<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Biology faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you to the many who participated in one of the various meetings or conversations this past couple of weeks. I want to reiterate what has been discussed and emphasize our departmental policies regarding teaching and learning in the fall semester.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">•No one is required to teach or take class in-person (including faculty, staff, and all students). </b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">•We are planning for all Biology subjects (except for labs and some UROPs, see below) to be taught online, at regularly scheduled times. Classes will be recorded and posted for those who are unable to attend (e.g., due to timezone differences).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">•Lab subjects, 7.002 and 7.003 will have both in-person and online components. Graduating seniors who will not be in-person should contact Janice Chang and/or our Undergraduate Officers (Adam C Martin <<a href="mailto:acmartin@mit.edu" class="">acmartin@mit.edu</a>> or Cathy Drennan <<a href="mailto:cdrennan@mit.edu" class="">cdrennan@mit.edu</a>>). Those taking the lab subjects in-person must be living on campus, as per MIT rules. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">•Graduate students TAing lab subjects will do so remotely, but NOT from their research labs. There will be no in-person graduate TAs. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">•UROPs can be remote and/or in person. For in-person UROPs, students must be living on campus as per MIT rules. In-person UROPs are at the discretion of the faculty mentor and lab time will need to be scheduled along with other lab personnel. I suspect that we will be operating at ≥50% capacity in September. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">•Anyone coming to campus for any reason, including classes and research, must wear a mask and maintain appropriate distancing. These policies are in place to protect everyone.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for your patience and understanding in these challenging times!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class="">Alan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Alan D. Grossman<br class="">Professor and Head<br class="">Department of Biology<br class="">Building 68-530<br class="">M.I.T.<br class="">Cambridge, MA 02139<br class=""><br class="">(617) 253-1515<br class=""><a href="mailto:adg@mit.edu" class="">adg@mit.edu</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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