UMass Lowell is announcing planned COVID-19 mitigation measures for Fall 2022 in an effort to provide clarity to the campus community as well as prospective students and their families.

The arrival of Spring has brought with it a welcome reduction in COVID-19 cases in our community. And while weekly campus cases have dropped to just a handful we must keep up our guard to protect against spread of the virus.

While any individual may choose to continue to wear a face covering, beginning Monday, Feb. 28, UMass Lowell will end its indoor face covering mandate for all campus locations, with the exception of university buses and shuttles as well as in the Wellness Center.

The secure form where UMass Lowell employees can upload proof of their vaccination booster shot is now online.

As we move toward class registration for Summer 2022 and Fall 2022, we want to remind you that all students coming to campus are required to receive their COVID-19 booster by Feb. 28 or within 30 days of becoming eligible to receive the booster.

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.