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Emerson College announces shift to remote instruction for first week of spring semester

All undergraduate and graduate classes will take place remotely through Jan. 10-17.

Emerson College will shift to remote learning for the first week of its spring semester in January amid a spike in local COVID-19 cases and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant across the country, interim president William Gilligan announced Tuesday.

All undergraduate and graduate classes will take place remotely through Jan. 10-17, with in-person instruction slated to resume on Jan. 18 after the college observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 17, Gilligan wrote in a school-wide e-mail.

College staff, however, are expected to return to regular work schedules and locations on Jan. 3, according to the statement.

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