coronavirus as part of the check-in process. Off-campus students are also required to take a coronavirus test before attending classes.As of Tuesday afternoon, five residential students had tested positive, the university said. In addition, two off-campus students had self-reported to the university that they had also tested positive. (On Monday, that three off-campus students had tested positive. The university announced Tuesday that one of those students was a “residual positive,” meaning their coronavirus case is no longer active.)The five on-campus students who tested positive are being housed in UConn’s isolation spaces, the university said. That doesn’t include 25 additional students who are under medical quarantine after potential exposure to one or more of the positive cases.As it happensGet the latest updates on Coronavirus and other breaking news events happening across Connecticut &gt; But university officials have said that the positive cases are no need for alarm. The five on-campus cases were identified out of a total of 3,850 tests — for a positivity rate of 0.13%, which is well below the state’s average positivity rate.Advertisement“There will undoubtedly be more positive cases as more test results are returned in the coming days, and we will address each the same way as we work to protect the health of individual students and our community,” Daugherty said in a statement.The university also said that it has tested 1,874 employees, and none have tested positive.UConn is still awaiting some of the test results for its 5,000 residential students at the Storrs campus and its 265 residential students at the Stamford campus.The university is also providing free testing for off-campus students who plan attend in-person classes.Emily Brindley can be reached at . Zach Murdock can be reached at .Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of UConn students who have tested positive for COVID-19. There are five confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus and 25 students are in quarantine as a precaution, but they have not tested positive. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy HartfordAug 19, 2020 at 9:51 amSeveral UConn students have been evicted from on-campus student housing after video of a packed dorm-room party with no social distancing or face masks was shared widely on social media Monday night.University officials condemned the students for “endangering not only their own health and well being, but that of others” and have opened investigations into the students and party.AdvertisementSome of the students involved also have had their student housing revoked, so they must either return home or find new off-campus housing, and were issued...

UConn revokes on-campus housing for students captured on video partying in a packed dorm room without face masks

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