The Hinckley Institute of Politics and S.J. Quinney College of Law announce that Ralph Nader will speak Friday, April 27 at 11:30 a.m. in the Hinckley Caucus Room located in Orson Spencer Hall room 255 on the University of Utah campus. Nader’s speech, “Building Democracy: Challenging Corporate Power,” is free and open to the public.
Read MoreOn April 10 at the Utah City Managers Association (UCMA) annual conference, University of Utah Master of Public Administration (MPA) students competed in and won the second annual competition for the Utah City Manager’s Cup.
Beating out BYU for the second consecutive year, student teams analyzed a real life case study that occurred in Orem this past year. The question before the Orem City Council was whether Orem should create a new school district, separate from their current home in Alpine School District.
Modern Syria shares borders with Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. Its ancient roots can be traced back to the fourth millennium B.C. with its capital, Damascus, thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. With such a legacy and location, Syria’s role in the Middle East and the world today is one of tremendous significance.
The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools shows that programs at the University of Utah are on the rise. And once again the U has, by far, the most programs recognized of any Utah university appearing in the annual rankings.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s College of Social Work has cause to cheer this week as it celebrates its 70th anniversary and capital campaign announcement at a party on Wednesday, March 7, from 2 to 3 p.m. to be held in the College of Social Work atrium, 395 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City.
Read MoreFew economists can claim to have the ear of the President. Dr. Edward P. Lazear, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, does, and will share his insights at the University of Utah (the U) in a lecture titled “The Transformed United States Economy.” The talk will take place on Monday, March 5 from 9:40 to 10:30 a.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreAmartya Sen, distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Lamont University Professor at Harvard will speak on Friday, March 2 at noon at Libby Gardner Hall. The talk, titled “Violence in Identity,” is part of the “Values & Violence: Intangible Aspects of Terrorism” conference, sponsored by the Institute of Public & International Affairs (IPIA), the College of Social and Behavioral Science, the Barbara L. & Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy, and the S.J. Quinney College of Law.
Read MoreMartha Nussbaum, American philosopher and Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School will speak on Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke auditorium.
Read MoreTerrorism, values and violence will be the theme of an international conference on human rights, human dignity and international cooperation, to take place March 1 and 2 at the University of Utah.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Middle East Lecture Series continues with four talks addressing the problems and predicaments facing the Middle East and the United States in the aftermath of the July-August 2006 war in Lebanon. Focusing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, U.S. policy in the Middle East, and Syria’s place in the new international environment, the lectures will take place at 3:00 p.m. in the Hinckley Caucus Room 255 Orson Spenser Hall (OSH). The lectures are free and open to the public.
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