Guiding Principles

Minimize risks to ensure the safety and well-being of the Drexel community, including the faculty, staff, and students who make up our research workforce as well as research subjects who participate in these activities

Utilize an evidence-based risk management and mitigation approach to the COVID-19 challenge

Follow timelines based on public health guidance, and best practice informed by ongoing experience at Drexel and other academic research institutions  

Encourage agility is required given the considerable uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic; rapid return to more restrictive activity is possible and should be anticipated and planned for based on need

Establish new and improved best practices that instill an enhanced culture of individual accountability and safety that also comply with public health guidelines

Communicate clearly and regularly regarding expectations, guidance and decision-making processes as they change over time