BU President Robert Brown announced classes would be held online from March 16  to April 13 as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in an email March 11. The same day, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, prompting BU to announce that remote learning would extend through the end of the Spring 2020 semester March 17.

Due to safety concerns, Boston University has suspended its exchange programs with two universities in Turkey until further notice, study abroad administrators said. Students from Bogaziçi University...