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UMass students share their thoughts as they return to campus for full in-person learning

By Sofi Shlepakov, Assistant News Editor • September 8, 2021

“It's so weird to see that many people in one space. You never thought you'd see it again after last year.”

UMass needs mandatory weekly COVID testing this fall

By Maxwell Zeff, Assistant Op/Ed Editor • September 5, 2021

Opinion: “Without frequent community-wide testing, we won’t know if we have a problem until it’s too late,” writes Maxwell Zeff.

UMass announces mask mandate for beginning of fall semester, vaccine requirement for faculty

By Alex Genovese, Assistant News Editor • August 9, 2021

In an email to the student body, Subbaswamy laid out a mask mandate, vaccination requirements, and current vaccination rates.

Student mental health and the coronavirus pandemic: how did UMass fare?

By Talya Torres, Collegian Correspondent • June 3, 2021

Students speak on the toll the virtual semester has taken on their mental health.

Many Covid Semesters

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

Assistant News Editor Claire Healy documented the Fall semester of eight UMass students abroad, on campus, and across the country. For a few students, she heard their story all at once at the end of the...

Facing food insecurity at home, he worked tirelessly to advocate for others in similar positions

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

“In this society, where life is a delicate balance that can be thrown off by the slightest disturbance, something like the pandemic does that to a huge amount of people. Check in on your friends and make sure they're doing okay.”

The testing center and campus life: ‘It’s really rewarding to help people, especially in a time like this’

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

“It's just nice to have that interaction in a safe way, with masks on and stuff and to be able to feel like you're doing something during this time that we're living in.”

Motherhood, graduate school and a pandemic – all at once

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

“This semester I juggled senate, I juggled classwork, I juggled a baby, I juggled my sorority ... At times, I would just feel like I was spreading myself thin. … then other times, doing all of that, while in the pandemic, it makes me push harder because I know that I can do it.”

The responsibility of nursing students, the “simpler joys” and an island in Maine

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

When the pandemic broke out, Maddi took a job as a stay-in-help for a 90-year-old man living alone on an island in Maine. When she returned to campus, she worked at the Mullins Center and an assisted living facility, feeling firsthand the responsibility she had to the people around her in their time of need.

‘They’ve been denying entry to lots of people lately…Welcome to Trump’s America’

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

After being denied re-entry into the country and losing his student visa, Archie found himself spending the semester alone in an apartment in Paris – writing and making the most of his semester.

Glaciers and community farming in Alaska

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

While the semester was defined for many by a unique separation from other students and loved ones, for one student it was spent building relationships in an entirely new community.

A trial in adulthood, air quality and NASA

By Claire Healy, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2021

In one semester, Shruti Janardhanan found herself working and studying full time, moving to a new city alone, working at NASA and facing wildfires, all while the COVID-19 pandemic raged on around her.

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