The health and safety of students and other persons on the RPI campus are of paramount importance. During periods of community health emergencies, RPI may implement requirements and restrictions designed to enhance the safety of the RPI community during crises. Requirements may include, but are not limited to, mandatory testing and immunization, social distancing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), reporting for tracking and tracing purposes, reduction of on-campus activities and visitors, restrictions on events and gatherings, self-quarantine or isolation directives, and de-densification standards, including but not limited to, limitations on the number of people who may gather at any given time.

Responsibility for compliance with these requirements rests with all students attending the RPI campus or living on or near the campus, as well as to any gathering, events or locations where members of the RPI community attend. Because compliance with health and safety requirements are a critical condition for on-campus attendance and participation in academic and other RPI activities during a community health emergency, students who fail to comply may be required, as a non-disciplinary action, to immediately leave campus and resume coursework online, following consultation with a student’s relevant administrator or advisor; and activities of student organizations may be immediately suspended. Repeated, intentional, or egregious non-compliance shall be considered Grounds for Disciplinary Action (GDA) violation of which may result in discipline including, but not limited to, suspension or expulsion of the individual students and/or the student organization. The requirements are subject to immediate change based on the circumstances and nature of the emergency (including but not limited to, the full or partial closure of the Institute, implementation of a mandatory quarantine, required testing, etc.). Details will be communicated to the RPI community in a timely way, and in advance whenever possible.