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Panelists speak to students about global careers in the Carolyn Tanner Irish Building on March 27 ( (Photo by Mandilyn Johansen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Hosts Career Panel for Students Interested in Going Global

By Mandi Johansen March 31, 2019

  The International and Area Studies Department at the University of Utah hosted its Going Global Career Panel on March 27. Several distinguished guests were invited, including U alumni, to speak...

(Photo by: Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Hinckley Institute of Politics: Where All Majors Can Get Connected

By Mandi Johansen January 22, 2019

  The Hinckley Institute of Politics provides opportunities for students to engage with prestigious organizations in numerous ways. The institute has assisted thousands of students and continues...

Courtesy of Dr. Annie Isabel Fukushima.

Hinckley Forum on Migrant Crossings and Human Trafficking Sparks Heated Debate

By Christina Giardinelli November 7, 2018

  A Hinckley Institute forum held at the University of Utah on Nov. 5 became heated after an audience member took the microphone and initially refused to return it to the moderator. The U’s Hinckley...

(Photo Courtesy of the Hinckley Insitute of Politics)

Jowers Set to Leave Hinckley Institute After a Decade of Work

By Courtney Tanner April 20, 2015

On his first day as director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics in 2005, Kirk Jowers got an angry phone call. It wasn’t exactly in tune with the welcome banners and congratulatory notes he had...

(Photo by Chris Samuels)

Hinckley Speech Contest Wows Crowd

By Kylee Ehmann April 15, 2015

Public speaking is America’s number one fear, according to The Washington Post. But Wednesday night, 31 contestants in the Hinckley Institute of Politics’ HIP Talks event conquered that fear for...

(Photo Courtesy of the Hinckley Institute of Politics)

Hinckley Institute Speech Contest: Two Minutes to Win It

March 24, 2015

In just two minutes you could win $5,000. The Hinckley Institute of Politics and ASUU are sponsoring HIP Talks, a university-wide speech contest in which students can talk about anything they want,...

(Daily Utah Chronicle File Photo)

Hinckley Institute Honors the People–Not the Party

March 9, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The state of Utah is generally known to be conservative while institutions of higher learning are historically liberal. However, the Hinckley Institute of Politics...

(Photo by Dane Goodwin)

Hinckley Forum Explores U.S. and Latin American Relations

By Mary Royal February 23, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Arturo Valenzuela, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere and former NSC Special Assistant to the President for Latin Affairs, spoke...

(Photo by Cole Tan)

Freedom Rider Speaks at Hinckley on Importance of Social Activism

February 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, a civil rights activist, Freedom Rider and lunch counter sit-ins participant, spoke at the Hinckley forum on Tuesday. Raised in Virginia,...

(Photo by Cole Tan)

Hinckley Institute Chooses Chaffetz as Politician of the Year

February 2, 2015

  The Hinckley Institute of Politics chose Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) as their “Politician of the Year” on Friday. This marks the first year that the award was given at the U. Kirk Jowers,...