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Northeastern University, Emerson College and Boston College students return to class Tuesday with a laundry list of COVID testing and vaccination rules to abide by.

Northeastern University, Emerson College and Boston College students return to class Tuesday with a laundry list of COVID testing and vaccination rules to abide by. Northeastern students are required to test once a week. The university has a vaccine requirement and everyone is required to have a booster shot when they begin class today. They also have an indoor mask…

COVID-19 booster shots are mandatory for students and staff at some higher education institutions in Massachusetts, including Emerson College, Bentley University and UMass Amherst.

Some colleges and universities in Massachusetts are implementing COVID-19 booster shot requirements as cases rise and the omicron variant spreads across the state. At Emerson College in Boston, students, faculty and staff are required to get a COVID-19 booster shot when they return from winter break or as soon as they are eligible. On-campus vendors are also required to comply…

Protesters opposing COVID-19 mandates and counter demonstrators clashed on Boston Common Sunday afternoon. Shoving matches broke out as the two groups held dueling protests amid a heavy police presence. Boston police said two people were arrested. The exact charges were not immediately released, but police said they would likely include disorderly conduct. A few people were treated on scene but…

Two people were arrested during a vaccine mandate protest Sunday in Boston.

A standoff in Boston’s South End has ended with an armed man whose father says he has mental health issues being taken into custody.

Boston police are responding to a developing situation at Albany and Randolph streets on Tuesday morning. At least three blocks are currently shut down.

An armed man has been taken into custody after an hourslong standoff with police at Emerson College’s Rotch Field in Boston’s South End Tuesday, officials said. The situation evolved over about seven hours, and several loud bangs were heard just before Boston police announced the standoff was over. Family members at the scene were hoping he can get the...

A Marine has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an Emerson College student.

A U.S. Marine Corps member has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and faces years of imprisonment in the death of a college student in Boston in 2019. The Marine Corps confirmed in a statement that Lance Cpl. Samuel London would be dishonorably discharged and face 65 months in prison as well as fines in connection with the death of Emerson…

Some students are using domestic partnerships as a way to get around a requirement to live on campus for the first three years at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, according to reports.

Some students are using domestic partnerships as a way to get around a requirement to live on campus for the first three years at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, according to reports. The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson’s student newspaper, reported that students are dodging the nearly $20,000 per year price tag to live on campus, which doesn’t include tuition. Among...

Hundreds of Emerson College graduates on Sunday will receive their diplomas at one of Boston’s most iconic venues: Fenway Park.  The ceremony for the class of 2021 will be held at 10 a.m. followed by the ceremony for the class of 2020 at 4 p.m. Both events will also be streamed live by the college. Emerson is the not the first school...

Multiple colleges in Boston are holding graduation ceremonies at the ballpark this year.

While some universities are requiring students returning to campus this fall to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but community colleges are not yet making such a move.

Emerson College is the latest in a growing list of universities that will require students to get vaccinated against coronavirus in order to return to campus this fall.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Emerson College are joining a growing list of colleges that will require student to get a coronavirus vaccine before returning to campus in the fall. Lee Pelton, president of Emerson, said in a letter posted to Emerson Today on Wednesday that school officials also expect staff and faculty will be vaccinated before they return…

Emerson College announced Wednesday that students would be required to be vaccinated against coronavirus in order to return to campus this fall. “We will require that all students studying on our campuses be vaccinated in order to attend the 2021 Fall Term,” President Lee Pelton said in a letter to students posted to Emerson Today. “It is our expectation that…

All students on campus must be vaccinated against coronavirus, Emerson College announced Wednesday.