Kevin Wang hasn’t visited his family in China since August. If he wants to return, he’ll have to first endure three weeks in quarantine before spending time with them.
“I wanted to go back home,”...
Much of Emerson’s international student community is breathing a sigh of relief after a Trump administration rule that would have limited the amount of time international students could spend in the...
The whole world has been waiting for this victory — for four years.
As soon as The Associated Press called that Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the electoral vote of his native Pennsylvania, pushing...
Tags related to America have only trended once a while on the Chinese Twitter-like social media platform Weibo since the pandemic began. I remember seeing trending terms like "U.S. COVID-19 cases climb,"...
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy and 22 additional state attorneys general, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Monday calling on DHS to withdraw a new proposed rule that would...
“How’s the U.S. election vibe? Who do you think will win? Does any candidate pose policies that hurt China or international students?" I received this list of questions from family and close friends...
When I first landed in the U.S. during high school, the customs officer asked me what I wanted to pursue as a career. When I told him journalism, his immediate reaction was to ask me, “So you want to...
Last semester, visual and media arts major and rising senior Isa Moon served as president of The Girlie Project comedy troupe as she prepared for her final year at the college, the spring semester of which...
Smruti Thirunavukkarasu has been stuck in her home for four months.
Shortly after returning home to Chennai, India from Boston in March, the Indian government announced a strict nationwide lockdown...
When Daniela Lobo-Rivera’s parents got sick, she couldn’t get back to them.
Her home country, Honduras, halted all international flights as Emerson shut down campus, leaving Lobo-Rivera stuck in...
Danielle Ducharme is waiting out the coronavirus on a racetrack in Kelowna, Canada.
With extended time at home this summer, Ducharme, her father, and brother decided to get car-racing licenses.
“I...
Xinyu Tu raced across the world to outrun the coronavirus outbreak.
After her study abroad experience in the Netherlands at Kasteel Well came to an abrupt halt, Tu had only just settled into her new...
Chloe Chauvin is stranded in the U.S.
After Emerson’s March announcement that all students must immediately vacate campus residence halls, Chauvin was given little time to make an impossible decision—return...
Jaime Vega Troncoso risked contracting the virus to vote in the Dominican Republic’s July election.
The coronavirus hit the island country amid their presidential election season. After being postponed...
Putthida Chalermpao’s parents were terrified of her returning to Emerson’s Boston campus in the fall.
From their home in Bangkok, Thailand, a condensed city of over 8 million people with no cases...
The Trump administration announced Tuesday afternoon that it will roll back an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Rule that would have forced international students enrolled in online course loads out...
My boyfriend texted me right after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that international students would need to leave the U.S. if their university transitions to online-only...
Emerson joined local universities to condemn Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s decision to ban international students whose classes are held mostly online this fall.
ICE announced Monday that...
Emerson will offer international students the option of taking fall courses online or at a partner university in one of five countries, according to an email sent to international students Wednesday and...
It's that time of the year. With tree lights dancing and snowflakes swirling, the holiday hype starts with people shopping for Christmas decorations and gifts. College students are getting ready to go...
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