CSEE COVID-19 Updates

You should first contact the Student Health Center. The Student Health Center can connect you with a number of services. You can also contact the Erie County Health Department (ECHD). The ECHD generally will let you know what your next steps would be. 

• According to University guidelines: If students or employees feel sick, they should stay home and seek health advice. It is each member of the UB community’s responsibility and shared duty to comply and act responsibly, to help ensure the health and safety of everyone on campus.
• If an individual appears to exhibit symptoms, faculty and staff can suggest to that person that they seek medical attention. They will be encouraged to visit their doctor, call 911 if there is a medical emergency, or visit the UB Student Health Center. 
• Faculty may ask students to leave class if they are being disruptive. If a student is showing symptoms in a classroom during class, the faculty member may ask them to leave.  

• If you think you have been exposed, please contact Student Health Services. If you are tested positive, the ECHD will provide further information on what you need to do. Please let the Chair of the Department know if you are in quarantine and if you need additional help. 

• Yes. The seminar rooms will be available only by RESERVATION. Faculty members can reserve Departmental spaces at this link. Each seminar room will be available for some classes and TA space. The occupancy for each room has been reduced for effective social distancing. No more than 16 seated students are permitted in 140 Ketter Hall, and the number of seated students in 223 Jarvis Hall is not to exceed 13. Students are prohibited from meeting in those rooms if they are not attending class or working with a teaching assistant.

• Occupancy in the undergraduate computer lab in room 208 Ketter Hall is not to exceed 15 seated students. Some devices from 208 Ketter Hall have been moved to 101 Ketter Hall which will no longer serve as a refreshment hub. These computers have been split between the two rooms to allow for proper social distancing. 
• The graduate student computer lab in 133A Ketter Hall is CLOSED. Students can reserve time to remotely log into the computers there through this link
• Students are encouraged, but not required, to bring their own keyboards and other devices for the computer lab when possible. Each room will cleaned three times a day, and students are also encouraged to use one of the Department's several hand sanitizer stations before using computers in the lab. 

Some of the Department's computers will be accessible. Undergraduates please visit this link for more information. Graduate students are already aware of the remote options in 133A Ketter Hall. 

• The graduate studies coordinator has set up schedules for 115, 116, 133A and 206 Ketter Hall, and 204 and 208 Jarvis Hall based on student seat location and compliance with physical distancing. Capacity in these rooms may be different based on the A/B day schedule developed by the Department. Students MAY ONLY ENTER these spaces if they are on the schedule, or have discussed it with the graduate studies coordinator. No guests are allowed in any of the graduate student spaces. Students can schedule their office time with the graduate studies coordinator.
• Additionally, students are required to sign in when they enter student offices, and sign out when they leave student offices. The Department will provide sign-in sheets, but students MUST use their own pen/pencil to sign in/out. 

• As referenced above, 101 Ketter Hall has been converted into an undergraduate computer lab and will no longer serve as a refreshment hub. There will be reduced occupancy levels for all student offices in both Ketter and Jarvis Halls. 
• Additionally the learning lounge in 202 Ketter Hall will have a reduced capacity. For safety purposes, all students are required to sign into 202 and 101 Ketter Hall. 

All students, international or domestic should complete the Daily Health Check prior to arriving on campus each day. Per the Daily Health Check, all members of the UB community arriving at the university from abroad are required to quarantine for 14 days before coming to campus. 

• Yes. The occupancy of restrooms is limited to the number of fixtures available. Individuals waiting to use a fixture should wait outside. If a line develops, everyone in line MUST stand at least six feet apart. 

• When faculty and staff members are in their own offices, and no one else is present in that office, they will not have to wear a mask as long as the door is closed. 

• Neither the CDC nor the ASHRAE recommend additional cleaning of air handling systems, air handler, ductwork or any other comnents due to the Coronavirus. There are currently no known cases of COVID spread from HVAC ductwork. Facilities will continue to assess the risk for building occupants and optimize HVAC system performance for each individual building system. 

Governor Cuomo has instructed all SUNY and CUNY colleges and universities that they must switch to 100% remote learning temporarily if their Coronavirus caseloads rise above 100, or a number equal to 5% of their on-campus population. The University has not reached either of those thresholds yet, and to date has remained well under. In the event of a campus shutdown, members of the university community will receive guidance from University leadership.