“What can the humanities teach us about the earth’s oceans and water systems?” That was the question posed to Professor Jeff McCarthy, director of the University of Utah’s Environmental Humanities Program. McCarthy has been immersed in a study of the earth’s oceans, and the timeless metaphors they provide for writers and artists. McCarthy’s research is […]
Read More“If we want solve the world’s water problems, we have to start with agriculture.” This observation by University of Utah student Mason Lewitt led him into an ambitious undertaking, one with impressive results. Mason is a computer science student at the U, and for the last two years has been developing a new technology with […]
Read More“It is time to get past the talking, and onto the doing.” This one simple sentence summarizes the life’s work of Dr. M. Aslam Chaudhry. For a quarter century Dr. Chaudhry worked on the front lines of international sustainable development for the United Nations. His posts read like a map of the world’s crisis zones […]
Read MoreBeyond a largely arid landscape whose agriculture and livelihood depends on the runoff of high mountains, the Colorado and Indus River basins are also faced with similar mounting problems of over allocation, salinization caused by irrigation, mounting conflicts over water rights, and the rising specter of climate change. University of Utah professor Dan McCool recently […]
Read MoreProfessor Pat Shea wants his Pakistani exchange students in the USPCASW Water Seminar to return home with something to offer. Not just a cultivated set of skills, but a sort of handbook for action. He is encouraging his students to use their imagination to develop plans for solving the real world problems facing their communities. […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah is pleased to welcome the spring cohort of USPCASW exchange students. This is the fifth group of aspiring water engineers and technicians from Pakistan’s Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) to study at the U. It is also the largest, with seventeen students in total. The exchange program was established […]
Read MoreFew educational opportunities offer as immersive of an experience as international student exchange programs. The USPCASW has for the past two years hosted a series of cohorts at the University of Utah from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Jamshoro, Pakistan. The goal for the student exchange is to train and build up the […]
Read MoreBhavneet Singh’s journey to the University of Utah’s PhD program in public health took him around the world, and back again. Bhavneet grew up in a remote village in the Punjab of India. Eleven years ago he moved to the United States, settling in Utah. As fates would have it, an opportunity presented itself to […]
Read MoreOn December 18-20 a group of international experts, including a delegation from the University of Utah, convened in Islamabad, Pakistan for the International Science-Policy Conference on Climate Change. The conference was attended by scientists from around the world, as well as other stakeholders including policy makers, academics, and NGOs. Pakistan is recognized as one of […]
Read MoreThe semiannual Water Security Symposium serves as a sort of right of passage for students going through the USPCASW exchange program. On November 29, in the Crimson View Room in the University of Utah’s Student Union, the fall cohort gathered to present their research projects to faculty and fellow students. Each student created an illustrated […]
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