Nubia Peña grew up as the daughter of a single parent in Philadelphia, watching as her mother worked several jobs to provide for their family of five. As a young immigrant from Mexico adjusting to life in the U.S., Peña knew a path to success wasn’t going to be easy in her early years, but […]
With Hillary Clinton running for the White House, renewed discussion about the number of women in politics continues as the election season unfolds. In Utah, initiatives such as the Hinckley Institute of Politics’ “Real Women Run” have highlighted the need to get more women involved in local government. The topic is also currently being researched […]
On Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Alice Walker and acclaimed filmmaker Pratibha Parmar will participate in a series of events as part of the U’s Barbara L. & Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy’s “Artists as Advocates: Women’s Rights and Human Rights” series. All events […]
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Michael Teter is available to discuss the merits of Merrick Garland as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice —as well as how Garland’s appointment will change the court’s make-up and political considerations that factor into the process. He is available by calling 801-674-4516 or email: michael.teter@law.edu Professor […]
Licensing of pet dogs and cats can help measure animal population growth and track where the animals originate. The data can help authorities determine the presence of puppy or kitten mill breeding operations. Many pet owners, however, choose not to license their pets, and some local governments do not mandate licensing. Geography student Marli Stevens […]
The shooting of a teenager in downtown Salt Lake City in February stirred up more questions in the national discussion about race relations and law enforcement. Salt Lake City’s shooting comes in the wake of other high-profile incidents across the country over the past year, including the 2014 case in Ferguson, Missouri, where a white […]
The U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City this week entered a judgment in a case brought by three former West High School students over a 2010 school- based “gang sweep” that prompted a class action lawsuit by the ACLU of Utah and the ACLU Racial Justice Program. As part of its offer of judgment, […]
From the National Science Foundation Oceanographers, marine biologists and geologists are the scientists most commonly associated with studying changes in sea ice. But these days, it just might be a mathematician drilling ice cores in the Antarctic. With 17 trips to the Arctic and Antarctic under his belt, Ken Golden of the University of Utah […]
The University of Utah’s Department of Theatre presents Naomi Iizuka’s “Good Kids,” which explores the very public aftermath of a sex crime and its cover-up, Oct. 30 – Nov. 8. The plot is based on the widely reported incidents in Steubenville, Ohio, in 2012, in which four high school football players assaulted a young woman […]
In recent years, University of Utah biologists showed that when wild-type mice compete in seminatural “mouse barns” for food, territory and mates, they can suffer health problems not revealed by conventional toxicity tests on caged lab mice. This test previously found mouse reproduction and survival were harmed by inbreeding, certain medicines and fructose comparable with […]