This question, “What to do next and how?” has really been a recurring theme for me and many other international students like me during this pandemic.
"I can’t blame anyone," Higdon said. "This is something we can’t control."
My quest to visit UNESCO sites took me to incredible places.
Abroad leaves you with the feeling that everyone around the world craves more than anything right now: the feeling of life as it was before.
Imagine what it’s like to spend a semester eating in Spain, the land of jamón ibérico, as a lifelong vegetarian.
Israel is surrounded by polarizing perspectives and it was refreshing to see the complexity of the people and place directly.
Even though I didn't have class for most of the semester, learning about the protests was the most effective educational experience I've ever had.
In some ways, Jordan has been exactly what I expected it to be, but this place has taken me by surprise plenty of times as well.
UR students studying in Europe traveled to Munich, Germany, to pay their respects at Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.
I arrived in Hong Kong in June, a few days after the protests on June 12.
I visited the European Union headquarters in Belgium and learned how government officials and media professionals are fighting disinformation.
Photos from junior Valerie Szalanczy's recent trip to Budapest, Hungary.
Rowing crew at Oxford is the best decision I made while being abroad.
I decided that getting the most in-depth experience of Ireland was my goal. I think, for the most part, I accomplished that.
Few situations are perfect, and despite what Instagram may tell you, studying abroad isn’t either.
I have learned that study abroad affects everyone, whether they’re in a rural village, a massive metropolitan center or even at UR.
As we stand looking out into this foreign land, we find that we are not so much learning about the strangeness of our host countries, but about the strangeness of the place we call home.
For the first time in my life, I was forced to speak a language other than English every day.
The pinnacle of my confusion was not returning to UR; it was finding myself frustrated and uninspired by the student body.
As a temporary resident of the U.K., the news of Brexit has become personal to me, as if I’ve been a U.K. resident all my life.
