International students watch restrictions loosen in Gainesville as COVID-19 rages at home
By Isabella Douglas and Alexandra Harris | July 8Almost 6,000 international students from 140 countries, more than half of them graduate students, attended UF in Fall 2020, according to the UF International Center. Students witnessed inequality, civil unrest and vaccine shortages while in their home countries. Others read about their country’s pandemic in the news and listened to their loved ones overseas.