A team of graduate students from the University of Utah’s Department of City & Metropolitan Planning are helping the state to view homelessness as a regional issue. Through an urban design class, students have developed maps to illustrate homelessness regionally and proposed design solutions to address those challenges holistically. An exhibit of their research is […]
Equity & Diversity
U urban design students research and map homelessness in the Wasatch Region
Art class to unveil massive mural at Esperanza Elementary School
The University of Utah Special Topics Art Class led by V. Kim Martinez will unveil and dedicate a 1500-square-foot-mural to Esperanza Elementary School, 4956 W. 3500 South, at 1:15 p.m. on Dec. 11. In attendance with Martinez and her students will be Esperanza principal, Eulogio Alejandre, the school board, parents and students. The mural, collaboratively […]
Tanner Humanities Center Screens “The Case Against 8”
The Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah will host a public screening of the Sundance film, “The Case Against 8” at the Salt Lake Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. Broadway, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. The film’s director Ryan White will lead a Q&A session immediately following the screening. This event […]
U law students participate in “Religious Freedom in a Changing World” symposium
Religious freedom: It’s a topic that has received intense national attention in recent months, following the actions of Kentucky Court Clerk Kim Davis —who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because of her religious beliefs. Davis spent five days in jail after ignoring a court order that she issue marriage licenses to all […]
S.J. Quinney alumna Abby Dizon-Maughan honored for her work by the NAACP
Growing up in Kearns, Utah, Abby Dizon-Maughan always knew she wanted to be a lawyer. When the inevitable, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question arose, a job in the legal field was always on the forefront of her mind. Her first experience in the legal field came when she turned […]
Creators of ‘March’ to speak at the U
The authors and illustrator of “March,” the best-selling graphic novel series that narrates U.S. Rep. John Lewis’s account of the civil rights movement, will speak at the University of Utah Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 Presidents Circle. Lewis, co-author Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell will discuss the […]
U’s Holocaust commemoration explores policing of sexuality
The University of Utah honors victims of the Holocaust with its annual U Remembers the Holocaust commemoration Oct. 27-29. This year’s theme, “Policing Sexuality: Then and Now” explores sexual normalization and oppression of non-heterosexual individuals, who were marked by a pink triangle during the German Holocaust. The events during this commemoration are a platform to […]
9,000 miles away, first refugee camp students graduate from new University of Utah College of Social Work program
Gerawork Teferra fled to Kakuma, Kenya, from his native Ethiopia with nothing but desperation. He joined thousands of refugees from neighboring African nations, most who had traveled hundreds of miles to reach the safety of a refugee camp far from violence, religious persecution and starvation in the places they’d once called home. For Teferra, the […]
Transforming a warehouse into a community center
A team of students from the University of Utah School of Architecture, led by Associate Professor Lisa Henry Benham, collaborated with the Utah Tibetan Association to conceptualize the design of the new Tibetan Community Center. Located at 135 W. 2950 South, the 10,000-square-foot building will open Sunday, Oct. 11, and the center will serve as […]
Clash between religious and civil liberties subject of 2015 Fordham Debate at University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
(Sept.30, 2015) —The actions of Kentucky Court Clerk Kim Davis —who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because of her religious beliefs—has renewed intense debate over religious freedom versus civil liberties in today’s world. Davis spent five days in jail after ignoring a court order that she issue marriage licenses to all couples, […]