To Silver Staff,
For those of you new to NYU Silver, we are excited to welcome you to our inspiring community of social work colleagues...and for those of you returning, we are equally excited to be welcoming you back—for many, your first time physically back on campus in quite some months! We look forward to meeting and reconnecting with you, and want you to know that NYU and Silver School colleagues have been hard at work in preparing for a safe arrival to our campus sites.
As we get underway for the 2021-22 academic year, we want to provide you with some reminders, updates, and NYU requirements, particularly those related to protecting your health and safety and that of the community as we return physically back to campus. We are working on finalizing a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for students, staff, and faculty on a wider variety of related matters, and will be organizing local informational sessions throughout the Fall as circumstances warrant, so that you can keep fully informed along the way.
At this time, we would like to share some of the most salient and important facts for coming to campus. Whether you’re coming to NYU Silver for the first time or returning to one of our U.S.-based campuses—Washington Square, Rockland, or Westchester—there are a few things you should know before arriving physically on campus:
Mandatory Vaccination and Upload Requirement
All students (undergraduate, graduate, and professional), faculty, and employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to have access to buildings on the Washington Square, Rockland, or Westchester campuses for the 2021–22 academic year. Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from regular testing, physical distancing, and quarantining.
Learn more about COVID-19 Vaccination and Requirements.
If you have an approved
vaccination exemption or are
not fully vaccinated yet, you are required to test weekly for COVID-19 through NYU Binx or Bioreference. You must have a recent, negative COVID-19 PCR test result before entering NYU buildings or facilities.
See more about COVID-19 Testing.
All students, faculty, and employees—regardless of vaccination status—who have symptoms of COVID-19, a diagnosis of COVID-19, or have had a close contact exposure to COVID-19 are required to complete the
self-reporting form. After completing the form, the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Team will follow up with next steps and guidance. If you have symptoms of COVID, it is important that you stay home and avoid contact with others.
See more about Symptoms and Exposure.
Daily Screener
NYU’s Daily Screener is a key part of the protocols to combat the spread of COVID-19. NYU students, faculty, employees, affiliates, and vendors, regardless of vaccination status, are required to use the Daily Screener each day. Please complete the Daily Screener prior to leaving home if you plan to enter an NYU academic or administrative building.
The Daily Screener is most easily accessed on a smartphone through the NYU Mobile app (
Apple and
Android). If you cannot use NYU Mobile, you can complete the screener online.
Learn more about the Daily Screener.
Mask Requirement
All students, faculty, and employees are required to wear masks indoors, including in their offices, hallways, and other spaces within NYU buildings, regardless of vaccination status.
Learn more about Masks.
Building Access
At all NYU Silver campuses, to enter NYU buildings, all students, faculty, and employees must be fully vaccinated and have successfully uploaded proof of vaccination or have secured an exemption.
Regardless of vaccination status, anyone entering NYU academic and administrative buildings is required to complete NYU’s Daily Screener prior to leaving for campus. After completing the Daily Screener, you will receive either a green “PASS” which will allow you to enter all NYU buildings, a yellow “PASS,” which will give you access to a limited number of NYU buildings, or red “FAIL,” in which case you will not be permitted to enter NYU academic or administrative buildings. We recommend taking a screenshot of each day’s determination; however, your determination will also be emailed to you.
Washington Square Campus and other NYU Buildings: To enter NYU buildings you must present your Daily Screener determination to a Campus Safety Officer at the building entrance, either on your phone's screen, tablet, laptop, or in printed form. You must also be wearing a mask.
NOTE: To access the NYU Silver building at 1-3 Washington Square North, you will need to first tap your NYU ID on the scanning device outside the door to the University Place entrance.
Rockland County Campus: To enter the Rockland County campus, you must present your Daily Screener determination to the St. Thomas Aquinas College Campus Safety Officer at the campus gate, either on your phone, tablet, laptop, or in printed form. You must also be wearing a mask to enter buildings.
Westchester County Campus: You do not need to present your Daily Screener determination to enter buildings on the Westchester County campus at Sarah Lawrence College, however you must be wearing a mask. You should be prepared to have your Daily Screener spot-checked during the day, either on your phone's screen, tablet, laptop, or in printed form. If your determination is “FAIL” you will be asked by Sarah Lawrence College campus safety to leave the building.
Safety and Health Shared Responsibility
All of us have a role to play in the health of the NYU Silver community; each of us has a personal and collective responsibility to keep each other safe. Students, faculty and employees are required to be familiar with and will be held responsible for complying with the safety and health rules that NYU has put in place for the fall 2021 semester, including but not limited to those listed above.
See all NYU Safety and Health Protocols and Guidelines.
Classroom Safety
For the Fall 2021 semester, the vast majority of classes at all campuses will be in-person, and classrooms will operate at or near their normal capacity, barring unexpected developments. We will continue to require mask-wearing, in accordance with public health guidelines.
Learn more about NYU Classroom Safety.
Workplace Safety
As our classrooms, student services, and research activities return to a fully in-person experience, administrative operations supporting these functions are following suit. In order to keep our campuses safe, we must continue to be vigilant in following or evolving public health guidelines that will guide our behavior on campus.
See NYU Workplace Guidelines.
Events & Gatherings
We are excited to resume in-person activities that were suspended last year, such as in-person programs and events. As we do so, the University’s decision-making continues to be guided by the safety and health of the NYU community. The well-being of the NYU community is both an individual and collective responsibility. All university sponsored events, meetings, and gatherings—whether on-campus or off-campus—must comply with University requirements:
See requirements for NYU Sponsored Events and Gatherings.
Thank You
Thank you all for your work, dedication, and care for our community by working together to abide by the above guidelines so we can be together safely this Fall!