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Most Recent Campus Messages

January 21, 2021—Appreciation Bonus, Student Arrivals, Updated Online COVID-19 Training Program. Full message...

January 20, 2021—Spring 2021 Pre-Arrival Testing. Full message...

January 14, 2021—Planning Update: Student Arrival and Semester Plans, Vaccinations and More. Full message...

Here you will find important information about how the College is anticipating and responding to the impact of COVID-19 on our community. We continue to closely monitor the situation and are in constant contact with state and local public health officials, colleagues at the Five Colleges, and other relevant parties. This site is updated regularly and includes information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other trusted sources.

Questions? Please email: covid19-info@amherst.edu

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COVID-19 Dashboard

See the results of testing of Amherst College faculty, staff, and students who are being tested routinely on campus. The data are updated every weekday.

Dashboard

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The Spring Plan

In the Spring of 2021, we plan to bring approximately 1,200 students to campus. Find details, requirements, important dates, and more in our Spring Plan.

Spring Plan

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Information for Students

Information & FAQs COVID-19 Tests Learning Remotely

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Information for Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff Guide COVID-19 Tests Health Status Survey Working Remotely

Personal Safety Practices

Learn what the College requires in terms of physical distancing, masks, hygiene, and more.

Personal Safety Practices Mask FAQs

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Travel Information

Register All Travel Travel Restrictions

Campus Map

Find the testing center and the academic tents, and see the campus perimeter.

Campus Map

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Amherst@Home

Explore Amherst@Home, your one-stop shop for Amherst content to help you stay engaged, connected and entertained while you practice social distancing.

Amherst@Home

Preparing the Campus

Many classes will be held in tents on the Main Quad, the Valentine Quad, Webster Circle, and on the Greenway by King and Wieland.

The College’s testing center has been installed outdoors, adjacent to Alumni House.

Tents on the Valentine Quad have been set up for outdoor classes.

Mimi Odgers of the Office of Student Affairs stands in the Orr Rink. When the College transitioned to remote learning in March, most students left their belongings in their dorm rooms. Staff are carefully boxing up and organizing those belongings, in order to reunite them with their owners.

Temperature monitors will be placed at the entrances of Valentine, Lewis Sebring, Keefe Campus Center Friedman Room, and Ford Hall. John Carter (left), Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, gets the green light! Rick Mears (right), Director of Environmental Health and Safety, demonstrates trying to enter a building without a mask. No mask, no entry!

Plexiglass shields are being installed at reception desks, such as this one in the Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning.

Facilities crew are checking and maintaining exhaust systems all around campus.

College Post Office Supervisor Don Kells stands behind newly installed plexiglass, which can be raised and lowered to accommodate packages.

Plexiglass is being installed everywhere from the Information Technology Help Desk in Seeley-Mudd (left) to Schwemm’s Coffee House (right).

Facilities crew begin to prepare the Science Center for safe opening.

Chairs have been removed and furniture spread out to allow for social distancing in the Science Center atrium.

More tents on the Main Quad.

Bathrooms installed on the Main Quad for easy outdoor access.

Disposable face masks are available in the Science Center atrium, while colorful floor markers provided by Campus Print and Mail remind people to stand six feet apart at Valentine.

The entry path for the testing center.

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COVID-19 Dashboard

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Information for Faculty & Staff

Personal Safety Practices

Travel Information

Campus Map

Amherst@Home

Preparing the Campus