Emerson’s Los Angeles campus is recovering from the surge of COVID-19 cases it experienced at the onset of the spring semester, which eclipsed all of the college’s cases last fall.
The campus, which...
On Monday, Emerson reported five positive COVID-19 cases of the 689 administered over Friday and Sunday, no information was readily available for Saturday.
From Jan. 24 to Jan. 30, 5,638 tests were...
By Abigail Lee, Magazine Content Managing Editor January 27, 2022
With COVID-19 cases on campus reaching their highest levels since the outbreak of the pandemic, a high volume of students have been admitted into Emerson’s on-campus isolation. For some, the college’s...
Emerson College has reported 332 positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the spring semester—the highest numbers since the beginning of the pandemic—and currently sits at a 3.20 percent positivity...
On Thursday, Emerson’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 12 positive tests of the 972 tests administered on Wednesday, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.23 percent.
Thursday’s update also reported...
In just two weeks since the onset of the spring 2022 semester, Emerson has reported a cumulative 301 positive COVID-19 cases.
The college has administered 8,534 tests since Jan. 3, and currently reports...
Massachusetts reported 60,986 new coronavirus cases Monday, the first COVID-19 report given by the state since Friday. The death toll rose by 53.
Massachusetts has been experiencing a wintertime surge,...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor December 22, 2021
A day after delaying the start of the spring semester, college officials on Wednesday detailed plans to resume in-person classes amid an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 both on campus and statewide, with...
By Camilo Fonseca, Content Managing Editor December 16, 2021
Emerson reported 27 new positive COVID-19 tests for the second day in a row on Thursday, bringing the numbers of positive tests reported this week to a staggering 61.
The positives reflect an unprecedented...
Massachusetts reported its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Saturday, renewing concerns about the spread of the virus just days before the end of the fall term.
Genetic sequencing identified...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor October 29, 2021
Emerson introduced a pooled testing model for all community members this week, a process administrators hope will streamline the college’s testing process.
“The College is utilizing this method...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor August 17, 2021
Between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, Massachusetts reported an average of 1,126 COVID-19 cases each day. In the same seven-day period, the death toll rose by 48.
Cases reached an individual day high of 1,368...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor August 10, 2021
Emerson will require two baseline COVID-19 tests for arriving students moving into on-campus housing in the fall semester, according to college officials.
The Aug. 4 announcement provides more details...
By Camilo Fonseca, Content Managing Editor July 27, 2021
Between July 20 and July 26, Massachusetts reported an average of 447 COVID-19 cases each day. In the same seven-day period, the death toll rose by 26.
Cases reached an individual day high of 586 on...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor July 19, 2021
Between July 12 and July 19, Massachusetts reported an average of 242 COVID-19 cases each day. In the same eight-day period, the death toll rose by 13.
Cases reached an individual day high of 236 on...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor June 26, 2021
Massachusetts reported 56 new coronavirus cases Saturday, down from the 60 cases reported Friday. The death toll rose by 2.
Cases have fallen below the 100 mark every day since June 13—a mark the...
Emerson reported one positive COVID-19 test on Thursday out of the 52 tests administered on Wednesday. Zero students were reported to be in on-campus isolation or quarantine.
Thursday’s update marks...
Massachusetts reported 337 new coronavirus cases Friday, down by nearly half from the 616 new infections reported Thursday. The death toll rose by 18.
The Department of Public Health cited a "reporting...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor April 26, 2021
Emerson reported no new positive COVID-19 test results last week—the first week of regular testing in which the college reported no positives across both the fall and the spring semesters.
The only...
Emerson will lift most of the restrictions implemented on April 7 to slow down the unprecedented spread of COVID-19 amongst the community since late March on Thursday morning, college officials announced...