The program is designed to "provide undergraduates an interdisciplinary academic path toward careers in the digital entertainment industry with experience in both computer science and the arts."

The College of Education recently received three grants to help graduate and doctoral students continue their research without the worry of bills.

For the first time, the U's undergraduate accounting program has been ranked among the top 25 best accounting programs in the nation, coming in at number 248212;an improvement from the honorable mention award the program has received for the past two years.

Dave Pershing, senior vice president for academic affairs, warned lawmakers that a 15 percent cut in state funding for state universities during the next year could hurt Utah's reputation as an academic stronghold.

Menchú, who delivered the keynote address for this week's Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration, urged students to fight for humanity8212;and to fight for it now.

Students not able to buy a plane ticket to Washington, D.C. for Tuesday's presidential inauguration can take advantage of a free broadcast on campus instead.

Student activist Tim DeChristopher, with help from his legal team and donors, has raised more than $90,000 in hopes of making initial down payments on land he won in a Bureau of Land Management lease auction in December.

The debate surrounding California's Proposition 8 is continuing on the U campus as some faculty members and students are saying they want to change the focus from a debate over marriage for same-sex couples to a question of basic human rights.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and American Indian rights activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum will give the keynote address Thursday for the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Renowned author David McCullough, of John Adams and 1776 fame, will deliver the 2009 commencement address, U President Michael Young announced to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.