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Thesis Proposal: Candidate Xiaodi Fan
Date: Monday, February 28, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 4:00PM
Thesis: Coded Matrix Multiplication
Zoom meeting details:
ID: 846 8720 9231
Passcode: 459612
Professor Anita Raja and team win NIH Data Challenge
Professor Anita Raja and a team of researchers from Hunter College and Columbia University were named one of the institutional winners of the National Institutes of Health’s Decoding Maternal Morbidity Challenge. Read the full story or view the flyer.
COVID-19 Resources for International Students
NAFSA: Association of International Educators has assembled a library of resource links to help you navigate issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19
Source: Centers for Disease Control
If you plan to travel internationally, you will need to get a COVID-19 viral test (regardless of vaccination status or citizenship) no more than 1 day before you travel by air into the United States. If you recently recovered from COVID-19, you may instead travel with documentation of recovery from COVID-19.
Read the full requirements for negative COVID-19 tests/proof of recovery
COVID Vaccine and Test Requirements for U.S. Entry
Source: NAFSA, CDC
Non-U.S. citizen, nonimmigrant individuals entering the U.S. are required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test for entry.
Individuals entering the United States at land or ferry ports of entry must show proof of full vaccination status.
- See detailed vaccine requirements for land and ferry entry
- Read DHS announcement regarding these requirements
Individuals entering the United States by air must show proof of full vaccination status and proof of a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery. See detailed vaccine and testing requirements for air entry
COVID-19 Restrictions on U.S. Visas and Entry
NAFSA: Association of International Educators has compiled the most recent information and updates on U.S. visa and entry restrictions related to COVID-19.
Applications Open for 2022 Senior International Fellows Program
The 2022 Senior International Fellows Program will be held from April 25 - May 20, 2022.
Applications are now open and are due by December 31, 2021. Apply online now »
Congratulations to Boyang Fan
Congratulations to Boyang Fan for depositing his dissertation and accepting a postdoctoral position at the UC Davis MIND Institute.
Congratulations to Natalia Macrynikola
Congratulations to Natalia Macrynikola, who has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard Medical School.
CDC Tightens Testing Requirement for International Travel to the US to One Day
Source: Centers for Disease Control
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)has revised the current Global Testing Order to shorten the timeline for required testing for all international air travelers to one day before departure to the United States.