CU Boulder Students Move Back Into Residence Halls

BOULDER, CO — University of Colorado Boulder students will begin Monday to move back into residence halls.

All students are required to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test that was taken over the past five days, university officials said. If they don't have proof, they will be tested on campus.

Students can bring no more than two family members onto the campus, and only one guest will be allowed in the residence hall at a time.

Students who are coming back to the campus will also be required to submit their Buff Pass daily form, which asks a few questions to determine whether the student may have COVID-19.

All students, faculty and staff who are coming to the campus must complete the university's COVID-19 safety training.

Around 4,700 students are expected to move back onto the campus, officials said.

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Many Colorado counties, including Boulder County, shifted Saturday from Level Orange to Level Yellow on the state's updated 'Dial 2.0.' The decision to update the dial was made as Coloradans ages 70 and older continue to receive vaccines, officials said. Coronavirus positivity rates have also been dropping across the state, the latest data shows.

If case rates surge after students move back to the CU Boulder campus, Boulder County can be moved quickly back into Level Orange under the new dial system.

"Dial 2.0 is designed so that counties can swiftly move into more restrictive levels when their numbers go up, and more quickly into recovery when their numbers go down," said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

"Input from our partners helped us tailor the new dial to best serve the needs of Coloradans at the local level. Since the dial's last major change in November, Colorado has begun distributing COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state. More people now have immunity to COVID-19, including people over 70 and frontline health care workers. This relieves the strain on our hospital system."