Innovation, Meet Lifestyle
How the U’s new Lassonde Studios is launching students into the makers-sphere.
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Facing the Teacher Shortage
Why Utah struggles to keep educators, and what the U is doing to help.
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a First-Grade Teacher
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From the outside looking in, a teacher’s days may appear attractive, with short hours and summers off. However, that view is an optical illusion. The reality is that a teacher’s daily hours don’t end when the kids head home. And that long summer? Most teachers spend the entire month of August preparing lesson plans for […]
Read MoreWhen Bright Minds Turn Dark
With mental health concerns among college students on the rise, the U is throwing a lifeline.
Read MoreSocial Media—Hurting or Helping?
Living at least part of your life online is becoming “the new normal,” and being able to navigate and work within it is…
Read MoreThe Imaginer
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University of Utah alum Ed Catmull has taken a path that melds science and artistic endeavor.
Read MoreMaking History
Categories: Features
U alum Laurel Thatcher Ulrich finds revelations in the relics of everyday life.
Read MoreFostering Education
U alum John Bennion’s Bryant Scholarship Project nurtures refugee students’ dreams and hopes.
Read MoreSaying Yes
For actress Klea Blackhurst, life’s a musical improv. Performer Klea Blackhurst BFA’85’s first time on stage was while she was still in utero, when her pregnant mother, Utah actor Winkie Tedesco Horman BFA’61, appeared in Oklahoma! singing “I’m just a girl who cain’t say no.” The next time she appeared on stage with her mother, […]
Read MoreLetting in the Light
Categories: Features
A new state-of-the-art building brings nursing students into the 21st century. ~In 1863, when Florence Nightingale journeyed to the Crimea to nurse injured British soldiers fighting the war there, she was appalled at the deplorable conditions in which her patients languished. “The hospitals were dark, the windows were wet and dark—it was really a breeding […]
Read MoreMending the Tapestry
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UNP/Hartland works to weave the diverse cultures of Salt Lake City into the University fabric. ~ We all know the image of Ivory Towers—universities as places of esoteric knowledge, havens for the elite, separated from the real-world affairs of ordinary people.But we also know our society itself isn’t like that. It’s increasingly nonhomogenous. It’s multicultural. It’s […]
Read MoreThe Time of Their Lives
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Meet five diverse freshmen embarking on academic careers at the University of Utah. ~ Once again, the days are becoming shorter. Nights bear the cooler edge of approaching autumn. The sun-baked mountains are a breath away from donning fall colors. And nearly 29,000 students have just arrived on the University of Utah’s scenic campus to […]
Read MoreThe Brazilian Connection
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The U’s new Brazilian Studies Program fills a niche in helping students understand the country and forge connections. Photos by Douglas Pulsipher Illustrations by Scott Greer In 2014, a half-million visitors will descend upon Brazil for the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. In 2016, the world will stampede to Rio de Janeiro to experience the […]
Read MoreThe Ivory Keys to Success
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The U’s School of Music helps elementary and high school students hit all the right notes.
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