In September 2021, 15-year-old Iryna Petrovitska made a life-changing decision. She left her home country of Ukraine and traveled more than 5,000 miles to the United States, trading life in the ...

DELAND − After Russia waged a bombing campaign and invasion of her country two years ago, Yana Verbova thought the idea of earning a bachelor's degree from a U.S. university − let alone an Ivy League ...

East Tennessee State University held a special virtual ceremony for an international graduate student, a 27-year-old war journalist living in Ukraine who completed his master's degree at home amid the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Amid the flashes and celebrations of commencement at the University of South Florida, Danylo Solomentsev holds onto the moment a little differently. "What can I say? I'm just lucky to be ...

A woman who was forced to flee war-torn Ukraine has said graduating from university in the UK felt "incredibly special" after what she and her family had been through. Sofia Demkiv left her home in ...