Student exchange programs
A Saudi passenger walks in front of an enlargement of an old photograph showing the late King Abdul Aziz Al Saud as he peers out of an airplane, at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 17, 2021. Vaccinated Saudis will be allowed to leave the kingdom for the first time in more than a year as the country eases a ban on international travel that had been in place to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus and its new variants. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Saudi Arabia eases travel ban for vaccinated citizens

By Amr Nabil And Aya Batrawy May. 17, 2021 02:40 AM EDT

Thomas H V Anthony poses for a photo after his interview with the Associated Press holding his daughter Katerina as his son Andrey stands next at their flat door in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 10, 2021. "My expectation was as things get better with the situation with the pandemic, gradually the consulate would open more and more and more," said Thomas H V Anthony, a U.S. citizen living in Russia with a baby daughter who has not yet received a U.S. passport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Kremlin-imposed cuts at US Embassy leave thousands adrift

By Daniel Kozin And Jim Heintz May. 12, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

People hold signs, including one with an image of George Floyd, outside the courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Teachers, coaches grapple with addressing Chauvin verdict

By Isabelle Taft, The Sun-Herald Apr. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo people view the Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington after portions of an outer perimeter of fencing were removed overnight to allow public access. A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
High court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA dispute

By Jessica Gresko Mar. 31, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

Keene State plans full in-person fall semester

Mar. 17, 2021 10:27 AM EDT
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College is planning for a fully in-person fall semester. Currently, classes have been a mix of in-person,...

Wood shop students build desks for online learners

By Emily Anderson Dec. 24, 2020 08:00 AM EST
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Students have spent an unprecedented amount of time learning online this year — some by choice, some by mandate, others by necessity....

A medical staff takes a swab from a woman as residents receive the COVID-19 test near the residential area in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China's latest coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Chinatopix via AP)
Chinese company offers coronavirus vaccine to students

By Huizhong Wu Oct. 15, 2020 08:59 AM EDT

Univ. of Michigan cancels study abroad programs due to virus

Sep. 28, 2020 05:36 PM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has canceled undergraduate study abroad programs for the school’s upcoming winter term due to concerns over...

Brown cancels study abroad programs; shellfishers get boost

May. 13, 2020 11:09 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has canceled all its study abroad programs for the upcoming fall semester in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the...