In 2014, Jay Jordan, associate professor of writing and rhetoric studies, recorded himself reading “A Christmas Carol” as a gift for his son while he was working at the Utah Asia Campus in South Korea. He discusses that experience and reads a couple of his favorite excerpts.

Elizabeth Clement, associate professor of history, discusses the Utah AIDS Foundation’s holiday program, which has been providing meals and support to those struggling with the complexities of HIV since the late 1980s.

In honor of National American Indian Heritage Month, Greg Smoak, director of the American West Center and associate professor of history, discusses the Native Places project. A partnership with the Digital Matters Lab, this project sets out to restore indigenous place names to major landscape features and historical and cultural sites with an interactive map centered on Utah.

In honor of National American Indian Heritage Month, Chris Ingraham, associate professor of communication, discusses a man named Chip Thomas, an African-American doctor, photographer and public artist, who lives on the Navajo reservation and does rural street art to showcase the beauty and challenges of the Dine people.

In celebration of Halloween, two graduate students – Nina Feng and Jasmine Khaliq – share their eeriest written works. These students are part of a group called Working Dog, a reading series that features the most engaging and fresh poems and prose coming out of the Department of English Creative Writing Program. These works were composed for a special Halloween series known as Scary Dog.

Día de los Muertos – the Day of the Dead – is a two-day Mexican holiday held on Nov. 1 and 2 to celebrate the lives of loved ones who have died. Tanya Flores, assistant professor of World Languages and Cultures, discusses a bit of its history and her personal experience celebrating the holiday.

In honor of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month, Susie Porter, professor of history and gender studies and director of the Center for Latin American Studies, discusses the history of the women’s labor movement in Mexico and her book “From Angel to Office Worker; Middle-Class Identity of Female Consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950.”

Danielle Olden, assistant professor of history, explores National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month – its origins, transformation and shortcomings.

By this point in the pandemic, it's well known that extended time in quarantine causes major mental health complications. Catie Quigley reports on the impact of those mental health issues as people return to work.

Utah National Parks are expecting huge crowds this summer as the pandemic winds down. Sophie Simon has tips on packing for an isolated weekend backpacking through the desert.