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Stegner Symposium to Consider the Challenge of Sustainability

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The focus of this year’s Stegner Symposium is the challenge of sustainability and how to create a civilization that is both prosperous and environmentally healthy. The Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law will host its 15th Annual Symposium March 12-13, 2010 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway, in Salt Lake City.

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March 25, 2011

Gulliver’s Troubles: Obama and America in the Middle East

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Former State Department official Aaron David Miller will give this year’s David Gardner Lecture on the Humanities and Fine Arts as part of the “Middle East Making Peace” conference, sponsored by the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. The lecture will be held on March 9 at 7 p.m. at the I.J. and Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Dr. and is free and open to the public

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March 25, 2011

Regulating Sexuality

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Is sexual self-expression a fundamental human right? Should we treat harassment and victimization against sexual minorities the same as that committed against racial and ethnic minorities? What are the most effective strategies to prevent and address the violence that is used to control sexuality?

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March 25, 2011

Renowned Naturalist George Schaller Calls for Protection of World’s Rarest Creatures

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George Schaller, one of the world’s most famous conservation biologists, will discuss his research and efforts to protect some of the world’s most beautiful species in a reading and book signing at the Salt Lake City Public Library main auditorium on Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.

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March 25, 2011

Law Symposium to Focus on Mandatory Minimum Sentences

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During his time on the bench, Paul Cassell, a professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and former federal judge, wrote opinions criticizing the rigidity of imposing mandatory minimum sentences, regardless of whether a defendant’s circumstances called for an adjustment in his or her sentence.

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March 25, 2011

Trio of experts available for perspective on Afghanistan

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Three law professors at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law have spent time with Afghan prosecutors in the U.S. and Afghanistan. Each has been instrumental in a project to assist the Afghan government to reconstruct its justice system essentially from the ground up after 30 years of civil war and the demolition of the existing Afghan system.

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March 25, 2011

It’s Cool to be Crimson at Rivalry Week Pep Rally

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Ute fans are urged to wear their crimson gear this coming Monday, Nov. 23 for the annual Rivalry Week Pep Rally beginning at noon on the J. Willard Marriott Library plaza. Join Utah coaches, players, band and cheerleaders as they rally to help the team beat BYU in the annual rivalry football game. There will be free lunch, giveaways, and other fun activities.

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March 25, 2011

Renowned Author Patricia Williams to Explore the ‘Paradox of Race’ at 2009 Leary Lecture

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Author Patricia J. Williams, professor of law at Columbia University and renowned expert on issues of social justice, will describe the paradox of racial inequities at this year’s William H. Leary Lecture. On Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6:00 p.m., the lecture titled, “The Paradox of Race: Reflections on the Not-So-Level Playing Field” will be held at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 332 S. 1400 E. in the college’s Sutherland Moot Courtroom. It will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

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March 25, 2011