Following the announcements last month making COVID-19 testing optional for fully vaccinated members of the Brown community, we are adjusting the hours of the testing sites. Starting Monday, November 8 the testing site at Andrews House will be closed and the hours and days of operations at Alumnae Hall and One Davol Square will be reduced. Updated hours and days of operations can be found on the Testing Sites and Hours page of the healthy.brown.edu website.

 

In addition to those changes, we will begin on Monday piloting self-administered testing at One Davol Square. The test will be the same (a PCR test provided by the Broad Institute) and the process will be very similar to what you have been doing but without an Advanced Clinical medical technician supervising the sample collection stage. Participants will be given the test kit after check-in and follow the simple instructions provided on-site: open the package, remove the swab, collect the sample, and place the swab in the collection tube. There will be staff present to facilitate the self-administered test process and assist with any questions you might have.

 

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. For questions or support regarding the testing program, students can contact the student testing support team (studenttesting@brown.edu), and faculty and staff can contact the employee testing support team (employeetestinguhr@brown.edu).

 

Sincerely,

 

Russell C. Carey

Executive Vice President, Planning and Policy