Overworked, Underpaid, and Burned Out: How Work Sustains Health Inequities
Reimagine the role of work in shaping health, equity, and justice—while exploring how we might build a better future.
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Psychedelics & Mental Health
Examine the science, ethics, and applications of psychedelics in mental health—culminating in student-led, community-focused projects.
Read MoreEnvironmental Exposure & Health: Analyzing Estimates through Artificial Intelligence
Use Salt Lake City as your lab to explore how AI and environmental data can uncover the hidden health effects of air quality and climate.
Read MoreEducation, Incarceration & Justice: Punishment and Opportunity in an Era of Mass Imprisonment
This Praxis Lab examined the deep connections between education, incarceration, and justice in the United States, a country with the highest incarceration rate in the world. Students explored the historical and systemic forces that have expanded the carceral state, disproportionately affecting low-income communities and communities of color.
Read MoreWhen Machines Decide: The Promise and Peril of Big Data
In an era of information abundance, this Praxis Lab examined the profound ways in which data collection, machine learning, and automated decision-making shape modern society.
Read MoreAlzheimers & Aging
This Praxis Lab linked scientific understanding of Alzheimer’s disease with the social and public policy challenges faced by patients, families, and society. The course focused on knowledge, communication, inclusion, and dignity, examining the intersections of science, philosophy, emotion, ethics, and public policy.
Read MoreUneasy Intersection of Law and Medicine
The Praxis Lab examined the complex relationship between law, medicine, and ethics, exploring the challenges that arise when these domains intersect. Students investigated cases where law dictates medical practices or where medical actions conflict with legal regulations.
Read MoreAmerican Indian Patient Experience
This interdisciplinary think tank explored the complexities of the American Indian medical patient experience through a community partnership paradigm.
Read MoreCommunity Leadership
This Praxis Lab explored innovative approaches to fostering grassroots community leadership. Students worked alongside residents of Salt Lake City’s west side through their participation in the Westside Leadership Institute (WLI), gaining firsthand experience in community organizing and leadership development.
Read MoreCommunity and Change: A UNP Community-Based Think Tank
This Praxis Lab examined what it means to “build community” in an increasingly diverse society. With guidance from faculty working with University Neighborhood Partners (UNP), students engaged in intensive, community-based collaboration with local residents in Salt Lake City’s west side neighborhoods.
Read MoreEnergy & Sustainability: Western Style
ThisThinkTank was grounded in the observation that a revolution in renewable energy systems is emerging quickly upon the world scene and that Western North America is superbly well positioned to participate in its development.
Read MoreWallace Stegner and Western Lands
In 2008-2009, nine students interviewed residents and officials from San Juan and Grand counties as well as federal land managers and scientists. We heard from diverse experts and stakeholders and conducted extensive background research.
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