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Educating About Environmental Issues Through Film

November 13, 2014

  Deep within the Sacramento Valley, the Yuba River runs for over 40 miles. Located near the Southern fork of that river — where the water cascades over rocks and flows under bridges — is the...

U Program Teaches Leadership Skills

November 13, 2014

ULEAD is dedicated to crafting student leaders. It’s a program hosted by the Office of Orientation & Leadership Development for any student at the U, regardless of major, who wants to learn about...

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Human Trafficking a “Legitimate Concern” in Utah

November 13, 2014

  Pizza was lacking at Thursday’s pizza & politics forum at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Human trafficking was the topic of Thursday’s forum, which featured a panel of speakers comprised...

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Treating Mood Disorders at a High Altitude

November 13, 2014

  The correlation between high altitudes and mood disorders was discussed Wednesday night at the U’s Neurophyschiatric Institute’s “Evening with Experts.” Perry Renshaw, a psychiatry professor...

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Veterans Celebration Addresses Drone Use

November 13, 2014

  Beyond the cannons and the bagpipes, about 50 people quietly spent their Veterans Day on campus talking about drones. The panel, titled “Drones as Intelligence Gathering Devices,” discussed...

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First Generation Students Spoke to About the Economic Impacts of a Degree

November 13, 2014

  A forum addressing the economic impact of first generation college graduates took place Wednesday at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business building. This event was sponsored by the Economic Club of Utah,...

U Student Photoshops Research

November 13, 2014

A U student allegedly falsified the images on his final research project to receive a Ph.D in chemical engineering. Rajasekhar Anumolu was working on his dissertation when he published photos of his research....

Film Documents the Undocumented in America

November 13, 2014

Each day, more than 1,000 people are deported from America because they are undocumented citizens. A free screening of the film “Documented” was shown at the U Tuesday in the Film & Media Arts...

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New Health Plan to Cover Uninsured Utahns

November 13, 2014

  Because Utah politicians voted against Medicaid expansion, the state lost a potential year in free funding in 2014. Medicaid, a government program to help uninsured residents gain health care coverage,...

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Education, Engagement and Ebola

November 13, 2014

  In season three of “Breaking Bad,” Jesse Pinkman’s character tells Walter White that Ebola is “a disease on the Discovery Channel.” Stephen Alder, chief of the Division of Public Health...