Except for service animals, pets are prohibited from campus buildings as follows:
- Food service areas, by regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
- Academic and administrative buildings (including the Campus Center), by the Faculty Senate approval of a motion made by the University Health Council in December 1975.
- Residence halls and apartments (living units), by long-standing order of the Board of Trustees except for:
- full-time, live-in staff and Faculty-in-Residence per the Residence Life Full-Time Employee Pet Policy.
- persons with a documented disability per the Assistance Animal Policy.