University Neighborhood Partners aims to widen access to education for west side residents

Story and photo by LAURA SCHMITZ When Sarah Munro began her dissertation at the University of Michigan, she saw a need to bring access to education to minority communities. After conducting research in Italy and receiving her Ph.D. in anthropology in 2002, she now works as the associate director of University Neighborhood Partners to make [...]

Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective offers Community Bike Shop programs to west-side youth

Story and photo by CECELIA FENNELL The Community Bike shop, located at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education, offers tools and know-how for people to fix their bikes. In addition to providing basic bike repairs, The Community Bike Shop offers youth programs. Middle-school aged students residing on the west side of Salt Lake City [...]

Salt Lake City organizations take wide approach to solving community challenges

Story and photo by RYAN McDONALD Nearing the end of a stay in Palermo, Italy, while completing her doctoral dissertation, Sarah Munro was asked by some townspeople what knowledge she had to offer them after researching their way of living. She realized she had focused so much time and attention on her studies that she [...]

University Neighborhood Partnership brings together university and west-side resources

Story and photo by SHELLY GUILLORY Sarah Munro sat in a small community center in downtown Palermo, a city in southern Italy, after spending15 months conducting doctoral research with women who are active in the dangerous anti-Mafia movement. The director of the community center asked Munro to present her research regarding what she learned about [...]

University Neighborhood Partners, Bad Dog Arts collaborate for Salt Lake City’s west side

Story and photo by BROOKE MANGUM The University Neighborhood Partners (UNP) and Bad Dog Arts are collaborating to provide underprivileged youth on Salt Lake City’s west side opportunities to learn, discover and express themselves through art. UNP is a program at the University of Utah that forms partnerships with organizations like Bad Dog Arts to create [...]