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Photo taken on July 25, 2017 shows the University of Chicago's campus in Chicago, the United States.(Xinhua/Wang Ping) CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Holding top-10 positions in numerous national and international rankings, University of Chicago (UoC) attracts students in U.S. and all over world, even if the university stands in an unsafe neighborhood at city's southern side. Being called "Murder Capital of America," Chicago saw a surge in gun violence in 2016 with 762 murders, which was more than New York City and Los Angeles combined , according to the Chicago Police Department . Most of the criminal incidents took place in the southern area. However, UoC manages to protect students by setting up a safety network consisting of free bus service , heavy monitoring and expanded policing. Kenneth Rogers, University of Chicago student , speaks during an interview with Xinhua at Chicago, the United States, on July 25, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Ping) "I think the campus is ve...

Photo taken on July 25, 2017, shows a blue light emergency phone column installed outside the south entrance of UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California, the United States.(Xinhua/Ma Dan) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- As American universities will start the new school year in weeks, concerns are raising over safety of international students who will face a new American setting filled with unfamiliar risks and even threats. From his understanding, officer Wade MacAdam , who works with UC Berkeley Police Department 's Safety Programs, expected international students to be more alert, not only on surroundings but on personal property as well, as they are more likely to be "easy target." He said in a recent interview with Xinhua that safety has always been a real issue for international students to take into consideration seriously, especially for those from China, following the kidnapping of Zhang Yingying, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa...

Aug 16, 2017 The first time Captain Noorullah Aminyar traveled to the United States, in 2012, he felt calm and peaceful in a way he never had before. Back home in Afghanistan, he had slept fully clothed , boots on, hand on his rifle. The Taliban attacked every night, and he had to be ready. "But when I come to America," he told me, "I have no stress in America. I sleep good. I tell you, I have no stress. It was really easy. It was a good thing. You feel safe. I was born in the war. I grew up in the war. Always, your life is in danger. You find a little safe time, for sure you'll be happy." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below For Aminyar, then twenty-eight, coming to America was an honor and an achievement. He attended the prestigious Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, the culmination of more than a decade of studying English, followed by a basic infantry officer 's course at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Ame...

Hate, Hope and Swimming Lessons An American Summer With the First Syrians in Iowa Abdul Fattah Tameem and his family enjoy the pool on a hot summer day at the family's new apartment complex in West Des Moines , a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa." width="1520" height="1014" /> Abdul Fattah Tameem and his family enjoy the pool at the family’s new apartment complex in West Des Moines . By ROBIN SHULMAN | Photographs by DANNY WILCOX FRAZIER —VII for TIME Just over a year ago, Ghazweh Aljabooli and her husband and five children landed at the Des Moines airport and became the first refugees from Syria’s ongoing civil war to settle in Iowa . In their first summer in America, each step felt momentous . The first shopping trip to Walmart, the kids playing in a pool and taking the bus to school, all put the horrors of war further behind them—the years without sufficient food, the bombs that destroyed their house and ruined their city of Homs, the month they cam...

In 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall in the United States, killing 112 people and causing about $37.5 billion in damages. The storm destroyed the Louisiana coastline and caused flooding along the Mississippi River.  Ike also caused trouble in the state of Texas, forcing people to evacuate and move out, never to return. Among them was Erika Negrete, 31, who managed to escape along with her family.  She came to California and has been thankful to be able to stay with her in-laws in Fontana ever since.  However, Negrete, her husband, and three children were frustrated because of a lack of privacy. But all that changed last month, when she moved to a brand new three- bedroom apartment unit located at the Toscana Apartment Community in Fontana. "Now I feel free to do whatever," said Negrete.  "It feels so good to have your own place.  It gives you a sense of dignity and pride." A total of 53 families were chosen out of 800 applicants to live in the new complex, which ...