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The University of Utah Development Letter

Impact Summer 2018 Issue. Read more at The University of Utah .


The University of Utah launches a statewide challenge to help support a thriving middle class

Great news for the middle class of Utah by University of Utah Alumni Association. Read more here: Alumni Connection


$1.5 Million for the Middle Class

The American Dream Ideas Challenge has made it to Utah and will be awarding $1.5 million in funding by Mackenzie McDermott. Read more here: The Daily Utah Chronicle. 


KRCL Radioactive Interview

KRCL Radioactive interview with Courtney McBeth, Project Director of the American Dream Ideas Challenge. Interview starts at 16:30: https://krcl.org/blog/radioactive-may-30-2018/


$1.5 Million Grant for Innovative Ideas to Solve Income Inequality

With rising income inequality frequently cited as a major social issue in need of new solutions, calls for new thinking are emerging from every quarter. By 3p Editors Read more here: Triple Pundit


University of Utah launches statewide American Dream Ideas Challenge

University of Utah launches statewide American Dream Ideas Challenge by McKenzie Stauffer Read more here: KUTV.com


University of Utah launches statewide American Dream Ideas Challenge

The search is on for policy and technology innovation proposals with the potential to foster access to and support for a thriving middle class in Utah — and the best ideas may be eligible for up to $1 million in funding. University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox, co-chairs of the statewide American Dream Ideas Challenge, officially […]


Wanted: Utah’s best thinking about how to make the American dream reality for more

Wanted: Utah’s best thinking about how to make the American dream reality for more By Marjorie Cortez Read more here: Deseret News/KSL TV


Former Google exec wants Utah to come up with an idea to save the middle class — and is offering $1M

Former Google Exec wants Utah to come up with an idea to save the middle class — and is offering $1m By Courtney Tanner Read more here: The Salt Lake Tribune


In our opinion: Boosting the middle class will spring from local efforts

By the Deseret News Editorial Board Within the lifespan of the baby boomer generation, America has seen a slow deterioration of its middle class, with those in that category being more likely to fall into poverty than to rise in economic status. Reversing that trend will not come from action on the federal level; rather, […]