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2009 Diversity Awards Announced

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Octavio Villalpando, associate vice president, Office for Equity and Diversity at the University of Utah announced today the recipients of the 14th Annual Equity and Diversity Awards. The awards are presented to outstanding individuals and organizations who have demonstrated sustained excellence in fostering leadership and a commitment to promote and enhance equity and diversity for students, staff and faculty at the University of Utah. Caitlin Cahill, Jannah J. Hurn Mather, Aretha M. Minor and Deidre Hughes Schoenfeld are this year’s award recipients.

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March 25, 2011

“Together We Can”

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“TOGETHER WE CAN” a five day celebration of the work and contributions of “Allies” to the LGBT Movement, and a breaking of the silence around issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender oppression, will be presented April 13 – 17, 2009. Ally Week is sponsored by the University of Utah Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, the Psychology Department and the student groups Queer Student Union and Queer Students of Color. All events will be held at the University of Utah, except as noted.

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March 25, 2011

U Turns Earth Day into Earth Week

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Earth Day just isn’t big enough for those looking to promote their green activities and projects at the University of Utah. All across the country, people concerned with protecting the environment will celebrate on April 22, but environmentally friendly students, faculty, and staff at the U will party like its Earth Day all week long.

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March 25, 2011

Bennion Center Hosts Mentor/Donor Leadership Forum

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The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah will bring together University of Utah students with community leaders from diverse fields in the first of what is to be an annual mentor/donor leadership forum. Leaders will facilitate round table discussions addressing topics such as leadership, service, philanthropy and the importance of civic engagement at this time in our community.

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March 25, 2011

100 Years of Richard Wright

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The University of Utah is honored to present “100 Years of Richard Wright: The Man, His Work and His Legacy” a three-day conference devoted to the examination of the work of the acclaimed writer who has been identified as “the most influential African American novelist that ever lived.” Wright’s daughter, Julia Wright, writer and civil rights advocate, will give the opening keynote address titled, “A Hurricane Called Bigger.”

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March 25, 2011

Finding Trapped Miners

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University of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive listening devices on the ground overhead.

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March 25, 2011

Utah’s New Social Networking Tool

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Down to only five people, the board of directors for the Utah Animal-Assisted Therapy Association is looking for new members. “Like many other nonprofits, we’re challenged by finding individuals with the right mix of knowledge, interests, and skills,” said executive director Gaelyn Derr. “Say that we wanted an attorney with a background in mental health, or a physical therapist that has helped with fundraising events. Where do we even begin to look?” The answer might be right at her fingertips.

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March 25, 2011

Recognizing Dedication to the Fight

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On Friday, March 27, the University of Utah College of Social Work will present the 8th annual Pete Suazo Social Justice Awards, beginning at 3:00 pm in the Goodwill Humanitarian Building, 395 South 1500 East. The awards were developed to honor the life of the late Senator Suazo by recognizing the work of those who dedicate themselves to the goal of social and economic justice. This year, the prestigious awards will be presented to five individuals and two agencies: Denise Castañeda, Forrest Crawford, Linda Hilton, Sandra Asbury, Sheila Walsh-McDonald, the Central Region Refugee Support Team of the Department of Workforce Services, and the Human Rights Education Center of Utah.

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March 25, 2011

Are All CEOs Above Average?

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In humorist Garrison Keillor’s fictional hometown of Lake Wobegon, all children are above average. Corporations may want investors to believe the same thing about highly paid CEOs and this effect may explain high CEO pay, according to a new study by two researchers in the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.

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March 25, 2011