The Office of International Affairs (OIA) hosted a webinar on Wednesday explaining how the new visa restrictions issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would impact international students at the University.
The final rule, which will take effect on September 15, will replace the “duration of status” (D/S) visa model that has been in place since the 1970s with a new, less flexible “admit until date” (AUD) model for F and J visa holders. Visa holders under D/S are authorized to stay w...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule on Friday establishing new restrictions on students and exchange visitors entering the United States on F and J visas. F visas are issued to full-time international students, while J visas are for participants in short-term exchange programs.
The new rule, which will take effect in September, establishes a maximum four-year period of admission into the U.S., replacing a longstanding policy that allowed international and exchange stude...

Four months ago, a Reddit user in r/uchicago described how professors delayed releasing fall quarter grades for Computer Science 141 due to “widespread plagiarism” on the final.
Directly underneath the post, a second user commented: “lmfao ig this happens every year now.”
CMSC 14100, colloquially known as CS 141, is an introductory course in the computer science (CS) department, and for nearly every quarter in the past few years, platforms like Sidechat and Reddit have been flooded with posts ab...