The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/international-students/)
Differing vaccine rollouts across countries have been creating difficulties for Cornell’s international students from delays in receiving FDA-approved doses to ongoing travel restrictions.
As Cornellians prepare for a fully in-person semester, some international students say they are struggling to meet the University’s requirement for students to receive an FDA-approved vaccine before arriving on campus this August.
For many international students, going home this semester means planning out a web of flights, navigating ambiguous travel and vaccination requirements and having to quarantine all over again.
Voicing frustration with resources that some feel are insufficient after a year of canceled research, funding tribulations and changed plans, graduate students are demanding more.
After recently returning to campus, popular Cornell Youtuber Katie Tracy reflects on studying remotely –– and in a different country –– last semester.
As many students complain of Zoom fatigue during Cornell’s third hybrid semester, international students have taken on the most hectic schedules, taking lectures and exams nocturnally.
From the Syracuse Hancock International Airport to the Vancouver International Airport, two international freshmen embarked on a dizzying journey between cities to get home before Thanksgiving.
Thousands of students from all corners of the world search for post-graduate study programs in the United States every year. Over 4500-plus universities across the US house approximately 988,000 international students seeking doctorate-level degrees. Navigating the huge transitions to American Ph.d. programs can be extremely daunting for international students, especially for those who may have never stepped foot in the planet’s melting pot. But not many of these stories are known to the Cornell community. Do these students feel as integrated within our academic ecosystem as others?
International students voiced fear over how the results of the election would shape future immigration policy.
Cornell released the results of its mental health review Thursday afternoon, addressing a range of issues present within the Cornell community, including the work-life balance students have found hard to achieve within the college environment.