UMass sequesters students amid COVID surge About 100 people - students, faculty and staff - at the University of Massachusetts Amherst wait in a steadily moving line at the Mullins Center for their appointments to be tested for COVID-19 on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING A solitary person walks across the common of the Northeast Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING A solitary person walks past the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING A solitary person walks past the W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING