Office for Global Engagement
The Office for Global Engagement (OGE) provides campus-wide leadership and coordination in support of University of Utah global initiatives, partnerships, and programs. Our mission is to facilitate transformative global learning, innovative scholarship, and cross-cultural engagement opportunities for all students and faculty, and to promote intercultural competence and understanding. OGE provides the infrastructure for the University to become a hub of collaboration across academic disciplines and with partnering organizations to transform teaching and learning, scholarship, and service in the context of addressing pressing issues in a complex and interconnected world.
OXFORD HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM
read moreTeaching peace in times of war: reflections on violence and non-violence in the 21st century.
Professor Cheyney Ryan is the Director of the Oxford Human Rights Consortium, and works with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, where he is engaged in a multi-year project exploring the relation of pacifism and non-violence to contemporary just war theory. He focuses on the philosophical and historical contexts of these perspectives; he is interested in both their secular and religious forms. His aim is to develop the pacifist alternative in ways that are sensitive to the contemporary reality and challenges of war.
Monday, April 13 | 2-3 p.m. (reception to follow)
Orson Spencer Hall, Room 260
PIZZA & POLITICS
read moreStudent panel on oxford human rights consortium: peace building and violent conflicts.
Students who participated in the prestigious Oxford Human Rights Consortium at the University of Oxford will present a panel recounting their experience and perspectives on peace building and violent conflict.
The University of Utah now partners with the Oxford Human Rights Consortium to offer a week-long student workshop in March at the University of Oxford. Areas of study include human rights in and after conflict, humanitarian actions, conflict trends, human rights law and peacemaking with a focus on recent armed conflict. U Students meet four times before Spring Break with the Faculty Mentor Deen Chatterjee of the S.J. Quinney College of Law to discuss assigned readings and research plans. The workshop is led by the Oxford faculty and features prominent guest speakers. Chatterjee travels with the students as a member of the workshop teaching team. Students stay at Hertford College and the workshop is held in Merton College, which is one of the three oldest of 38 Oxford colleges.
Tuesday, April 14 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Orson Spencer Hall, Room 260
Games4Health Challenge: Innovation Through Gamification
read moreThe University of Utah will be tasking students from around the world to tackle real-world issues ranging from health and fitness to psychological wellbeing at this year’s second annual Games4Health Grand Prix Competition. With prize money totaling $50,000, the Games4Health challenge is set to be the largest competition of its kind in the world.
SCHOLARLY ASYLUM: SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND COMES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
read moreFor those whose very lives are threatened by the pursuit of knowledge things can often seem very dire. In countries such as Syria, Iraq, Columbia, and Nigeria, the very act of scholarly research can often put a person as well as their family, at risk of death or persecution.
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