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

People caught texting on their cell phones while driving will soon face stiffer penalties under a law passed by the Utah Legislature.

The U is hosting its first drive for the National Marrow Donor Program, a nonprofit organization. The drive seeks to register those willing to donate bone marrow if they are found to be a match in the future.

Richard Diaz has been involved in the fight to preserve the rights of undocumented students to receive a higher education for the past six years, but he said the fight is far from over.

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.

House Bill 35, which passed on the last night of the recent Utah legislative session, initially offered public university students in Utah the option of receiving a tax credit that could be used toward tuition and student fees.

The Utah Legislature gave the business school a $23 million bond to begin the process of rebuilding the Madsen and Garff buildings April 15

Although administrators ordered students to evacuate campus at about 3 p.m. Tuesday after a major gas line was broken along 500 South, many were still trying to leave campus about three hours later, when the U sent out the all-clear notice.

The U's Brazilian Studies Program is expanding through fundraisers, community support, student pressure and new Brazilian professors.

Grammy nominee Lupe Fiasco and up-and-coming artist Girl Talk will headline ASUU's spring music festival, the Grand Kerfuffle, in April.