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The Threat Assessment Team

Because of Fall Break, this week’s SafeU theme focuses on staff readiness, which includes building a Threat Assessment Team—a group of staff dedicated to addressing imminent threats to campus, from both inside and outside the university.

Class of 2023: Set for success

The U welcomes its most academically prepared class yet.

I, Carly

After dealing with a new challenge this past year—one that threatened her life—Utah Soccer goalkeeper Carly Nelson discusses her recent health scare, growing up in Utah as a lesbian and the positive impact she hopes to have on her friends, family and others.

On the value of a college degree

The worth of a bachelor’s degree is openly debated nationally given strong employment, the rising cost of a college education and other workforce training options. But the research is clear: A four-year degree offers exceptional value, both personally and to society at large.

Stopping the spread of cancer

Tara Deans, a U biomedical engineering assistant professor, received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award and a $1.5 million grant to develop a method that could help stop the spread of cancer.

Campus safety statistics

The U’s 2019 Security & Fire Safety Report is now available with data from 2018, which includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action and Violence Against Women Act offenses.

Birth of the internet

The U’s School of Computing celebrates the 50th anniversary of its contribution to the launch of the internet.

Campus Events

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 
2020 Ivory Prize nominations open
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Students currently enrolled or graduated from the U within the last five years are eligible to be nominated for the Ivory Prize for Excellence in Student Leadership.


Respiratory Protection Program
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The U’s program outlines the requirements for use of protection such as respirators on campus.


How should you approach cybersecurity?
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Understanding the technology you use, and how to secure and maintain it, helps to protect your personal information and devices—and that of other U students, patients, faculty and staff.


Become a 2020 Orientation Leader
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Take advantage of a unique leadership opportunity and help welcome new students to the U.


Hinckley Internship deadline extended
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Students now have until Oct. 15 to apply for spring 2020 internships with the Hinckley Institute of Politics.


Rare books help illuminate an award-winning master’s thesis
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Lyuba Basin, rare books curator, has been selected to represent the U in the Western Association of Graduate Schools ProQuest competition.


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Campus Events

CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

We are all mutants, more or less

Some parents pass on more mutations to their children than others.

The Arts and U

The complete cast, including visiting cast with Broadway credentials and returning local actors, has been announced for Pioneer Theatre Company’s concert production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”

Construction & Commuter Updates


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Road construction near the Huntsman Cancer Hospital starting soon.

 
Campus Events

CAMPUS EVENTS

 
OCT
The Clothesline Project Exhibition
 
OCT
8
U of U Health Farmers' Market
 
OCT
9
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
 
OCT
9
National Theatre Live Screening: "Fleabag"
 
OCT
10
Yoga at the UMFA
 
OCT
11
Fabulous Friday!
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