UC Merced will briefly delay the start of in-person instruction in light of the highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant sweeping the nation, but otherwise is moving forward with plans for on-site courses and carefully coordinated campus operations for spring semester.
Resident students are scheduled to start returning to campus Jan. 14. Instruction for spring semester is set to begin Jan. 18, but the first week of courses will be delivered remotely to give students, faculty and staff more time to be tested for coronavirus and take appropriate steps depending on results.