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Boston University warns international students may not be allowed to come back spring 2022 because of Omicron

BU warns international students may have to skip Spring semester as Omicron variant complicates travel

Daily Free Press Staff December 14, 2021
ISSO stated in an email that international students might have to take a leave of absence next semester.
Boston University International Students and Scholars Office. International students faced difficulties returning to campus due to travel restrictions and experienced challenges with ISSO over winter break. SOPHIA FLISSLER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International students report ISSO delays, travel difficulties as Spring semester begins

Vanessa Bartlett January 27, 2021
International students returning to campus for the Spring semester have reported varying degrees of difficulty in traveling back to the United States because of delays in receiving paperwork from the International Students and Scholars Office.
Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and other members of BU administration hosted virtual Back2BU panels Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to answer questions about the Spring 2021 semester. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

University holds Back2BU panels to discuss transition into Spring

Anna Vidergar January 9, 2021
BU officials discussed plans for the Spring semester in a series of three virtual Back2BU panels hosted by Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore this week.
International students at Boston University are hesitant to leave the city over Winter Intersession out of fears of being unable to return for the Spring semester. COURTESY OF DOMINIC WUNDERLICH VIA PIXABAY

International students contemplate risks of heading home this winter

Nathan Lederman December 6, 2020
From fears of losing their student visas over the summer to waking up in the middle of the night for classes halfway across the world, international students at BU have faced many challenges over the past few months.
Pardee professor Houchang Chehabi said he feels discriminated by President Donald Trump’s recent anti-travel orders against several Muslim-majority countries. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Trump’s immigration ban affects BU students, faculty

Taylor Kocher February 2, 2017

Houchang Chehabi, an international relations professor at Boston University, said that due to his criticism of Iranian government, its security has issued him warnings of arrest if he should travel...

NADEL: International students should be more appreciated

NADEL: International students should be more appreciated

Olivia Nadel March 17, 2016

According to a U.S. News and World Report study for the 2014-15 academic year, 19 percent of Boston University’s students were international in the past academic year. In the fall 2015 semester, BU’s...

A report published Wednesday found that there was a 14.18 percent increase in international students since January 2014. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

14.18 percent national increase in international students, report finds

Christy Osler April 1, 2015

There has been a 14.18 percent increase in international students enrolled at U.S. schools compared to numbers from January 2014, according to a March 25 report from the U.S. Immigration and Customs...

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