People queue to be tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 26, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its spread across the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

01/05/21 – BOSTON, MA: The first round of Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations are administered to frontline employees at Northeastern’s testing center at the Cabot Physical Education Center on Jan. 05, 2021. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

October 15, 2013 – Stock imagery of fall foliage around Northeastern’s campus.

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

07/22/21 – BOSTON, MA – Northeastern University marine science and public policy professor Brian Helmuth and lab technician Sahana Simonetti, a recent marine biology graduate, conduct research on the shores of the Nahant campus on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Helmuth’s battery powered robotic mussels provide greater insight into the thermal stresses being placed on various organisms by climate change. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Mark Patteron, professor of marine and environmental sciences, deploys a Trident ROV robot in Nahant, Massachusetts on on July 15, 2021. Patterson recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to facilitate this research. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

07/19/21 – BOSTON, MA. Inhaler stock illustration at Northeastern University on Monday, July 19, 2021. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

07/14/21 – BOSTON, MA. Stock photo of SaluTemp website. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

04/27/21 – BURLINGTON, MA. – One million tests were processed at NortheasternÕs Life Science Testing Center at the Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts on April 27, 2021. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University