More U.S. colleges requiring students to get vaccinated before returning to campus
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Brown University has joined a small but growing number of American colleges and universities requiring students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before they attend classes in person and participate in other activities on campus.
Brown President Christina Paxson announced in a letter on Tuesday that all students at the Ivy League school will be welcomed back to campus in the fall and invited to live in the university's Providence, Rhode Island, residence halls provided they are vaccinated. The university has not yet implemented a system for verifying students' vaccination statuses, but further information will be provided over the summer, Paxson said. It is also still deciding whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for Brown employees.
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