Pitt and Drexel change plans for in-person classes
By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The University of Pittsburgh is adjusting its coronavirus strategy, and delaying the start of in-person instruction to Sept. 14. The school’s decision Wednesday came as a top university official admonished students in a stark warning about partying and ignoring social distancing. In-person instruction was to start Monday. Across the state, Drexel University canceled in-person instruction for undergraduates for the fall quarter, with university officials saying they changed their minds after watching the difficulties at other large universities that have brought undergraduates back to campus. Meanwhile, the chairman of the state Senate Education Committee asked state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine to reverse the requirement that schoolchildren wear masks.