Professor 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 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 […]
Read MoreThere are few skills more valuable than the ability to share your ideas effectively in writing. Studies of HR professionals consistently rank good written communication to be one of the most desirable competencies in the workplace. Engineering is no different. Professor Rick Bereit knows a few things about good writing, and about the quest to train […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah was honored to receive a delegation led by Mr. Hazar Khan Bijarani, Minister of Planning and Development for Pakistan’s Sindh province. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the partnership between the U and Pakistan’s Mehran University of Engineering and Technology that began in 2015 when the two universities joined […]
Read MoreIt is a long way from Jamshoro, Pakistan to the campus of the University of Utah, and the journey involves more than just geography. There are gaps in culture and custom, in language and history. Hammad Malik has navigated the path well. Hammad first came to the U in 2016 as a part of […]
Read MoreThe summer of 2016 brought an unprecedented and unwelcome event to the waters of Utah Lake. A massive algal bloom spread across the lake, eventually encompassing ninety percent of its surface, causing local health officials to close the lake for several weeks to all recreational use. Algal blooms are naturally occurring, and nothing new to […]
Read MorePakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The challenges it faces include how to cope with rising temperatures, more extreme weather events, extended droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and the potential for regional conflict over water and other natural resources. On December 18-20, in Islamabad, Pakistan, the University […]
Read MoreOn Friday, September 22, the fall cohort of USPCASW exchange students at the University of Utah were given a comprehensive tour of Salt Lake City’s waste water reclamation facility.
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