Without Roe v. Wade, Millions Will Travel Farther for Abortion Care
The median distance to a clinic would increase from 40 miles to 113.5 miles. State-level legislation “abortion care deserts” that will disproportionally effect women of color and the impoverished. Large swathes of the country would experience a...
11-May-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
Long-term planning projections highlight economic challenges, opportunities in Utah’s coal counties
The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute today released a report that references the institute’s 40-year population and employment planning projections to highlight how scheduled power plant closures and declining coal production will affect Utah’s...
9-May-2022 12:45 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
Sorenson Impact Center Launches Putting Public Assets to Work Incubator
The Sorenson Impact Center, in partnership with the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and Urban3, is launching, ‘Putting Assets to Work’, an incubator program designed to help cities and counties leverage existing government assets...
27-Apr-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
Ten Ideas to Tackle America's Housing Affordability Crisis
Today, Ivory Innovations announced the Top 10 finalists for the 2022 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award to recognize ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability.
21-Apr-2022 11:15 AM EDT
Add to Favorites
Natural History Museum of Utah releases Triceratops Traits, a new investigation for middle school science classes
In Triceratops Traits, students work alongside paleontologists to solve an evolutionary mystery by analyzing and interpreting data from the fossil record under the premise that natural laws have operated the same throughout the history of life on...
20-Apr-2022 1:10 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
U to expand Pacific Islands Studies with momentous $1M Mellon Grant
The University of Utah’s School for Cultural and Social Transformation (Transform) has been awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support growth and outreach in its Pacific Islands (PI) Studies program. The award will expand...
29-Mar-2022 1:30 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
First-ever study of LGBT+ experiences in physics reveals red flags
LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity and inclusion issues. The authors found that the...
14-Mar-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
Salt Lake County rental rates increase by double digits in 2021; vacancy at 2%
Salt Lake County’s housing shortage and high home prices have led to the “tightest” apartment market in the county’s history, according to research released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
9-Mar-2022 7:05 PM EST
Add to Favorites
See All News
Utah law professor, in Israel, available as expert source on Afghanistan conflict
16-Aug-2021 6:40 PM EDT
Sexual Assault Researcher Shares Insight Into Simone Biles' Withdrawal From Olympics
30-Jul-2021 4:25 PM EDT
U law professor available to talk about upcoming Knesset vote in Israel
9-Jun-2021 7:05 PM EDT
Utah Law Professor Amos Guiora, currently in Jerusalem, available to speak about significant spike in violence
11-May-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Utah public safety research in focus following Chicago violence
9-Jul-2020 6:05 PM EDT
Has COVID-19 changed U.S. Supreme Court dynamics?
8-May-2020 3:35 PM EDT
University of Utah law professor searches for COVID-19 answers through push to share intellectual property
The pledge emerged as a response to reports that intellectual property was emerging as a barrier to research and development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapies for COVID-19, as well as the manufacture and deployment of lifesaving equipment and...
21-Apr-2020 3:30 PM EDT
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law collaborates on proposal to allow 2020 grads to waive bar exam amid COVID-19 concerns
10-Apr-2020 5:15 PM EDT
See All Experts