“Stanford University will hold classes online for the first two weeks of its winter quarter, and it’s urging students to get boosters and receive a negative test result before returning to campus. Other institutions moving classes online to start the new year include Harvard University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Kean University, among many others.” Some colleges and universities will start the new year online as Omicron spreads.

+ “After almost two years of remote schooling, restricted gatherings and constant testing, many students are isolated and depressed.” NYT (Gift Article): Another Surge in the Virus Has Colleges Fearing a Mental Health Crisis. (Almost every college kid I know is in this boat. The transition to college is hard enough. The transition during a pandemic is brutal.)