When collaborating outside their social circles to enact policies, Utah state legislators tend to build enduring bipartisan relationships.
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Friendships in the Utah State Legislature
March 7, 2022
New course explores inequality in America
June 29, 2021
The general education course discusses the complexity and interconnectedness of inequality.
Amos Guiora: Israel’s new 8-party coalition government
June 18, 2021
Law professor Amos Guiora discusses Israel’s 8-party coalition government with AtTheU.
Dark sky’s future leaders
April 1, 2021
The first undergraduate cohort of the dark sky studies minor completed the Dark Sky Studies Capstone course with projects that made an impact in Utah’s communities.
How do politics and perceived risk affect vaccination willingness?
January 15, 2021
A pre-COVID study explores how we perceive disease risk.
What is sedition? What’s the 25th Amendment?
January 8, 2021
Questions abound in the wake of violence at the Capitol. Political scientist James Curry offers some answers.
The Constitution, political norms and the future of the Supreme Court
September 25, 2020
What is “fair” when it comes to choosing the next justice?
Vice presidential debate planning gears up
July 2, 2020
National debate at Kingsbury Hall will proceed as scheduled on Oct. 7, but size and scope will be scaled back.
U professor’s research leads to legislation to protect consumers from predatory lenders
November 13, 2019
Research by Christopher L. Peterson is at the foundation of the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act, which aims to cap interest rates on consumer loans to all Americans.
The politics of blame
February 19, 2019
Professor Martha Nussbaum—one of the world’s most celebrated political philosophers—will visit the U on Feb. 22, for the 2019 Tanner-McMurrin Lecture to examine the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend divides in the country.