Episode summary introduction: It was becoming clear to the University of Wisconsin Madison, that the Coronavirus was a real threat to the campus population. College leadership took quick action to evacuate the campus and continue the semester online.

From his vantage point, the Chair of Physics Department, Dr Sridhara Dasu gives us an account on how it all went down.

In particular, we discuss the following with him:

• How did University of Wisconsin make the decision to close the campus?
  
• How did the faculty convert in class material to online?
  
• Grading for the online session
  

Topics discussed in this episode:

• The Campus Shuts down [2:01]
  
• Scrambling to get ready to teach online [4:52]
  
• Letter Grade or No Letter Grade? [9:33]
  
• Surprising Benefits with Online Classes and Staff Meetings [12:43]
  

Our Guest: Dr Sridhara Dasu, Chair of the Physics Department, University of Wisconsin Madison.

Memorable Quote: "We just sort of muddled through”

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