Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact at CHESS
June 5, 2020
CHESS is restarting operations. For CHESS staff returning to CHESS, please see here for Requirements for Returning to Campus (Internal only).
May 14, 2020
After almost two months, the CHESS will partially restart operations in June to conduct research related to treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Details can be found here.
March 16, 2020
Dear CHESS Community,
To implement Cornell policy regarding “COVID-19 Update: Conduct of Research”, CHESS user operation will end noon today, Monday, March 16th, 2020. User experiments scheduled for March 2020 will not take place.
Beamtime allocations for the May/June 2020 cycle have not been made yet and will be delayed until the resumption of user operations has been clarified.
We will continue to provide additional information about CHESS user operations on this page, please check back for updates.
Kind regards,
Joel Brock
Director, CHESS
Elke Arenholz
Associate Director, CHESS
March 11, 2020
Dear CHESS Community,
In response to recently revised Cornell University policies related to the Coronavirus, CHESS can no longer “bring outside guests to campus”. Only users who are members of the Cornell community (students, postdocs, staff, faculty with valid Cornell ID) are allowed in the laboratory until further notice.
If you have questions, please contact the CHESS User Office CHESSUserOffice@cornell.edu or CHESS staff scientists.
Cornell University has set up a resource page here where information about the Coronavirus can be found. The page is updated as new or relevant information emerges.
We will provide additional information about the impact on CHESS operations on this page, please check back for updates.
Kind regards,
Joel Brock
Director, CHESS
Elke Arenholz
Associate Director, CHESS
March 3, 2020
Dear CHESS Community,
As you are aware, guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) related to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is evolving rapidly.
Cornell officials are proactively working with local and state public health organizations to monitor this concern and to protect the health and well-being of the Cornell community.
Cornell University has set up a resource page here where information about the Coronavirus can be found. The page is updated as new or relevant information emerges.
At this time (March 3rd, 2020), CHESS is recommending that users who have been in CDC Level 3 areas (currently mainland China, South Korea, Italy and Iran) or Japan in the past 14 days postpone their beamtime. In accordance with Cornell policy, CHESS requires any individual – including CHESS staff, users and visitors – who has been in a CDC Level 3 affected area or Japan to quarantine for at least 14 days before entering the laboratory.
CHESS users scheduled for beamtime at CHESS in March should contact the CHESS User Office CHESSUserOffice@cornell.edu and CHESS staff scientists to evaluate options to conduct experiments remotely.
We will provide additional information about the impact on CHESS operations on this page, please check back for updates.
Kind regards,
Joel Brock
Director, CHESS
Elke Arenholz
Associate Director, CHESS