Former Faculty Dean and Public Health Expert Nicholas A. Christakis on How COVID-19 Will Change Harvard

The Crimson spoke with Nicholas A. Christakis, a professor of medicine and sociology at Yale, about what the pandemic-induced changes mean for Harvard, its students, and its faculty.

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By Oliver L. Riskin-Kutz, Crimson Staff Writer

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard had drastically transformed over the last year. Among other safety measures, on-campus housing has been reduced to less than half of its previous capacity, students living in residence must regularly self-administer COVID-19 tests, and all cours…