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Tree shade offers critical heat relief for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness

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GPS-tracked heat exposure revealed dangerous daytime exposure and hot nights for unsheltered Salt Lake City residents.

U law students help Utah refugees

Categories: Campus Life, Faculty/Staff, Law & Politics, Students

Students at the S.J. Quinney College of Law spent the past semester working on asylum cases for Utah residents as part of a new refugee law clinic.

HUMANS OF THE U: TINO NYAWELO

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TIno Nyawelo fell in love with physics as a high schooler in South Sudan. With the help of teachers, mentors and outreach organizations, he left the violence of his country to pursue graduate studies in Europe, and eventually joined the U physics faculty. Now, he shares his love of science with refugee youth struggling to adapt to the Utah school system.