Hope College issued the following announcement on Dec. 9.
Wastewater monitoring played a key role in our ability to offer in-person classes and on-campus living during fall semester, thanks to the tremendous effort by a team of scientists led by Dr. Aaron Best, Dr. Brent Krueger and Dr. Michael Pikaart.
The fall semester brought nearly impossible choices for universities and colleges: Reopening for in-person classes meant risking a Covid-19 outbreak, while keeping students home paved the way for financial losses.
With the fall semester winding down, there is a growing sense that next semester will be different, with schools bringing more students back to campus, increasing testing and taking advantage of lessons learned from the pandemic’s first nine months.
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Source: Hope College