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Temple University’s plan for mitigating COVID-19, explained

09 July 2020 Colin Evans and Valerie Dowret

The Temple News spoke to university officials and health practitioners about steps they’re taking to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff returning for the fall semester.

Temple international students won’t have to leave U.S. under new ICE guidelines

08 July 2020 Pavlína Černá

Students will be able to stay in the United States as long as they don’t take their course load entirely online.

Pennsylvania requires masks in public

01 July 2020 Amelia Winger

Exceptions include children under the age of two and people who cannot wear a mask due to a medical condition.

Philadelphia scales back July 3 green phase reopening

30 June 2020 Amelia Winger

The city will allow “lower-risk activities” to resume on July 3 while still banning large indoor gatherings, indoor dining and gyms.

Philadelphia issues mandatory mask policy for outdoors, public spaces

26 June 2020 Amelia Winger

The policy applies to indoor public spaces and outdoor areas where people are closer than six feet from others not in their household.

Temple to open campus COVID-19 testing center in former apparel store

25 June 2020 Colin Evans

The university will test students, faculty and staff who are symptomatic and those who are asymptomatic but at high risk of infection.

Trump visa restrictions won’t affect students, could impact prospective workers

24 June 2020 Pavlína Černá

The suspension doesn’t apply to foreigners with valid nonimmigrant status already in the United States or Temple’s J-1 programs but will affect H-1B visa seekers currently abroad.

Student-athletes can return to campus on June 22

19 June 2020 Dante Collinelli

Athletics will be instituting a number of new COVID-19 practices like daily screening before workouts.

Philadelphia releases plan for green phase reopening

18 June 2020 Colin Evans

The city will allow some outdoor and small indoor activities to resume while still in the yellow phase as well.

Temple to open all dining and residence halls for fall

18 June 2020 Amelia Winger and Bibiana Correa

The university will be reassigning half of students assigned to Johnson & Hardwick halls.