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November 12, 2025 — Two months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, Utah Sen. John Curtis and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly sat down on the other side of campus to confront the nation’s epidemic of political violence and to chart a course toward potential solutions.
The senators spoke at a public event on Wednesday, hosted by UVU’s Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy and moderated by CNN political correspondent Dana Bash.
November 5, 2025 — When Dr. Ben Carson was a young medical student, he did so poorly on his first set of comprehensive exams that he was summoned to speak to his academic counselor.
October 5, 2025 — In February, Utah Valley University President Astrid Tuminez’s husband collapsed and died on a South American peak. Her anguish was felt by many of the school’s 46,000 students.
August 2, 2025 — Utah lawmakers shifted the future of state election debates away from an independent commission this year, but candidate debates will remain nonpartisan, fair and accessible, according to the two men tasked with leading the transformation.
