International students face tough choices

DISTANCE LEARNING: As a precaution against COVID-19, international student Grace Deng, who will be a senior this year at Brown University, plans to take her courses online while living in Providence when classes resume in the fall. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM
DISTANCE LEARNING: As a precaution against COVID-19, international student Grace Deng, who will be a senior this year at Brown University, plans to take her courses online while living in Providence when classes resume in the fall. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Michael Chen feels fortunate. The Brown University student from Italy was able to stay with relatives in Utah when classes shut down in March instead of returning to his home country. This will ease his transition back to campus when classes resume this fall, because he will not be subject to international travel restrictions. By

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