Seton Hall announces plans to continue hybrid classes into spring
The University’s Hybrid Flexible or “HyFlex” instruction modality will continue into the spring 2021 semester, according to an email from the Office of the Provost sent out on Tuesday. The email explained plans to add modality preference — the choice between HyFlex and remote instruction — to the course registration process for the spring. It also announced a new winter session for students to take courses during this year’s extended...
Monmouth, Iona College see coronavirus outbreaks due to ‘super-spreader events’
Dozens of students entered isolation after “super-spreader events” were blamed for COVID-19 outbreaks at Monmouth University and Iona College this week. Photo via Zeete:Wikimedia Commons Monmouth, in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, where Seton Hall University President Joseph Nyre served as president from 2011 to 2019, have both moved classes to remote learning temporarily as a result of...
Microsoft Outlook, Teams, return after hours-long outage
Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook and Teams, experienced a major outage Monday evening, preventing some students from accessing their emails and remote classes. Microsoft said that most services were restored late Monday evening. The company tweeted at 9:21 p.m. ET that “most users should be experiencing relief.” The company added that it was “continuing to see significant improvement for affected...
‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ rally draws crowd in downtown Newark
Breonna Taylor’s name echoed down Market Street as hundreds took to the streets of downtown Newark on Thursday for a “Justice for Breonna Taylor” protest organized by Newark-based political group, the People’s Organization for Progress (POP). A crowd gathers in front of the Historic Courthouse in downtown Newark demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. (Daniel O’Connor/News Editor) The protest, centered around the Historic...
CDC updates testing guidelines, acknowledges threat of asymptomatic spread
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its COVID-19 testing guidelines Friday, recommending testing for potentially asymptomatic individuals who have come into contact with those who have tested positive for the virus. The CDC previously suggested that tests for asymptomatic individuals were unnecessary even if they had contact with a person who had tested positive for the virus, a move which many public health...
Seton Hall rises six spots in U.S. News and World Report ranking
Seton Hall rose six spots in the 2021 annual ranking of colleges by U.S. News and World Report, rising from No. 139 to No. 133 on the publication’s list of the best national universities. The ranking, released on Monday, ties Seton Hall with Drexel University in Philadelphia, The New School in New York City, and several other universities. Seton Hall University rose six places in U.S. News and World Report’s annual...
University launches updated COVID-19 dashboard, details total number of tests administered
Seton Hall’s Health Intervention and Communication Team launched a new dashboard for COVID-19 data on the University’s website. The new dashboard breaks down case data from Seton Hall, South Orange, Newark and beyond. A nurse works to administer COVID-19 tests under Xavier Hall to resident students moving in on Aug. 30, 2020. (Nicholas Kerr/Editor-in-Chief) It currently reports three known cases of coronavirus on campus since fall...
Health Services clarifies testing protocols, while virologist calls outbreak risk ‘unacceptably high’
A Seton Hall virologist called the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak on campus “unacceptably high” after a Health Services interview with The Setonian clarified the University’s testing and tracing protocols. Health Services’ most detailed explanation of its protocols yet comes in the wake of three residents testing positive for COVID-19 this fall semester. The newly clarified testing and tracing procedures explain who can be tested...
Aquinas Hall evacuated as black water pours from damaged sprinkler head
Housing and Residence Life (HRL) confirmed Friday that a damaged sprinkler head was the cause of a fire alarm that forced the residents of Aquinas Hall to evacuate at 9:25 Thursday night. The sprinkler head sprayed dark oil and water, which flowed through floors and down walls from the second floor to the first, causing “very little damage,” according to HRL. Video provided to The Setonian. “It’s water, but it becomes stagnant...
Housing and Residence Life to reverse course on residence hall closures
Seton Hall’s Department of Housing and Residence Life (HRL) announced that it would reopen dorms in its Complex residence halls, just days after a late-night email to residents announced its closure. Screenshots of an HRL email obtained by The Setonian and confirmed by an anonymous source with knowledge of the email and its contents outlined new plans to reverse the closures of Complex residence halls and provide options for relocated...
Governor Murphy signs executive order allowing in-person instruction for the fall
N.J. schools and colleges will be allowed to open for in-person instruction despite the state not moving into Stage 3 of its reopening process, according to a series of tweets from Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday. The update follows last week’s announcement by the University that in-person instruction would be delayed due to the state’s apparent unwillingness to move to Stage 3, originally a prerequisite for the School’s 69-page...
University closes Complex residence halls in late night announcement
The University announced late Friday night in an email to students the closure of Serra, Neumann, and Cabrini residence halls for the fall 2020 semester, along with other adjustments to its reopening plan. The announcement, which also clarifies quarantine and testing requirements, comes one day after University President Dr. Joseph Nyre announced that the University’s long-planned “Hybrid Flexible” model of instruction would be...