HENRIETTA, N.Y. — The Rochester Institute of Technology is dropping its COVID-19 vaccine requirement.

That applies to students, employees and visitors.

RIT President David Munson provided the following update on the College's website on Monday:

"Our initial wastewater baseline, following our return to campus, shows COVID-19 continues to have a presence. Thankfully, we are not seeing a significant amount of severe illness in our community from COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses circulating this season.

"Recognizing that some members of our community or their loved ones are more susceptible to severe illness, we strongly urge everyone to stay up to date with immunizations, boosters and masking when appropriate or asked. New vaccine strategies are under development and we will continue to monitor their progress. That said, RIT will no longer require COVID-19 vaccination for students, employees and extended visitors. 

"Although vaccination is no longer required, we hope our collective resolve to protect our community continues to translate into a very high vaccination/booster rate on campus.

"We will continue to monitor COVID-19 and other health concerns and will update policies as appropriate."

More information about RIT's COVID-19 policies can be found here.