As students, we have a unique opportunity to do a myriad of things we will not be able to at any other point in our lives. One of the greatest opportunities we have is studying abroad.

The country should focus on the people who can immediately change our economic status and the future of our country. University students are our future, and change starts with them. Investing in university students is the same as investing in next year's workforce. Our universities deserve more money.

The U, in conjunction with the Turkish Coalition of America, is instituting a new five-year program of Turkish studies.

The marathon, run by the Associated Students of the University of Utah, will begin Friday afternoon in the Union Ballroom and will continue non-stop for 26.2 hours. Participants will dance, play games and eat to help support cancer research.

The Utah football team announced its entire 2009 schedule Thursday as it gets its season underway against a very familiar face.

The Utah baseball team will host a series against Southern Utah this weekend, depending on the weather.

A new U study has found that Utah adults diagnosed with autism are faring better than their peers when it comes to adjusting to society.

Kahn spoke Thursday at the U Hinckley Institute of Politics about China's up-and-coming status as a superpower of the world.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has selected Patrick Reimherr, a senior in economics and the U's student body president, as one of 65 students from more than 280 colleges nationwide to receive a $30,000 scholarship award for public service.

Mining tests have shown that researchers can find trapped miners by distinguishing between expected underground noises and the metal sound.