An open house celebration and ceremony to rededicate the University of Utah American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2008 at the center, 1925 E. DeTrobriand Street in Fort Douglas.
Read MoreApril 4 marks the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death. To commemorate his impact on life in America now and in the future, the University of Utah law school is bringing together a diverse group of authorities to examine provocative questions about race, education, housing and security in light of current American legal issues. The program will feature Julian Bond, National Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Avery Friedman, civil rights attorney and CNN National Correspondent; and Col. Morris Davis, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools ranks programs at the University of Utah 27 times, far more than any other school in Utah.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s 2007-2008 Middle East Lecture Series concludes this April with three lectures that will examine varying perspectives on policy and society in the Middle East. Each lecture will take place at 4 p.m. in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall, and is free and open to the public.
Read MoreOn March 5, Peter Schuck, a renowned immigration law specialist and professor at Yale Law School, will share his expertise with the public at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s periodic Social Summit. The event will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Squatters Restaurant, 147 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City. Cost is $10 per person.
Read MoreThe search for solutions to climate change caused by man-made emissions is the focus of this year’s Stegner Symposium. Bill McKibben, the noted writer, educator, and environmentalist, will present the keynote address, “Building the Climate Movement-Just in Time.” Author of the 1989 book The End of Nature, the first book on climate change for a general audience, McKibben is the author of several additional works and helped found Stepitup07.org, the first large grassroots activist movement to address climate change.
Read MoreYou’d expect a debate on peace in the Middle East to take place in a desert. But the high plains desert of Utah, a state solidly wedged in the middle of the American West?
Read MoreLiving in former Yugoslavia, a country torn by ethnic conflict, my family faced the enormous challenge of surviving in a hostile urban war environment. We escaped, first fleeing as refugees to Hungry and then to Germany. With the clothing on our backs and no money in our pockets, my family made an ambitious effort to pursue a better life in the U.S. Having little knowledge of the American culture and no knowledge of the English language we reached for the “American Dream.”
–Marko Mijic, ASUU Government Relations Director, B.S. candidate, University of Utah
The University of Utah 2007-2008 Middle East Lecture Series continues with a lecture from Amr Hamzaway, senior associate for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Read MorePayday or postdated check loans can carry very high interest rates and have recently come under heavy criticism from consumer advocates. On Tuesday, January 29, the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah will host Utah State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff for a debate on the lending practice.
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