Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Directed to Cancel Trips Due to Coronavirus Concerns

The 17 state colleges and universities have been directed to immediately suspend or cancel institutionally-sponsored travel to several countries due to concerns about coronavirus. An announcement sent to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities community on Thursday says that all colleges and universities must immediately suspend or cancel institutionally-sponsored travel to countries designated Level 3 (warning) and Level 2 (watch)…

Colleges Shutter Study-Abroad Programs Amid Coronavirus Fears

Colleges and universities are canceling study-abroad trips to China, South Korea, Japan and Italy as reported cases of the coronavirus continue to spread—and are scrambling to accommodate the students once they come back home.

Students at UC Davis and other colleges under self-quarantine after potential coronavirus exposure

Three UC Davis students are under 14-day isolation as one awaits coronavirus test results after showing mild symptoms. Two students at Sacramento-area colleges are also in self-quarantine.

Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus Outbreaks on Campus

Colleges and universities are updating pandemic protocols in anticipation of potential widespread outbreaks of the fast-moving coronavirus among student populations living in close quarters.

Coronavirus: Lebanon to closes schools colleges for week

Growing list of U.S. colleges canceling study abroad programs due to coronavirus

A growing list of US colleges are canceling or rerouting study abroad programs because of the coronavirus

Georgia colleges stop study abroad in South Korea due to coronavirus

Coronavirus: Lebanon to close schools colleges for week

US colleges are canceling or rerouting study abroad programs because of the coronavirus

Central Georgia colleges prepare in case of coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has taken the lives of six people in the U.S., all from Washington state. Two cases have been confirmed in Georgia. RELATED: Gov. Brian Kemp confirms two coronavirus cases in Georgia MORE: What we know about Georgia coronavirus cases But, the number of deaths connected with the virus is still far below what we see in a typical flu season. As concerns for the virus grows, several Georgia colleges and universities...

Texas colleges ramp up coronavirus travel restrictions cancellations

Rice University announced Tuesday morning that it is suspending all university-sponsored student travel and spring break trips to foreign countries until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts travel restrictions related to coronavirus. Sponsored travel for faculty to countries that are listed on the CDC’s restricted list have also been suspended, according to a release sent by the university’s crisis management advisory committee. Rice created a travel registry that requires all students, faculty and staff who have gone outside the United States to document their international travel. The response comes as universities across the state and the country prepare campuses for the potential arrival or spread of the contagious virus. The CDC has already issued guidance for higher education institutions to plan, prepare and respond to COVID-19. A Rice university research staff member may have been exposed to the coronavirus while traveling overseas. The person was tested for the virus by Harris County public health authorities who overnighted the sample to the CDC, county health officials said Monday. Those test results are expected by the end of the week. Other Texas colleges have taken similar precautions — restricting travel, suspending trips and requiring students and university employees to self-quarantine...

Coronavirus: California colleges cancel study abroad programs hundreds of students return

Hundreds of California students are returning home early from study abroad programs because of coronavirus outbreaks in China, South Korea, and Italy.

Coronavirus curbs spring break and study abroad plans as colleges cope with potential public health crisis: 'I do feel more worried and unsettled'

One Chicago-area student was called home from Italy due to coronavirus, only to have two cases appear in her hometown of Arlington Heights.

Study abroad students return home and other coronavirus precautions at Md. colleges

Even though passenger traffic growth softens in January, the situation might worsen going forward as the coronavirus spreads its tentacles to all continents, barring Antarctica.