Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit

Syracuse University calls home students from Hong Kong, cancels two summer programs in mainland China amid health concerns over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Tuesday, April 1, 2003, By News Staff
Share

Syracuse University calls home students from Hong Kong, cancels two summer programs in mainland China amid health concerns over Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeApril 01, 2003Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu

Syracuse University has shortened its spring semester program in Hong Kong and has canceled two upcoming programs in mainland China in response to health concerns about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

SU’s Hong Kong program is based at the City University of Hong Kong, where a suspected case of SARS infection was detected late last month, prompting the temporary closure of the university beginning March 29. That individual has since been cleared, but another individual at City University has now been confirmed with SARS.

Hong Kong has had more than 600 SARS cases and 15 deaths attributed to the syndrome. More than 1,600 cases worldwide have been confirmed.

Thirty-one students registered through SU’s Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA) have been studying in Hong Kong this semester. Fifteen are from SU; the remainder are from other U.S. institutions.

DIPA administrators have advised students in the program to leave Hong Kong and have arranged for travel aboard two Cathay Pacific Airways flights leaving today. Thirteen students are booked on the CPA flight to New York City, and two students are booked on the CPA flight to Los Angeles. Other students are making their own travel arrangements, and five have not confirmed travel intentions. DIPA has advised the five that they remain at their own risk.

Special health precautions are in effect at Hong Kong Airport and on all flights leaving the island.

None of the SU students are expected to return to Syracuse. DIPA staff will work with all of the Hong Kong students to complete any final academic requirements of their program.

“The semester program is taught in self-contained modules,” says DIPA Associate Director James Buschman. “Classes for the main module were to conclude this week. Professors will send out exams from Hong Kong, and students can complete them electronically or by mail. Students will miss the final module-a three-credit internship or independent study-but will be given the chance to make up for the lost credit.”

Twenty-one students were planning to participate in the May short-term program in mainland China, The Culture & Art of China, to be led by SU College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty members Zhuang Liu and Joseph Downing. The students will receive full refunds of all monies paid to DIPA, including their application fee.

Eleven students had expressed interest in the Law and Business summer program in Shanghai. They are being offered the opportunity to take part in another summer program or may have their monies refunded.

Syracuse University has closely monitored the situation in Hong Kong through information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization, SU Health Services, the New York State Department of Health and medical officials in Hong Kong. DIPA administrators’ decision to curtail the spring semester program and to cancel the two summer programs was based upon this accumulated information, as well as a March 28 CDC advisory urging those planning nonessential travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam to postpone their travel until further notice.

  • Author

News Staff

  • Recent
  • Men’s Soccer Team Gives Back to Syracuse Community for Season of Support
    Friday, June 2, 2023, By Kathleen Haley
  • June 30 Deadline Set for Fiscal 2023 Year End Business
    Wednesday, May 31, 2023, By News Staff
  • DPS Accepting Sign-Ups for R.A.D. Summer Session
    Wednesday, May 31, 2023, By Alex Haessig
  • Syracuse Stage Adds 2 Musicals to 50th Anniversary Season
    Wednesday, May 31, 2023, By Joanna Penalva
  • Supporting, Advocating for Trans Youth Will Help Them Thrive As Adults
    Friday, May 26, 2023, By Daryl Lovell

More In Uncategorized

Syracuse Views Spring 2023

We want to know how you experience Syracuse University. Take a photo and share it with us. We select photos from a variety of sources. Submit photos of your University experience using #SyracuseU on social media, fill out a submission…

Awards of Excellence Honoree: Maxwell has Been ‘a Guiding Hand’ in Public Service Career

Standing before an audience of fellow Maxwell School alumni gathered in Washington, D.C., for the second annual Maxwell Awards of Excellence, CNN anchor Boris Sanchez ’09 shared the motivation behind his work as a journalist. Sanchez emigrated from Cuba as…

NASA Honoring Those Who Were Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia And Other Late Astronauts

Sean O’Keefe, University Professor in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the USA Today article “Twenty years later, loss of space shuttle Columbia still teaches us lessons.” The article emphasizes how NASA’s Memorial Grove is used to honor late astronauts,…

NFL, Eagles and Chiefs All Set To Win The Economics Game In Super Bowl LVII

Rodney Paul, director and professor of sport analytics in the Falk School, was quoted in the Washington Examiner story “The economics of the Super Bowl: Hosting, gambling, ads, and more.” The article talks in-depth about all of the economics that…

CEOs Requiring In Person Work Is Hurting Diversity

Arlene Kanter, director of the Disability and Policy Program and professor in the College of Law, was interviewed for the Business Insider article “Some CEOs are pushing workers to return to the office, but it could come with a cost:…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2023 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.