We offer internships for any major across all disciplines during every semester. Learn More

We offer internships for any major across all disciplines during every semester. Learn More

We sponsor University courses that help promote a better understanding of politics. Learn More.

We sponsor University courses that help promote a better understanding of politics. Learn More.

The Hinckley Institute forums feature local, national, and global activists, lobbyists, thinkers, and political leaders. View Upcoming.

The Hinckley Institute forums feature local, national, and global activists, lobbyists, thinkers, and political leaders. View Upcoming.

October 2018: Geoffrey Fattah

October 2018: Geoffrey Fattah

#FBF to an awesome cameo on the @todayshow by. #HinckleyIntern Martha Amaya who was a DC intern twelve years ago today! 😎🕔 What are today's interns up to? 🕵️‍♂️ We'd love to see some intern life! 📸 And don't forget our photo challenge; $100 for the intern who tags us in the best photos 🤗💸 . #HinckleyInstitute #todayshow #UniversityofUtah #utahutes #UtahAlumni Haunted Hinckley presents: 💀🎃🏛Paranormal Politics! Our first spooky story is about President Lincoln's ghost 🎩👻... Hold on to your top hats! Honest Abe may still linger in the Lincoln bedroom. According to many accounts over the years, the ghost is a semi-regular, and at times terrifying vision. Grace Coolidge was the first to document his apparition, swearing that she saw him gazing out a White House window. 🧐 The sightings continued - once causing FDR's aide to run screaming from the White House. 😱 It was even said that Ronald Reagan's dog, Rex, refused to enter the Lincoln bedroom at all, preferring to stand outside and bark.🐕 . Most notably, Lincoln's ghost appeared as Prime Minister Winston Churchill emerged from his evening bath, armed with nothing more than a cigar. 🛀Upon spotting the deceased Lincoln sitting fireside, Churchill summoned the courage to declare, "Good evening Mr. President, you seem to have me at a disadvantage." . Another famous sighting involved Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1942.👸 While staying in the Lincoln bedroom, she answered a knock at her door to find Lincoln's ghost standing on the other side 🧟‍♂️. The sight was enough to send her into a dead faint and add yet another chapter to the tale of the ghost with the top hat.🕵️‍♂️ . #spooktober #hinckleyinstitute #hauntedhinckley #paranormalpolitics #famousghosts #abrahamlincoln #universityofutah
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"The Hinckley Institute led me to my first paid job in politics at the age of 19 and the rest is history."

- Karl Rove, Chief Strategist to President George Bush

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"The Hinckley Institute was instrumental in instilling in me an appreciation for government and politics."

- Former Utah Senator Pat Jones

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"I love the Hinckley Institute. It is the reason I am where I am today." 

- Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams