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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 12:45:20 PM
Author: Jennifer Mattler <jmattler**At_Symbol_Here**STANFORD.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 17:18:07 +0000
Author: "Meschewski, Brian D"

From: mwilhelm <mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 12:59:43 -0400
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The NAOSMM group has been discussing this issue.  James Kaufman of LSI had some insight.  You may want to reach out to him.



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-------- Original message --------
From: Jennifer Mattler <jmattler**At_Symbol_Here**STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 4/9/20 12:52 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes

Hi all,

 

Many institutions, including Stanford University, are conducting all classes online for the foreseeable future. We're quickly seeing a spike in questions around sending chemicals, adhesives, etc. to students' homes to facilitate distance teaching lab classes. This presents a lot of thorny issues around safety, hazardous materials shipping, hazardous waste, safety culture, and equitable learning (i.e., some materials may only be available or able to be shipped domestically, leaving international students out).

 

How have other institutions tackled this? Are you completely banning it, providing a list of acceptable chemicals/work practices, reviewing each experiment, or totally out of the conversation?

 

Thank you all!

Jennifer

 

Jennifer Mattler, CIH, M.S., M.S.
Industrial Hygienist/Chemical Hygiene Officer
Environmental Health and Safety
Stanford University
650.723.0183

 

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