@ The U Newsletter

CALL FOR COMPASSION

U student Jamie Fidler is collecting new and used sleeping bags, tents and U-locks for Volunteers of America’s Homeless Youth Resource Center in Salt Lake City.

BIDEN, BIG DATA AND THE BIG C

Vice President Joe Biden visited the Huntsman Cancer Institute and discussed sharing “big data” across disciplines, hospital systems and state borders in his quest to defeat cancer.

Earrings and activism

A traveling exhibit of nearly 2,000 earrings brings awareness to murdered indigenous women.

BREATHE EASY

Student project makes air filtration masks available to campus community at a discount.

FOUNDERS DAY

U celebrates distinguished and honorary alumni at Founders Day banquet.

Announcements
Textbook adoptions for fall due by March 1, Equity and Diversity Awards and GLAD Grants deadline this week, Student Leadership Awards nominations open and more
A Healthier U
How oats can be great for heart health and could drinking coffee prevent cirrhosis?
HR Updates
Women's Week retirement planning sessions | WellU reminder
Safe & Sound
Safe food-handling guidelines

CONSERVATION EFFORTS

Expanding the research mission of Red Butte Garden’s Conservation Department to restore rare Utah plants.

LAW STUDENTS SHINE IN THE BIG APPLE

A team of law students from the U earned impressive marks at the National Moot Court Competition held earlier this month in New York.

NEW SCHOOL OF DANCE

U departments of Ballet and Modern Dance unite to form a new school in the College of Fine Arts and first in the Intermountain Region.

VISITING SCHOLARS

Four scholars from Pakistan have arrived at the U to study water quality.