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U to Focus on Global Warming Solutions

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The University of Utah is participating in Focus the Nation, a national educational and civic engagement initiative aimed at uniting millions of US citizens to find solutions to global warming. With more than 10,000 volunteers hosting events at over 1,300 schools, and with faith, civic, and business organizations participating on Thurs., January 31, Focus the Nation will be the largest Teach-in in history. For more information visit: http://www.focusthenation.org/nationalteachin.php.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Names Director for American Indian Resource Center

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The University of Utah announced today that Beverly Fenton has been selected as the director of the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC). Fenton becomes the first director since the center was established in January 1996 to aid in the recruitment, retention, and support of American Indian students. She begins work on January 2, 2008.

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March 25, 2011

Family Visiting for the Holidays? What’s the Story?

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The holidays are when families come together to pass on stories from generation to generation. Now the S.J. Quinney College of Law is making available a forum to anyone who wants to share their tales with a wider audience. Submissions are being sought of brief monologues about family from faculty, staff, students, and community members. These monologues will be performed on the evening of February 28, 2008, as part of a conference on the New Frontiers in Family Law hosted by the College of Law and Gender Studies Program.

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March 25, 2011

U OF U ANNOUNCES FALL CALENDAR OF DIVERSITY EVENTS

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The University of Utah announced today an ambitious lineup of diversity related educational forums to be presented this fall. The forums seek to examine key issues of race, identity, politics, and social justice in an ever-changing, increasingly diverse state and nation. Presenters are renowned scholars and authors from across the nation. “We are pleased to be able to present these diversity educational forums as a part of the university’s ongoing commitment to enhance the educational experiences and success of our entire university community,” said University President, Michael K. Young.

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March 25, 2011

RACE IN AMERICA – BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE

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The United States is becoming increasingly diverse, and yet many discussions of race continue to be based on the assumption that issues can be seen as black and white. Frank Wu, author of Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White, and co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment will visit the University of Utah’s College of Social Work on Monday, October 22, to propose a paradigm shift for the discussion of civil rights.

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March 25, 2011

Utah College of Law Lands Esteemed International Scholars

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The S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah has just made a series of six extraordinary faculty appointments. “With expertise ranging from Middle Eastern and Islamic law to counterterrorism, from the law of water and energy to climate change, from transnational litigation and business transactions to bankruptcy law, these appointments enhance our outstanding faculty, heighten our ability to contribute to critical issues, and enrich our engaging, innovative curriculum and student programs,” announced Dean and Professor of Law, Hiram Chodosh.

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March 25, 2011