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A ‘Chicken from Hell’ Dinosaur

Scientists from Carnegie and Smithsonian museums and the University of Utah today unveiled the discovery, naming and description of a sharp-clawed, 500-pound, bird-like dinosaur that roamed the Dakotas with T. rex 66 million years ago and looked like an 11 ½-foot-long “chicken from hell.”

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Peace Advocacy Coalition 2014 Lecture Series: Healing 9/11

A broad coalition of local scholars, politicians and peace advocates – including the University of Utah’s Barbara L and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy – has joined forces again to bring esteemed speakers to Salt Lake on the topic of peace and justice. Discussions are free and open to the public, and this year will focus on healing global wounds caused by the events of September 11, 2001.

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Utahns Split on Moving Draper State Prison

Results of a recent statewide poll indicate nearly 5 in 10 Utahns support the potential relocation of the Utah State Prison currently located in Draper. The survey, which was conducted in partnership by Dan Jones & Associates and the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, shows 46 percent of respondents support relocating the prison. Thirty-three percent do not support the potential relocation and 21 percent indicated they are unsure on the issue.

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