Boise State announced that it is fully removing its campus mask mandate, effective March 14.
In an email to faculty and staff on Monday evening, the university stated that masks will be optional in all university spaces, including indoor instructional spaces like…
Masks will be optional in all university administrative, athletic, event and communal spaces effective March 7. This includes Albertsons Library, the Rec Center, the Student Union Building (SUB), resident halls and other campus buildings.
However, masks will still be…
Gov. Brad Little announced Monday that he is reactivating the Idaho National Guard in response to climbing COVID numbers in the state.
Little is activating 75 guardsmen to assist at Primary Health Medical Group and the Idaho Department of Correction, both of which…
New data posted to Boise State University’s COVID tracking dashboard shows a new record-high of positive cases among students, staff and faculty.
Within the past seven days, 371 new cases were reported to the Boise State Public Health Office — five cases higher than…
Boise State has recorded all-pandemic highs in both COVID cases and the testing positivity rate with the Spring 2021 semester set to begin on Monday.
The university’s COVID tracking dashboard shows that 179 campus community members tested positive for COVID-19 during…
The Boise State Public Health Office is tasked with managing the university’s COVID-19 contact tracing, a service that is constantly changing to fit student needs.
Contact tracing efforts by the Public Health Office began back in the summer of 2020 in anticipation for…
A U.S. District Court in Georgia ruled to pause enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors on Tuesday, stating the president likely overreached his authority with the Executive Order.
Boise State was preparing employees to…
In an email to employees on Tuesday morning, Vice President for University Affairs and Chief of Staff Alicia Estey reiterated Boise State’s plan to follow the executive order given by President Biden requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated.
According to the…
The Idaho State Board of Education (ISBE) has voted to join a lawsuit filed in Georgia challenging President Biden’s executive vaccination order. For the time being, federal contractors, including Idaho’s four year institutions, will have to comply with the order because…
Appointments for Pfizer, Moderna and Jannsen (J&J) booster shots are now available to the Boise community through the Boise State Vaccination Clinic.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sanctioned the use of Moderna and J&J boosters; Pfizer…