Arkansas universities cancel study abroad amid virus concern
March 1, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Several Arkansas universities have canceled study abroad programs in Italy amid fears over the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville announced on Friday it was suspending academic operations at its Rome Center for the rest of the spring semester, and all of its American students there are returning to the U.S.
Forty students had been studying at the Rome Center this semester, along with 60 students from other schools, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville spokesman John Thomas told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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