Despite the successful efforts of the #MeToo campaign to increase awareness around sexual assault and harassment, survivors and survivor advocates say that there is still a significant amount of work to be done. In April 2018, the Hinckley Institute featured a forum on the history and culture of sexual violence. The event was part of…
The Bottom Line (Original Air Date: August 11, 2015) — Only 102 Utah high school students took Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science during the 2014/2015 school year. Cody Henrichsen taught 30 of them. The number of Utah youth studying computer science and coding is strikingly low compared to other states, even as demand for professional coders…
(Original Air Date: April 25, 2018) — The Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a panel that looks at the debate playing out in Utah over medical marijuana. Earlier this year, the Utah State Legislature passed laws that will legalize medical marijuana for a very small number of people: those with a terminal illness who, at the…
The Bottom Line – Bob Wheaton, President of Deer Valley Resort, has worked at the resort since 1981. The resort has long prioritized customer service and hospitality. Between 2007 and 2011, Deer Valley was ranked #1 as the best ski resort in all of North America by Ski Magazine. Wheaton talks about his experience managing…
(Original Air Date: March 21, 2018) — Dolores Huerta is an American Labor leader, civil rights activist, feminist and Mother. She is also the founder of the Agricultural Workers Association, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers union. Huerta has spent her life working to fight discrimination and to improve conditions for farm-workers. In 2012,…
The Bottom Line – (Original Air date: June 7, 2016) Scott McCullough is a partner at Callister Nebeker & McCullough. He specializes in business law, asset protection and estate planning, but he also advises entrepreneurs who are building their own companies. Company founders are wise to seek professional advice early in their journey. Important decisions…
The Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a panel addressing the Utah Rural-Urban Divide with students of the Honors College Praxis Lab attending in the audience. The panel examines how the divide between rural and urban Utah creates challenges for the State and its residents. The Praxis Lab draws students from all disciplines to collaborate on…
The Bottom Line (Original Air Date: December 20, 2016) – Matt Hansen has always loved to build things. In 2010 after he developed a simple mortgage loan processing program to help his brother in-law’s practice, he soon realized he had a tool that could make home buying easier for many people. Thus, Simple Nexus was…
The Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a panel that looks at Utah’s Opioid Epidemic and explores potential solutions in addressing the problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2016 – more than 63,000 people died from drug overdoses around the country, and nearly two-thirds of those deaths involved a prescription or illicit opioid.…
The Bottom Line – (Original Air date: May 23, 2017) Often people have goals for their business idea or company, but don’t really know how to achieve them. Having a clear, sustaining value strategy, or a “corporate theory” as Todd Zenger coins it, is critical. Todd Zenger is Professor of Strategy and Strategic Leadership at…
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