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Elizabeth Leckie named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs for the College of Fine Arts

Dr. Elizabeth Leckie has been appointed Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs for the College of Fine Arts. With the creation of this new position, which focuses solely on the student experience, we enthusiastically welcome Dr. Leckie to the College of Fine Arts. Dr. Leckie is an exciting addition to the College and brings a wealth of experience in student affairs to serve students in the Fine Arts.

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FIRST LEGO League Championship Brings Science Minded Kids to Campus

What do LEGOs, robots and food safety experts have in common? They all met at the second annual Utah’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championship at the University of Utah on Saturday, Jan. 28. The championship followed nine new qualifying tournaments that drew 1,500 kids from St. George to Logan and everywhere in between. Each event allowed middle school students, ages 9-14, to learn about science, technology and team-building with the hands-on experience of LEGOs. The program has seen substantial growth since it launched in Utah last year. Since then, the event has grown from 60 teams to 150 entered this year.

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Students, Faculty, Staff, and Public Invited to Take Part in Conversation about Sustainability

The University of Utah Office of Sustainability will host the 2012 Focus the U on Sustainability Teach-In, Feb. 13-17. Events are all free and open to the public and designed to draw attention to work being done locally and nationally on sustainability. This is the fourth year the university has hosted a sustainability teach-in event. During the week of February 13, dozens of University instructors teaching 75 courses will incorporate material on climate change and global warming solutions into their curriculum during at least one class period.

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Moran Eye Center gets National Support to Research Blindness Prevention

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded two grants to the John A. Moran Eye Center (JMEC) at the University of Utah to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases. Gregory Hageman, Ph.D. has been granted a $150,000 Senior Scientific Investigator Award, and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has been granted $100,000, to be directed by department Chairman Randall J Olson, M.D., CEO of the JMEC. To date, RPB has awarded grants totaling $4,765,300 to the University of Utah.

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Defining Shapes and Spaces Beyond Three Dimensions

During the last century, a branch of geometry known as topology became a major focus of mathematicians and physicists. Topologists study what properties of objects and shapes remain the same even when they are stretched and distorted. For instance, a square can be “squeezed” into a circle, but not into a perfectly straight line or a sphere.

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Exhibitions Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of Games

Let the games begin! Believe it or not, it’s been 10 years since Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympic Games. The Utah Ski Archives, part of the Special Collections Department at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, will be hosting the Olympic Experience Exhibition February 1-29 in the George S. Eccles Reading Room on level 4 of the library.

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David W. Pershing named new President of the University of Utah

The State Board of Regents has selected Dr. David W. Pershing as the 15th President of the University of Utah. Dr. Pershing, who is currently the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of Utah, will succeed Dr. Michael K. Young who left in 2011 after accepting the Presidency at the University of Washington, and Dr. Lorris Betz, who has served as Interim President.

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