2021 Faculty Awards

Public Service Professorship

Milad Hosseini-Mozari, Professor—Multi-Disciplinary Design (MDD) Program, College of Architecture and Planning

Professor Hosseini-Mozari is utilizing this award to launch an innovation hub between the Multi Disciplinary Design Program, College of Architecture + Planning, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). It will be a collaborative space where digital access and increased tech literacy will be supported for a community that has historically experienced inequity in technological access. Professor Hosseini-Mozari comes from the community of focus, as an immigrant himself, and will serve as a bridge between students and refugees to build technological know-how and amplify immigrant voices resulting in meaningful benefits to the immigrant community.

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Distinguished Faculty Service Award

Cathleen Zick, Professor—Family & Consumer Studies Department, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

During her 39 years of teaching and scholarship at the University of Utah, she served as Director of the Masters in Public Policy Program, the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science, and as Department Chair of Family and Consumer Studies. As her nominators shared, Professor Zick’s “integration of research, service, and teaching has provided real and long-lasting relationships” for students and community partners alike. She prioritized investing her “formidable skill set to engage with students, local communities and national stakeholders to improve the lives of those around her in sustained and important service”. It is clear that many citizens of Utah and students at the University of Utah benefitted from her decades of meaningful research and community