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ART APPRECIATION: VISION OPTIONAL

U student Madelyn Stafford, who is visually impaired, has teamed up with UMFA to make their website, museum tours, including their audio and braille, accessible to all.

CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

A team of transdisciplinary U students created a new, portable, hand-held treatment device to help prevent cervical cancer in the developing world where doctors and equipment are scarce.

Man’s best friend gets an update

The Ivory Prize awarded to a student whose mission to give back has lead to connecting dogs with veterans to help heal the wounds of PTSD through the nonprofit organization Labs For Liberty.

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
Stephen C. Jacobsen obituary | Voting open for UCard design contest | U selfie contest
A Healthier U
How to avoid Computer Vision Syndrome | 10 reasons you need an advance directive | Increasing activity for new moms

AN INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Through the work of Academic Senate committees, the faculty have put forth a resolution regarding climate change. The resolutions will be debated and voted on Monday, May 2, 3 p.m. In the HSEB, room 1730.

2016 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS

Four U students to travel across the globe teaching English, entering a master’s program and conducting research.

WATER LAW DOWN UNDER

Law professor Robin Craig spent part of the semester as a visiting professor at the University of Tasmania School of Law in Hobart, teaching comparative water law, research resilience and climate change adaptation issues.