Fear and confusion mounted quickly on Thursday as international students, who make up more than a quarter of the university’s enrollment, sought clarity or reassurance.

Jeremy Faust, an assistant professor of emergency medicine, said he told a prospective graduate student to consider enrolling at a university abroad.

One day after the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard’s authorization to enroll international students, more than 75 international students gathered for food and company at a Friday evening event co-hosted by the Dean of Students Office and the Woodbridge International Society.

Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.

Harvard University international students are scrambling to figure out whether they will soon be forced to transfer.

Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.

China will safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of its overseas students and scholars, the foreign ministry said on Friday, responding to the Trump administration's decision to block Harvard University from enrolling foreign students.