@ The U Newsletter

PAVING THE WAY

The U hosted the annual Latinos in Action conference, which bridges the educational gap in the Latino community.

TURN YOUR KEY, BE IDLE FREE

A group of U students take air quality matters into their own hands by launching an idle-free campus initiative.

ENGAGING U

Get involved in the U’s annual Community Engagement Day on April 14 by donating nonperishable items to the U’s Feed U food pantry, knitting a hat for the homeless and more.

MEET THE GRADUATES: CLASS OF 2016

Commencement will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. In the weeks leading up to the ceremony, we’ll profile graduates from across the university.

Announcements
Beacons of Excellence and staff scholarship deadlines this week | U Asia campus has a new home | UCard design contest continues
A Healthier U
Fast food choices: The good, the bad and the ugly

TEACHING ELEVATED

New teaching Wasatch Experience workshop for faculty and doctoral teaching assistants provides tools for incorporating sustainability into the curriculum.

A SEISMIC CELEBRATION

Today is the 50th anniversary of the U’s Seismograph Stations, which now include 237 seismic-recording stations located in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho to monitor earthquakes throughout the world and the region.

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG

A team of international paleontologists, including Adam Huttenlocker at the U, determine how some mammal relatives survived the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction.