UT Austin asks faculty to teach remotely for the first two weeks of spring semester

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to spread in the Central Texas area, the University of Texas at Austin said it will be shifting to a brief online start to the 2022 semester and ask for students to get tested within three days of returning to campus.
In a letter sent Tuesday evening, the university said it would be asking faculty members to teach remotely for the first two weeks of the semester, with a target date of Jan. 31 to return to the originally assigned teaching