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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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National flags in the A. Ray Olpin Union building on campus at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Oct. 28, 2021.

Shadley: The United States Disregards Foreign Education

By Will Shadley, Opinion Writer March 2, 2022

  With 40 million people born in a different country, the United States has more immigrants than anywhere else in the world. And two million of those people who earned degrees from foreign universities...

Students attend the film screening at the Social Work Building at the University of Utah on Aug. 17, 2019. (Courtesy of Peter Johnston.)

U Student Film Features Refugees Across the Valley

August 19, 2019

  A student film entitled "Refugee Voices" featuring student refugees and their stories of migration held its premiere Aug. 17 at the University of Utah College of Social Work. The film was part...

Kamal and Geeta Sharma owners of Bhutan House Restaurant and graduates of Spice Kitchen.

(Photo by Justin Prather | Daily Utah Chronicle)

How the Spice Kitchen Gives Refugees New Opportunities

By Mandi Johansen April 2, 2019

  Food is an international language. The S.P.I.C.E. Kitchen, affiliated with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and supported by Salt Lake County, works with vulnerable communities to provide...

Courtesy of Dr. Annie Isabel Fukushima.

Hinckley Forum on Migrant Crossings and Human Trafficking Sparks Heated Debate

By Christina Giardinelli November 7, 2018

  A Hinckley Institute forum held at the University of Utah on Nov. 5 became heated after an audience member took the microphone and initially refused to return it to the moderator. The U’s Hinckley...

Barber: Hussein Tells Her Refugee Story

Barber: Hussein Tells Her Refugee Story

By Shaelyn Barber April 20, 2018

The Utah Valley University Journal of Student Leadership has accepted Aziza Hussein’s story for publication. She wrote about her life as a refugee, her struggles with mental health, her personal growth...

(Photo by Chris Samuels)

Escaping Persecution: The Modern Refugee Story

November 25, 2014

  As Alex Ngendakuriyo, a Burundi refugee community leader, put it, “No one wants to be called a refugee, but sometimes you don’t have a choice.” Ngendakuriyo and two others sat as panelists...