UT-Austin prepared a list of scenarios that could lead to a shutdown this fall. One trigger: a student dying of COVID-19.

Other reasons UT-Austin would close include “significant actions” by the governor or other public officials, sharply diminished hospital capacity, testing shortages on campus and unmanageable, widespread clusters of cases.

Earlier this month, the University of Texas at Austin laid out a comprehensive set of benchmarks answering the question of what it would take to close down campus again. Photo credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune

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