As 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 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 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. […]
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 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 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 […]
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