The enrollment deposit to Boston University may have been a couple of hundred dollars, but the thrilling idea of going to school 1,000 miles away from home was priceless. I spent my entire life in the ...

College students have moved into their dorms and classes have at many campuses around the country. But that doesn't mean freshmen are settled, yet. Adjusting to college rhythms and living away from ...

When a kindergarten child is homesick, the advice is to have them bring a picture of Mom and Dad to school and put it on their desk. It's much the same thing with a care package to a homesick college ...

Though we’re still in the throes of summer, it won’t be long before students will be college bound, many of them for the first time. In my work as the Director of the University of British Columbia’s ...

Homesickness is one of those things people don’t always talk about openly, but it’s real — and it hits hard when you least expect it. Everyone tells you that college is going to be the “best years of ...

Photo illustration by Zachary Balcoff. Photos by Zachary Balcoff and Alexis Schmidt. For many students, college is the first time they have had to live on their own. Whether they grew up around East ...

Whether you’ve gone away to college, moved to a new city or even just traveled for vacation, homesickness is a common emotional experience. Longing for home is the subject of books, songs and films.