PROVO, Utah, June 17 -- Brigham Young University issued the following news: At the request of President Kevin J Worthen and under the direction of Academic Vice President Shane Reese, last week a committee was appointed to examine issues of race and inequality at BYU and provide recommendations to the university about specific actions to address these issues. The committee will meet for the first time this week. The committee will first prioritize opportunities to better listen to, and better  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 16 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: As economies around the world start to reopen, governments are looking for ways to help track and contain new coronavirus infections. One tool is contact tracing, used by public health officials to halt the ongoing transmission of an infectious disease. Some states have already retrained state employees (https://www.npr.org/2020/05/18/857727105/utah-is-one-of-the-states-at-the-forefront-of-contact more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 17 -- Gov. Gary R. Herbert, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Gov. Gary R. Herbert issued a proclamation calling the Utah Legislature into a Fifth Special Session on Thursday, June 18, at 9:30 a.m. The following items will be considered: 1. Adjusting the fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021 budgets and making statutory changes relating to those budgets; 2. Making changes to data privacy provisions relating to the State's response to COVID-19; 3. Provid more PR