After successful conversations with the university’s unions regarding implementation, and consistent with vaccination agreements reached prior to Fall Semester 2021, all currently eligible UMass Lowell employees are required to obtain a booster shot and should do so by Feb. 15, 2022.

The Facilities Department along with Environmental Health & Safety, Emergency Management, and Health and Wellness departments continue to constantly monitor guidance from the CDC and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on best practices including steps to maximize the effectiveness of the building ventilation systems.

UMass Lowell is excited for the beginning of the semester and the return to campus for classes, events and the social interactions that are central to the college experience.

Chancellor Moloney is optimistic about the Spring 2022 semester, despite the challenges the pandemic has imposed.

To ensure ongoing protection for all university community members from the spread of COVID-19, UMass Lowell will require students next semester to obtain a booster shot by Feb. 28 if eligible and within 30 days of becoming eligible thereafter.

UMass Lowell scientists are developing a production method to freeze-dry COVID-19 vaccines activated by messenger-RNA so they can be transported and stored at room temperature.  

Two Honors College students who started their UML careers during the pandemic hosted a Discord server to keep in touch with other students they’d met at the summer Student Success Summit. “Riverhawk Rendezvous” has grown rapidly by hosting study groups and connecting students to clubs – and each other.

As the pandemic continues to disrupt global supply chains, Operations and Information Systems Asst. Prof. JM Song discusses why U.S. shipping ports are snarled and what it means for the holiday shopping season.

UML students, alumni and faculty have documented the pandemic experiences of Lowell and Lawrence residents for an oral history project and some of those stories will be published as a book next year.

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, Physical Sciences Inc., the University of Connecticut and Merck is developing a manufacturing method that would allow mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines to be transported and stored at room temperature.

As the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary, Director Holly Lalos discusses why there’s been a resurgence in entrepreneurship during the pandemic, and Assoc. Prof. Li Sun shares research on how new ventures can survive a crisis.