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Ex. SEC-26-GM-021 Organizer notice Confirmed from a secondary source

SAVMA Calls Off 2020 Symposium Cornell TVB Report

SAVMA Symposium (the Student AVMA's annual symposium: lectures, wet labs, industry exhibitors)

Student American Veterinary Medical Association; host school Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (2020) · Ithaca (2020); Manhattan, Kansas (2021, virtual), NY (2020); KS (2021) (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Ithaca (2020); Manhattan, Kansas (2021, virtual), NY (2020); KS (2021) · Kansas
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020
In force
Mar. 6, 2020 (the notice's date)
Functions reached
  • HR
  • SC
  • MK
Collection
Veterinary and Animal Services SEC-26

Operative words

The symposium was cancelled 'after the host school, Cornell University, enacted restrictions because of the global coronavirus outbreak'; Cornell 'ordered a stop to on-campus events involving more than 100 people, including those that would draw a significant number of out-of-town visitors' (Ex. SEC-26-GM-021)

The organizer's notice

SAVMA Calls Off 2020 Symposium Cornell TVB Report

Notes

2020: Cancelled about Mar. 5-6, 2020 after Cornell ordered a stop to on-campus events of more than 100 people from Mar. 9 to Apr. 15. 2021: Held virtually by Kansas State (JAVMA News, May 1, 2021 issue, 'SAVMA symposium goes to Kansas, virtually'; title read in the archive index only). Usual dates: Mid-March annually (2020: Mar. 14-16). Scale: About 1,100 people expected in 2020 (sold out), as reported. Venue orders 2020: NY-009, NY-010.