This summer’s six Exchange scholars got a lot closer to Utah’s legendary landscapes by way of a rock climbing expedition to Big Cottonwood Canyon. For many, it was their first climbing experience. For all, it proved to be an exceptional metaphor for their water entrepreneurship training. We asked them to reflect on the outing and […]
Read MoreA very warm welcome to Maya Silver who joins the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water this summer as the Center’s new Writing Instructor. Silver will build upon the coursework developed by former writing instructor Dr. Rick Bereit as she trains engineering students from Pakistan in professional and academic writing. She will also contribute […]
Read MoreAs the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water writing instructor for the past two years, Dr. Rick Bereit has developed over 30 English and technical writing lessons, corrected thousands of punctuation and article errors, logged numerous hours traveling to Pakistan and, most notably, endeared himself to nearly every student who’s studied with him. Writing […]
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Professor Tariq Banuri has been appointed chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission. Banuri moves into the role from his positions as an economics professor and associate director of the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Water at the U. He also serves on the executive committee of the U Water Center. The […]
Read MoreThe U Water Center recently sent well-wishes back to Pakistan along with its second largest USPCASW group to date. 17 visiting scholars spent the Spring 2018 semester on campus and in the community studying water management in the Mountain West. This exchange aspect of the program continues to be a hallmark of USPCASW, offering students […]
Read MoreAnila Memon and Abdul Ghani are agricultural engineers with the federal government of Pakistan, but right now—sitting in a university computer lab in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains—they’re a long way from home. Currently in Salt Lake City on sabbatical from their professional posts, both are pursuing doctoral studies at The University of Utah […]
Read MorePlease join us on Wednesday, April 25th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Church & State Chapel Event Space (370 S 300 E, SLC). We will be showcasing research posters, offering refreshments, and celebrating USPCASW’s Spring Student Exchange. Join the Facebook Event Page here.
Read MoreUzma Ali traveled a long way from her village in Pakistan’s Hunza province in the foothills of the Karakoram to the campus of the University of Utah. The journey was a part of the USPCASW exchange program that brings engineering students from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology to the U to study for the […]
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 MoreThis last December more than 800 scientist, policy makers, lawyers, academics, and activists assembled in Islamabad, Pakistan, for the first annual International Science-Policy Climate Change Conference. The event was organized by Pakistan’s leading climate change research center, the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), and was the brainchild of University of Utah professor Tariq Banuri. […]
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