@ The U Newsletter

LEND A HAND

Spend a summer volunteering at Red Butte Garden.

What are you saving for?

Saving money and creating a budget can be stressful. Learn financial tips and tricks during U Saves Week, Feb. 23-25.

LEAVING THE GANG LIFE

The College of Social Work recently hosted the Rev. Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, a non-profit that helps former gang members start anew.

MEMORIAL HONORING JOHN MORRIS

U vice president and general counsel John Morris died Feb. 16. On Friday, March 4, at 5 p.m. the university will honor and celebrate Morris’ life at a service at the S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Announcements
Ivory Prize nominations and Global Learning Across the Disciplines grants close this week, six-week stress course for teens, Red Butte summer camp registrations
A Healthier U
Cancer linked to processed meats and how to survive the inversion
HR Updates
Annual compensation statements are now available and there's a new deadline for tax Form 1095-C
Safe & Sound
Recent poor air quality has focused attention on non-occupational respiratory protection usage

ADJUSTING TO CIVILIAN LIFE

Roger Perkins, director of the Veterans Support Center, is dedicated to helping student veterans thrive at the U.

‘The Suzan-Lori Parks Show’

The first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama to perform at Kingsbury Hall on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m.

MOMMY AND ME

U study found that certain parenting strategies can combat the negative effects of a mother’s depression on an infant.

U PROFESSOR NAMED STATE EPSCOR DIRECTOR

Paul Brooks, of the geology and geophysics department, has been named as the new program director of the Utah Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.