The Simon’s Rock testing program is managed by the Broad Institute.
COVID tests are being administered to all students and all spring 2022 instructors, as well as employees with regular direct contact with students, regardless of vaccination status, immediately prior to the start of the spring 2022 semester. Employees who do not have regular direct contact with students are being offered the opportunity to have an arrival COVID test as well. Those results are published on this page. After this initial test, only unvaccinated students and employees will be tested on a weekly basis throughout the semester; those results will not be published weekly. Information updated on 01/11/22.
Includes the percentage of Simon’s Rock employees and students who have been fully vaccinated against COVID as of 09/06/21.
All students and employees are strongly encouraged to receive a booster as soon as they are eligible.
Includes tests administered to all employees and students in advance of the start of the spring 2022 semester.
| Testing Date Range | Tests Administered | Positive Results | Confirmed Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/10 – 01/15 | 53 | TBA | TBA |
| 1/24-02/02 | To be published | To come | To come |
Includes tests administered to all employees and students in advance of the start of the fall 2021 semester.
| Testing Date Range | Tests Administered | Positive Results | Confirmed Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/10 – 08/24 | 334 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/30 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
This includes tests administered for students enrolled in the in-person 2021 Summer Session course, Field Ecology and Natural History of New England.
| Date | Tests Administered | Positive Results | Confirmed Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/25 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/01 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/08 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
The following groups are included in our mandatory weekly coronavirus screening during the semester: residential and day students, as well as staff and faculty working on campus. The results of our testing program will be provided on a weekly basis.
| Week | Tests Administered | Positive Results | Confirmed Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/081 | 704 | 1 | 1 |
| 02/15 | 467 | 1 | 1 |
| 02/22 | 478 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/01 | 485 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/08 | 473 | 2 | 0 |
| 03/15 | 476 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/22 | 474 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/29 | 472 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | 478 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/12 | 480 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/19 | 475 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/26 | 485 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/03 | 467 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/10 | 464 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/172 | 364 | 0 | 0 |
1Includes the final round of twice-weekly testing for College students on 02/12. The one positive result was from an employee on 02/09.
2Includes 2020 BA graduates participating in a pre-Commencement quarantine on campus.
This includes tests administered prior to the start of the in-person academic semester.
| Date | Tests Administered | Positive Results | Confirmed Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/141 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/191 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
| 01/232 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/263 | 203 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/292 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/033 | 215 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/054 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/064 | 181 | 1 | 1 |
1Pre-student arrival: Employees working on campus during the initial student arrival-quarantine phase.
2Bard Academy students on campus for J-Term.
3Bard Academy students on campus for J-Term as well as employees working on campus.
4College students.
Below are the results of COVID tests administered during the in-person fall academic semester, from 8/17/20 to 11/17/20.
| Total tests administered | 7,618 |
|---|---|
| Total positive cases | 2 |
| Total confirmed positive cases | 2 |
Note: The two positive test results from fall 2020 were recorded on 09/11/20 and 09/15/20.