Minimize Your COVID Risk
Low Risk Activities
- Picking up takeout
- Going camping (with social distancing)
- Going for a walk, run or bike ride outside (alone)
- Opening the mail
- Going for a walk, run or bike ride outside (with someone else)
- Cross-country skiing or snowshoeing
- Ice skating (outside with social distancing)
Moderate Risk
- Eating at a restaurant (outside)
- Taking a ride-sharing service
- Consistently socializing with a small “bubble” of people
- Grocery Shopping
- Going to a museum
- Shopping at a mall
- Going to a moving theater
- Going to a hair salon
- Eating dinner at someone else’s house
- Hugging or shaking hands
High Risk
- Eating at a restaurant (inside)
- Visiting friends at another school
- Hosting friends from another school on or off campus
- Traveling by plane
- Going to a bar
- Going to an indoor party
- Playing beer pong
- Sharing a drink (from the same glass)
Flu Shots
Flu shots are expected for our community—students, faculty and staff—unless an individual has a compelling religious or medical exemption. .
COVID-19 Response Checklists
Guidance for faculty, staff and students who have tested positive for COVID-19 or suspect that they have been exposed to the virus. View checklists.
Resources
- Safely Socializing in a Pandemic
- Response to New York State Department of Health - Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- Syracuse University SAFE - A COVID-19 Public Health & Emergency Response Framework Supporting Reactivation of a Residential Campus
- Return to Campus Plan for Faculty and Staff (Office of Human Resources)
- Return to Campus Research
- Environmental Health and Safety