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U Advisors Meet in South Korea to Better Support Student Transitions

Stephanie Krusell, Emi Ata’ata, Rae Luebbert, and Kathy Rank are all academic advisors at the University of Utah Salt Lake City campus. They work for various departments, but they all had one goal when they visited the University of Utah Asia Campus in Incheon, South Korea this Spring: to work with their counterparts to create […]

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U Global Health Supports World Health Organization Panel in Geneva

The University of Utah’s Director of Global Health, Juan Carlos Negrette, recently served as the moderator to a panel discussion held at the Geneva Press Club during the World Health Organization’s seventy-sixth World Health Assembly. The event took place on May 24, 2023, and panelists included Dr. Lia Tadesse, the Minister of Health of Ethiopia; […]

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Utah Ochres in Venice Italy

Ochre is a mineral pigment primarily containing iron oxide, which is abundant all over the earth and occurs in a rainbow of hues. “Most scholars agree that we have evolved as humans because of our use of Ochre throughout time, but I believe we have evolved in parallel–with Ochre–from our common ancestor with nonhumans: extra-terrestrial […]

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U Asia Campus awards 147 degrees during 5th Commencement

More than 200 students, parents, faculty, and staff attended the fifth annual commencement ceremony of the University of Utah Asia Campus in Songdo, South Korea, on May 25. Additional events honoring the graduating class of 2023 included a professional baseball game and an alumni event. The commencement ceremony began with a virtual address from President […]

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Four U students receive Fulbright awards for 2023-24

Four University of Utah students have received highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for the 2023-24 academic year. Two additional students are listed as Alternates and will receive the award if an opening is created. Grant recipients are selected based […]

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Taiwan Fulbright Experience Delivers on Dream After Long Delay

Many people can relate to travel plans deferred by the pandemic. For Cheri Daily that meant postponing, not once but twice, the opportunity to follow her Fulbright dream all the way to Taiwan. Daily is the Executive Director of Global Programs and Marketing & Communication for the U Office for Global Engagement and, in 2019, […]

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Nigerian Scholar Visits the U to Level-up Research Administration

Iyiola Olatunji Mukaila might be hard-pressed to decide what’s more awe-inspiring—the freshly fallen snow he recently saw for the first time, or the Electronic Research Integrity & Compliance Administration system (ERICA) at the U. During early Spring 2023, Iyiola was a visiting scholar to the University of Utah from Nigeria. In his professional posts, Iyiola […]

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Pakistani university presidents visit U Asia Campus, South Korea

As part of USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA), the University of Utah Asia Campus hosted eleven Pakistani university presidents on a study tour of South Korea from March 13-17. The week-long visit was designed to help the Vice Chancellors learn more about the academic practices of Korean universities and public institutions and explore […]

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U Celebrates Selection of 11 Fulbright Semi-Finalists

The University of Utah is proud to announce a record number of Fulbright semi-finalists for the 2023 application cycle; 11 students, including eight undergraduates and three graduate students, have qualified. Not only is this the largest number of semi-finalists in the history of the Fulbright Program at the U, but it represents the highest percentage […]

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Bennion Center offers community engagement experience in Cuba

The University of Utah offers several avenues for students to “Go Global,” including international service-learning trips through the Bennion Center. In Summer 2023, Professor Dean McGovern will again lead students to the dynamic and historic city of Havana, Cuba through his course “Cuba: Complexity, Community, and Change.” The experience presents a unique opportunity for students […]

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