The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: April 26 ~ 29, 2017) — The Hinckley Institute of Politics recently hosted another in a series of Campus Community Dialogues: Understanding Our Differences, Shaping Our Future – Race, Class, and Gender Inequities in the U.S. The forum was sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Science,…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: April 12 ~ 15, 2017) — The Campus Community Dialogue Series: Understanding Our Differences, Shaping Our Future recently held a forum about Terrorism, Foreign Policy, and American Democracy. Specifically, how should we balance the relationship of American national security and international terrorism with our Constitutional and moral principles?…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: April 5 ~ 8, 2017) — The Department of Continuing Education & Community Engagement at the University of Utah recently presented its annual Frederick W. Reynolds Lecture. This year’s lecture, Trump: The Unprecedented President, was delivered by Tim Chambless, Associate Professor/Lecturer in the University of Utah’s Department of Political…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: March 15/18, 2017) — Utah state legislators took on many contentious issues this year including homelessness, air quality, funding for education and rape kits, and reforms to Utah’s alcohol laws. On Friday, March 10th, a panel of lawmakers gathered at the Hinckley Institute of Politics to review the…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: February 22/25, 2017) — This is the first in a series of Campus-Community dialogues being held this spring, titled “Understanding our Differences, Shaping Our Future,” organized by the Departments of Political Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The focus of the discussion is Health Care in America. How…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: February 15/18, 2017) — Jessica Graybill is an Associate Professor of Geography, and the Director of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program at Colgate University. She gave a presentation at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on February 6, 2017, titled: “It’s all Changing, but not all Global Climate…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: February 1/4, 2017) — Earlier this week the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a forum on the Our Schools Now initiative. If passed by voters in 2018, it would increase the state income tax by 7/8 of 1 percent, and would raise an additional $750 million a year…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: January 25/28, 2017) — Last week the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist who formerly was director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and an expert on nuclear weapons and proliferation. Hecker spoke about his involvement with a little-known program after the end of…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original air date: January 13, 2016/Revised air date: January 11, 2017) — In the past month President-Elect Donald Trump has sent provocative signals to Chinese leadership that he may challenge the long-held “One China” policy regarding Taiwan. Trump has also threatened to create trade tariffs and trigger a trade war,…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air date: December 21 ~ 24, 2016) – Safe Spaces at educational institutions are places or communities where LGBT people can feel safe from anti-LGBT violence, harassment or hate speech. Safe Spaces are emerging on campuses across Utah as communities where marginalized individuals can develop friendships and alliances. Several…
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