SALT LAKE CITY Visiting family, meeting friends for dinner or just stepping out in public without having to worry many Utahns are making the most of a less-fraught reality as the pandemic loosens its grip.
But the ability to gather more freely also may come with an added measure of civic responsibility as the state s court system intensifies a push to work through a backlog of cases.
As COVID-19 case rates decline and more people get vaccinated, Utah s courts are scheduling more jury trials. With a $1 million boost from the Utah Legislature, they re also beefing up the staffing to churn through a big pile of 350 civil and criminal cases throughout the state, said Michael Drechsel, assistant state court administrator.
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4 faculty earn university’s top teaching award
4 faculty earn university’s top teaching award
By: Jack Rossi | 2021.04.21 | 09:00 am
Four University of Iowa faculty members will receive the 2020 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching. The recipients are Elizabeth Oakes, associate professor of instruction in the School of Music; Lisa Segre, associate professor in the College of Nursing; Mary Noonan, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology; and Madeline Shea, professor of biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry.
The award, which is administered by the UI Council on Teaching, was created in 2004 to recognize faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained, high level of teaching excellence.