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Dear faculty and staff,


Greetings in this new year. I hope you have found time during the academic break to rest and recharge. As I’ve said before, I appreciate the resilience and flexibility you’ve shown in your work during a challenging fall semester.


This month, you’ll be receiving weekly emails like this to prepare you for new campus safety protocols this spring. These new measures will provide additional protections for the campus community as we await the wide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.


This message will update you on our plans for enhanced testing and the new Safer Badgers app. As always, you can find the latest information on the COVID-19 Response website – I encourage you to check it regularly.


Rebecca Blank

Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Spring semester testing requirements

There is lots of worry about a resurgence in infections following the holidays and holiday travel. We want to be sure our community stays as healthy as possible. By expanding testing and linking campus access to this testing, we will put additional strong curbs on the spread of COVID-19.



Safer Badgers app

A free, easy-to-use mobile app called Safer Badgers will help you schedule tests, quickly obtain test results, and access additional health resources.



Privacy protection


Exposure notification

Another function of the Safer Badgers app provides anonymous, secure notifications to anyone who has been in proximity to another participating app user who has tested positive for COVID-19.



What’s next

Look for your next email update on Jan. 14. In the meantime, watch covidresponse.wisc.edu for updates and if you have questions, check out this FAQ.

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