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COVID-19 isolation housing at Stony Island Hall has been discontinued for winter quarter, and students will now be directed to isolate in place if they test positive, according to an email from Assistant Vice President for Campus Life and Associate Dean of the College Richard Mason sent on November 30 of last year. Previously, students...

Northwestern will discontinue asymptomatic testing at its Evanston and Chicago campuses as of Winter Quarter, Vice President for Operations Luke Figora announced Thursday. Symptomatic testing will remain accessible from 10 a.m. through 1 p.m. on weekdays at the Jacobs Center. Students at the Chicago campus who need symptomatic testing should contact Northwestern Medicine Student Health...

Following the last Universitywide communication on COVID-19 on Aug. 15, Northwestern made no mention of the updated bivalent booster vaccine rollout as it posted changes online to its isolation housing policies. The August email stated the potential of reinstating a booster requirement if a new vaccine were to offer different benefits. As of Sept. 1,...

In the past academic year, Associated Student Government initiatives have ranged from serving ice cream in dining halls to implementing internal reforms to make ASG more accessible for campus activists. As the legislative body looks toward next year, ASG President Jason Hegelmeyer said liaising with administrators during a transitional period for the University will be...