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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.

 
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
 

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.