Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud tests positive for COVID-19

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UPDATED: Jan. 4, 2022 at 1:10 p.m.

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud tested positive for COVID-19, he announced in a campus-wide email Monday.

“The science tells us that although omicron appears to be a milder variant, it is highly transmissible,” Syverud said in the email. “Like millions of Americans, I know this firsthand as I tested positive for COVID over the weekend.”

Syverud said he has been fully vaccinated and received his booster shot, and that his symptoms are mild.

He revealed the positive result took place over the weekend in an email announcing SU will provide free COVID-19 testing to central New York residents.

Beginning Tuesday, SU will open its Stadium Testing Center for all central New York residents until Jan. 14. The center will open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday through Friday.

Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation Mike Haynie wrote in a campus-wide email Tuesday that while the stadium testing is open to the public, testing in Kimmel Dining Hall will remain in operation for SU students, faculty and families.

Haynie provided the testing center’s hours of operation in the email:

• Jan. 4: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Jan. 5: noon – 7 p.m.
• Jan. 6: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Jan. 7: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
• Jan. 8: Closed
• Jan. 9: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Jan. 10: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Jan. 11: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Jan. 12: noon – 7 p.m.
• Jan. 13: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Jan. 14: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

“Continuing to provide quick and efficient COVID testing to members of the Syracuse University community remains one of our key public health priorities,” Haynie said.

This post has been updated with additional information.