{"id":4096,"date":"2024-11-12T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/?page_id=4096"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:03:08","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-4096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"International Travel","subtitle":"Your safety and wellbeing are our priority while you\u2019re abroad.","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"right_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":5316,"hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-15 mt-0","title":"<h6><\/h6>","description":"<h1 class=\"u-text-lead\"><strong>TRAVEL UPDATE - MAY 26, 2026<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe University of Rochester is monitoring the current outbreak of Ebola in east Africa. 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