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)

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

AstroAccess Flight 1 Ambassador, Mona Minkara, is shown fully enjoying the zero gravity experience. Arms and feet outstretched floating in mid-air. Mona is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University. She conducted demonstrations related to audio and haptic signaling for navigation and orientation in microgravity. Photo by Al Powers for Zero Gravity Corporation

Boy teenager in despair

10/07/21 – BOSTON, MA- Northeastern assistant academic specialist and natural signer Krishna Madaparthi spells out the word “Child” using American Sign Language on Thursday, October 7, 2021. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

10/06/21 – BOSTON, MA- Northeastern professor of psychology David DeSteno holds his book How God Works on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

10/21/20 – BOSTON, MA: Students walk past fall foliage on campus on Oct. 21, 2020. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

09/14/20 – BOSTON, MA. – Alessandro Vespignani, Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor of physics, computer science, and health sciences, and director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

08/06/15 – BOSTON, MA. – Jerry Howland, a Boston Public School math teacher, goes over a question with Rosellen Feliz, 17, from the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester, during the Bridge to Calculus program final exam held in Ryder Hall at Northeastern University on August 6, 2015. Bridge to Calculus is a summer math enrichment program at Northeastern that is specifically designed to prepare rising seniors in the inner-city high schools to take calculus in their schools in September; there is an increasing emphasis on preparation for AP calculus. The program serves more than 100 students each summer. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

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Gene Tunik, associate dean for research and innovation, work in his lab in Robinson Hall on Sept.14, 2021. Northeastern received a prestigious major research instrumentation grant to acquire brain stimulation machine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University