Education Statement

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health retains the discretion to act as it deems necessary in extraordinary circumstances to protect the health and safety of the Harvard community.  For these purposes “extraordinary circumstances” include, but are not limited to, public health emergencies, extreme weather events, and other conditions posing broad threats to community health and safety or significantly disrupting campus life or learning.  Discretionary measures available to Harvard Chan School may include, but are not limited to, making recourse to remote or hybrid instruction; suspending or limiting access to University-provided residential housing; limiting its provision of or access to certain activities and services, introducing or modifying vaccination, mask, and physical distancing mandates; and implementing compulsory testing and tracing programs as required conditions for accessing the Harvard campus or Harvard facilities.