"Stanford University is considering teaching some classes outdoors in tents during the fall as it plans for a partial resumption of campus activity amid the coronavirus pandemic, the school’s provost said.
Provost Persis Drell mentioned the tents option in a virtual conversation with President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and school of medicine dean Lloyd Minor on Wednesday, according to a university spokesman.
The comments were first reported by the university’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily.
Drell said using the tents for instruction would allow the university to ‘take advantage of the weather’ and possibly help slow the spread of the disease, according to the Daily." …