Today's big challenges require solutions where disciplines work together to meet human needs.
By bringing a community of faculty scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, community partners and policy makers together, the College of Social and Behavioral Science is producing knowledge and training that will provide lasting solutions to the world's toughest challenges.
Why CSBS?
Advising
Internships
Our Mission
Anthropology
Economics
New! criminology
ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
FAMILY & CONSUMER STUDIES
GEOGRAPHY
NEW! Geographic information Science
HEALTH, SOCIETY & POLICY
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & GLOBAL ENTERPRISE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
ROTC
Longevity Primarily Hereditary in Extremely Long-Living Families
Ken Smith (family and consumer studies) said this underscores the importance of high-quality family trees that “allow us to observe complete life-spans of individuals over generations and in diverse locations."
Dust from Great Salt Lake is eroding snowpack
McKenzie Skiles (geography) analyzed the impact of dust in the Wasatch Mountains and found that dust accelerated snowmelt by five days.
Medical trash or health-care treasure?
Mohan Sudabattula (HSP) provides insight into what durable medical waste is and how your trash can become a health-care treasure.
Recent Awardees
Marringa receives Excellence in Advising AwardCongratulations to Ally Marringa, academic advising coordinator, who won the Certificate of Merit of Region 10 Excellence in Advising Award from NACADA!
Berik receives Jean Shakelford PrizeCongratulations to Günseli Berik (economics) who was awarded this year's Jean Shakelford Prize, which celebrates an individual whose initiative, imagination, and dedication advance the goals of the IAFFE!
Wei awarded grant from Ford FoundationDennis Wei, professor of geography, was recently awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation on "Urban Housing and Land and Their Implications for Inequality under the Process of Urbanization in China".
Alumni, Emeriti, & Friends
Connie White
Friend of CSBS
Vice President of Compliance
Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC)
Joan Wasson Smith
BA Sociology
Licensed Psychotherapist; Executive Director
National Conference for Community and Justice, Utah Region
We'd love to hear from you!
If you'd like to be featured in our spotlights, please send your biography and a photo to Rob Hunsaker at rob.hunsaker@utah.edu.
