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U of U to Host Lecture Series on the Escalating Iraqi-American Confrontation

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Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4, the University of Utah will host a series of lectures on the mounting Iraqi-American tensions. Similar in format to the 9-11 lecture series organized by the University in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, this nine-part series, scheduled to run through mid-April, will feature a variety of perspectives from leading experts on regional and international politics. On Tuesday, the first speaker, Adeed Dawisha, will lecture on “The Use of Force Against Iraq: Constraints and Opportunities,” at 3 p.m., in the Dumke Auditorium in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, which is located next to the David Eccles School of Business.

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March 26, 2011

U of U Receives Grant to Train Native American Students to Become Teachers

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Nearly $1 million in federal money has been awarded to the University of Utah to be used to train Native American or Alaskan Native American students to become teachers. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education earmarked the $945,887 Title VII money for preparing undergraduate students to become instructors-especially in the disciplines of math, science and reading.

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March 26, 2011

U of U’s Summer Research Opportunity Program Offers Much More Than Research

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This week 23-year-old Lupe Figueroa, a senior in Spanish and Human Communications at California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), will finish up eight weeks of graduate school-level research at the University of Utah. She is one of 23 students completing this year’s Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), sponsored campus-wide by the U’s Graduate School.

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March 26, 2011

Panelists to Discuss Signs of ‘Spring’ in the Middle East

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Revolution is sweeping across the Middle East; non-violent resistance has toppled authoritarian regimes and promises to give birth to new political systems. All of this will have an enormous impact on the region’s economic and political environment. But, what happens after the revolution? University of Utah law and political science experts will tackle this question at a panel discussion and open forum on March 3.

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March 25, 2011