Humans of the U: Piper Christian
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“While I’m daunted by the future of our planet, it is the stories of my fellow climate activists that help me persist.”
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University Asia Campus celebrates 5 years
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How would you know you were on a U campus in East Asia? Here are some signs you were still at the U, just on the other side of the world.
Read MoreThe Threat Assessment Team
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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.
Read MoreStopping the spread of cancer
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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.
Read MoreCampus safety statistics
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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.
Read MoreWe are all mutants, more or less
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Some parents pass on more mutations to their children than others.
Read More10 things to know about safety
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October is SafeU Month at the U, and there will be dozens of opportunities to engage in safety awareness, education and training opportunities on campus.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Brittany Kiyoko Badger
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“I did not fully grasp the impact of the injustices that my ancestors experienced until I was in my 20s. I loosely knew my Japanese-Australian grandmother and her family were interned during World War II. I knew she was a single mother, raising three children in post-war Australia and living below the poverty line. I knew my mother experienced racism in her home country. However, as the child of a white-American father and an immigrant, Japanese-Australian mother, I was shielded from much of this while growing up in a middle-class neighborhood.”
Read MoreNight class neighborhoods
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This semester, the Office of the Registrar began centralizing night classes in “neighborhoods.” These neighborhoods are aligned with campus transportation—SafeRide, shuttles and courtesy escorts—and night security patrols.
Read MoreQueeroes: Reclaiming Hero
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This year’s Pride Week at the U, held Sept. 30-Oct. 4, celebrates queeroes from both in and around the university community including respected artists, LGBTQIA+ alumni, local politicians and proactive students, staff and faculty.
Read MoreOwn it. Secure it. Protect it.
Learn more during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month about how a little common sense can go a long way in protecting your digital profiles.
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