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Bar Soloveychik broke the team's longest-standing record in the 1,000 yard freestyle and has come to like his new home — mostly: "You can die at any moment with this ice."

UMN Morris at the start of transformative journey for Ahhaf Prio.

Roman Tyshchenko arrived at the University of Minnesota from Ukraine in August 2022. He shared his dreams for the future and what he wants people to know about Ukraine.

When Shaghek Manjikian was in fourth grade in Syria, she had to complete an assignment about where she saw herself in the next 10 to 15 years. She wrote that she wanted to be a lawyer to stand up for people and to be their voice.

The International Recruitment Committee, chaired by Aimee Thostenson of International Student and Scholar Services, recently released its 2021 annual report, which features statistics on international student enrollment and details the top factors impacting international recruitment.

Three Twin Cities campus students recently received the University’s Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization for their outstanding contributions to international education. 

Paidamoyo (Paida) Chikate serves as International Outreach Leader at the University of Minnesota Police Department.

When Master of Development Practice (MDP) student Dalila Hussein first heard about the UMN SDG Iniative’s Student Group Activity Grant Fund she immediately knew what she wanted to do. 

In February 2022, Customs and Border Protection documented 65,350 passenger inspections of undeclared agriculture items. The financial risk from pests brought into the country is estimated at $26 billion from invasive pests harming agricultural and natural resources.

Bolli Steinn Huginsson, an exchange student from the University of Iceland, spent the fall 2021 semester at the University of Minnesota. He enjoyed the diversity of culture in the U.S.