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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Kasteel Well campus ends weekly testing protocol, shift to symptomatic testing only

Kasteel Well campus ends weekly testing protocol, shift to symptomatic testing only

By Maeve Lawler / March 22, 2023

As of March 9, Emerson’s Kasteel Well campus no longer requires twice-a-week COVID-19 testing, according to an email sent to Kasteel Well students from...

The Center for Health and Wellness.

Wellness Center reports 176 COVID cases in September

By Bailey Allen / October 7, 2022

Emerson’s Wellness Center received 176 self-reports of positive COVID-19 tests during the month of September, but according to a Friday morning email...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports 11 COVID-19 cases on Friday

By Adri Pray / April 22, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported 11 COVID-19 cases of the 719 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.53 percent. The college reported...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports three COVID-19 cases on Friday

By Adri Pray / April 15, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported three COVID-19 cases of the 446 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.67 percent. The college reported...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports 18 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

By Adri Pray / April 12, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported 18 COVID-19 cases for Monday of the 1,128 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.60 percent. The college...

The exterior of the COVID testing site.

Testing center to close at 4:30 p.m. starting Monday

By Bailey Allen / April 6, 2022

Starting Monday, April 11, Emerson’s testing center at Tufts Medical Center will open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday instead of the previous...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports seven COVID-19 cases on Friday

By Adri Pray / April 1, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported seven COVID-19 cases for Thursday of the 669 administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.05 percent. The college...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports six COVID-19 cases for Wednesday, Muurisepp confident in college’s progress

By Adri Pray / March 30, 2022

On Wednesday, Emerson reported six COVID-19 cases of the 747 tests administered on Tuesday, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.80 percent. The college...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports five COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

By Adri Pray / March 29, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported five COVID-19 cases for Monday of the 830 administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.60 percent. The college...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports one COVID-19 case on Thursday

By Adri Pray / March 24, 2022

On Thursday, Emerson reported one COVID-19 case of the 251 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.40 percent. The college also reported...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports seven COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

By Adri Pray / March 22, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported seven COVID-19 cases of the 1,133 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.62 percent. The college also...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports two additional COVID-19 cases, semester total at 598

By Adri Pray / March 21, 2022

On Monday, Emerson updated Friday’s COVID-19 data and reported two cases of the 205 tests administered. No data was readily available for Saturday or...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports eight COVID-19 cases on Thursday

By Adri Pray / March 17, 2022

On Thursday, Emerson reported eight COVID-19 cases for Wednesday of the 737 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.09 percent. The...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports 5 COVID-19 cases on Friday

By Adri Pray / March 4, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported five COVID-19 tests for Thursday of the 619 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.81 percent. The college...

Erik Muurisepp sits at his desk on the fourth floor of the Walker Building.

Emerson semester total tops 550 COVID-19 cases

By Adri Pray / March 3, 2022

Emerson reported 14 COVID-19 tests of the 803 administered on Tuesday, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.74 percent. The college also reported...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports six COVID-19 tests over the weekend

By Adri Pray / February 28, 2022

On Monday, Emerson reported 6 COVID-19 tests for Saturday of the 179 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 3.35 percent. No data was...

A sign of the COVID testing site of Emerson College and Tufts University.

Emerson surpasses 500 COVID-19 cases for the spring 2022 semester

By Adri Pray / February 25, 2022

Emerson broke 500 COVID-19 positives on Friday, the highest-ever semester total since the onset of the pandemic.  The college reported 11 COVID-19...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports 17 COVID-19 cases on Thursday

By Adri Pray / February 24, 2022

On Thursday, Emerson reported 17 COVID-19 tests for Wednesday of the 737 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 2.31 percent. The...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Zero COVID-19 cases reported over the long weekend

By Adri Pray / February 22, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported zero COVID-19 tests for Friday and Saturday of the 432 tests administered, and no data was readily available for Sunday and...

The exterior of the COVID testing site.

Emerson reports four COVID-19 cases following announcement of updated policies

By Adri Pray / February 18, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported four COVID-19 tests for Thursday of the 756 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.53 percent. The college...