(CNN) Three dozen Purdue University students were suspended this week for attending an off-campus party, violating the school's social distancing rules. Purdue suspended 36 students on Wednesday, Tim Doty, the university's director of public Information and issues management, told CNN on Friday. Sermersheim said Purdue asked students to put large gatherings in confined spaces on hold until the "pandemic can be better understood and controlled." Violations of the Protect Purdue Plan will be added to the code of conduct regulations, the school said in a news release. On Friday, Purdue announced its plan for continued surveillance and testing of its nearly 40,000 students.

Source: CNN August 21, 2020 20:48 UTC