The University of Oregon recorded 982 total COVID-19 cases Jan. 3-9, the highest number of infections documented in the campus community since the start of the pandemic. UO faculty and GEs have criticized the university’s response to the coronavirus spike, saying unnegotiated and unclear changes in working conditions cause difficulties for faculty, staff and students. Following the surge of cases due to the Omicron variant, Provost Patrick Phillips announced new guidelines in a Jan. 6 email. The statement announced changes in UO’s COVID-19 policy, such as lowering of quarantine time from 10 days to five in accordance with new CDC guidelines, introducing a remote instruction option for instructors with 20% or more of their class missing due to COVID-related issues, a plan to provide a limited number of N95 masks on campus and a planned return to full in-person instruction by Feb. 7. Read the full story at dailyemerald.com 📝: Hannarose McGuinness 📸: @media.x.molly