The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Karen Marsh Schaeffer of the U’s Department of Linguistics for a 6-week virtual English Language Specialist project focusing on engaging K-12 language learners with online learning in Istanbul, Turkey. Marsh Schaeffer is part of a select group, as her project is one of 150 that the […]
Read MoreA wish for world peace is often uttered as a naive hope for the impossible, but Professor Deen Chatterjee, Faculty Affiliate at the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights at the U, would argue that world peace is attainable when we shift our mindset to accomplishing it. Chatterjee offers Ireland’s recent successful bid for a rotating […]
Read MoreWhen it became clear that masks would remain a must-have accessory for the foreseeable future, the Office for Global Engagement began exploring options for a “Global U” branded mask to outfit its staff and campus partners. The search led to a unique international partnership with Peruvian artist Ricardo Inga Arizola, a friendship rekindled by the […]
Read MoreStudents will soon be able to pursue two new degree options through the University of Utah’s Asia Campus. In Spring of 2021, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering (ECE) courses will launch to incoming freshmen studying in Korea. U students studying in Salt Lake will be able to take ECE courses at the Korea campus as […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah and University of Aberdeen in Scotland recently signed a memorandum of understanding for universitywide collaboration and a joint exchange agreement opening learning abroad opportunities to students from both campuses. “This agreement creates an opportunity for our students to study at one of the top universities in the U.K. and experience an […]
Read MoreWhen U alum Jordan Gossett realized she had room in her senior year schedule, she decided to spend it in service to her long-held interest in the Holocaust. The 2020 history and international studies graduate had experience taking her education abroad, having participated in a Learning Abroad program in Morocco the year before, and said, […]
Read MoreThe Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) at the University of Utah announced plans this week to expand its operations to the University of Utah Asia Campus (UAC) on the Incheon Global Campus. Working in conjunction with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), the CMI Asia division will focus on supporting start-ups and early-stage biotechnology companies with commercialization resources and […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s College of Mines and Earth Sciences (CMES) has signed dual degree agreements with the College of Science at National Taiwan University (NTU). The agreement allows students to concurrently earn degrees from both universities. This program, along with another agreement between CMES and Taiwan’s National Central University (NCU), are the first international dual degree […]
Read MoreNot long after the dust settled on the transition to remote learning across campus in March, the Office of International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) started shifting their efforts to a new challenge–what would it take to bring new international students to the U in the fall, given the challenges presented by Covid-19? In a […]
Read MoreDr. Steve Burian Helps Train Pakistan’s Next Professors In the last days of February, Covid-19 still seemed a far-away threat to most in Utah, but Dr. Steve Burian was watching closely as international airports began issuing travel restrictions. He had recently returned home from meeting with research partners in Pakistan and was days away from […]
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