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University of California

"With this recommendation, the UC Vaccine policy now requires all staff and students to get the bivalent booster, when eligible"

[1] https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/covid-vaccination

Harvard requires all students to be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations including the bivalent Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster.

https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-informa...

Yale students will be required to get an updated, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster by the start of the spring semester.

https://yalecollege.yale.edu/get-know-yale-college/office-de...

Tufts University followed suit on Sept. 16, announcing it would require students, staff, and faculty to get the omicron vaccine booster by Dec. 2.

https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/healthy-at-tufts/covid-19-vacc...

New York University (NYU) requires boosters for all students: https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-...

"Students may request an exemption from the vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons"

Even as an atheist, I'd be getting the religious exemption for sure! Mandating boosters for healthy young students doesn't make a lot of sense. We know now that vaccination is not the way transmission of the virus is managed.