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Women’s Week will promote mentoring

March 24, 2013

March is Women’s History month, and universities across the nation are putting on special events focusing on women’s issues. This week is the annual Women’s Week at the U. This year’s theme is...

Tuition waiver bill heads to Herbert

March 18, 2013

The state legislative session finished during Spring Break, and while students were enjoying a vacation from classes, legislators were busy changing the future of higher education in Utah. SB51, a bill...

Med school to receive increase in funding

March 18, 2013

The School of Medicine will have to start preparing to support an additional 160 students. SB42, a bill that allocates $10 million from the Utah Education Fund to the medical school in order to allow...

U students nominated for Truman Scholarship

March 7, 2013

Two of the U’s best and brightest students have been chosen by the Hinckley Institute of Politics as finalists for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, an elite and highly competitive national scholarship...

Bill adds campus safety

March 7, 2013

SAFETY FIRST House Bill 28 grants U Police Department the authority to remove threatening individuals from campus U Police Department keeps a close watch over campus, responding to emergency calls and...

Presidents discuss future of higher education

By By Staff Writer April 16, 2009

With a rapidly changing society, university presidents are predicting changes in the future of higher education, especially with regards to federal regulations, the use of technology and college affordability.

Bill prohibits text messaging while driving

The Utah Legislature passed a bill on Thursday evening that will inflict severe penalties for drivers caught text messaging while driving.

Tuition tax credit bill passes with amendments

The Utah Legislature amended a bill that would have offered a 5-percent tax credit for students to be used toward tuition and mandatory student fees.

Bill would prevent fadulent land bills

The Utah Senate could pass legislation to deter the obstruction of land lease auctions for natural resource or agricultural production, if time permits on the last day of the legislative session today.

Undocumented student tuition bill fails

By By Rochelle McConkie, News Editor February 26, 2009

Castañeda was one of many U students who celebrated the defeat of House Bill 208 on Feb. 25. The bill failed in the Utah House of Representatives with a 34-40 vote and one abstention.

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