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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div>Begin forwarded message:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Michael Bergren <<a href="mailto:mberg@mit.edu" class="">mberg@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Important Information About Spring 2020 UROP</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 12, 2020 at 8:42:12 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Dear Departmental UROP Coordinators, Administrative Officers and Academic Administrators,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Please help us alert all those in your areas to spring term UROP changes related to the Institute’s COVID-19 response. I am also attaching FAQ, which<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">is also being posted on MIT’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/covid19/faq-policies-about-student-access-to-campus-facilities-and-UROPs/" title="http://web.mit.edu/covid19/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="" class="">COVID-19 website</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">. </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><span class="">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">All in-person UROPs must end on Sunday, March 15, 2020.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">This includes UROPs taking place in on-campus labs, at the Whitehead Institute, Broad Institute, Lincoln Lab, area hospitals, other IMES/HST/Harvard facilities, or other research settings and collaborative spaces. Only remote or virtual UROP projects that are mutually agreed upon by faculty and their UROP students may continue for the duration of the spring term (through May 31, 2020).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><br class="">These policy changes apply equally to all MIT, exchange, and Wellesley College students regardless of their living situations. Students with special permission to remain in campus housing and those staying locally may only UROP remotely/virtually. No on-campus/in-person UROP is allowed for the duration of the spring term.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><span class="">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">UROP Pay:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All students must be paid for approved submitted timesheets for the period February 3, 2020-March 15, 2020. Students have been instructed to submit any outstanding timesheets from this period, ASAP. Only those with faculty approval to continue UROPs remotely should submit timesheets for work beyond March 15.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><span class="">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">UROP Credit:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Unit totals can be adjusted on grade sheets at the end of term to reflect appropriate effort, or if UROPs have not yet begun in earnest, students can complete an online Drop form to remove the UROP registration.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">We are requiring that students complete a</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><a href="https://urop.mit.edu/node/8810/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Spring UROP Status Update webform</span></a><span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by Tuesday, March 31 to better understand which UROPs will continue remotely or will be ending. UROP staff will follow-up with faculty and DLCs to ensure that you have accurate lists of students who will continue to UROP remotely.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">You may be wondering about plans for summer UROP; unfortunately, we do not yet have answers on impacts beyond the current spring term. We will communicate to the UROP community as soon as additional information and guidance is available and appreciate your understanding as we navigate rapidly changing conditions.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">We will make every effort to provide you with up-to-date information as quickly as possible. In the meantime, please contact UROP staff at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><a href="mailto:urop@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">urop@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">, with any questions or concerns.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Thank you for your patience and cooperation in these extraordinary times.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Michael Bergren<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Associate Dean, Undergraduate Research<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Director,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(162, 29, 54);" class="">UROP</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Office of Experiential Learning</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">, MIT Room 7-104<br class="">617-253-8801<br class=""><a href="http://urop.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">urop.mit.edu</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>