Western has given students the option to make some grades pass-fail in an effort to ease academic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Western has postponed its spring convocation — making the latest of several steps in recent weeks to distance a normally tightly-packed campus community.

This story was updated March 24 at 3:25 p.m. to include additional information.

Around 100 of Western's medical students are offering free services, such as childcare, grocery shopping and running errands, for healthcare workers on the front lines responding to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Western is considering moving students from shared to single rooms with private bathrooms in the hopes of helping students become socially isolated.