The war in Ukraine, ongoing since 2022, tends not to occupy much of our attention, likely due to other more recent unfortunate world events such as the war in Israel. But for one member of the YU community, the war in Ukraine is not just a tragedy happening far away — it’s happening at home. Rafael (Ruslan) Gokhman is a 25-year-old Ph.D. student in mathematics at YU’s Katz School of Science and Health. He holds a master’s degree in artificial intelligence from Katz, completed in 2024.