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Fourteen Hundred Students to See Mummenschanz’s “Next” at U

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Arts & Humanities

Deaf students from the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB), along with other hearing-impaired groups from throughout the Wasatch Front, will gather at the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall Wednesday, March 26, to experience a show that combines mime, theatre and puppetry. Performed with no music or dialogue by the Swiss touring group Mummenschanz, “Next” employs outrageous masks and exaggerated illusions and costuming. The private lecture and performance will begin at 10:30 a.m. (Public evening performances will be held Tuesday and Wednesday.) Fourteen hundred students, elementary- to college-age, are scheduled to attend the event. Students from the U’s Special Education Department will be in attendance and the USDB will provide interpreters for the event.

March 26, 2011

Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair

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Science & Technology

Middle and high school students from Salt Lake and Tooele counties will present research experiments and results at the Salt Lake Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 28 and 29 at the University of Utah.

March 26, 2011

Corporate Accountability to Headline Garn Institute Banquet

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Business & Society

U.S. Senator Bob Bennett of Utah will speak about “corporate accountability and public trust” at the annual Distinguished Lecture Series Banquet sponsored by the University of Utah Garn Institute of Finance. The event takes place this Thursday evening, February 20, 2003 in the Grand America Hotel Ballroom. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner following at 7:30 p.m.

March 26, 2011

U of U Students’ Saturday Project to Benefit Neighborhood House

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Business & Society

Nearly 200 University of Utah students affiliated with the U’s Bennion Community Service Center and the U’s Greek sororities and fraternities will converge on Neighborhood House this Saturday, March 1, for “Phood, Phun & Philanthropy.” The students will spend four hours, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., engaged in several work projects at the nonprofit agency, which provides day care for children and adults based on their ability to pay.

March 26, 2011

Unocal Chairman-CEO to Speak at the U

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Science & Technology

Chuck Williamson, chairman and chief executive officer of Unocal, will speak about drilling deep for oil at 4 p.m. Thurs. March 6 at the University of Utah.

March 26, 2011

Class on Finding Financial Aid and Scholarships Offered at U Next Week

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Business & Society

Some college students think they are not eligible to receive scholarships and grants-their parents earn too much money, they don’t belong to a minority group or they lack a stellar grade point average (G.P.A.). However, these are widely held misconceptions, according to University of Utah Assistant Librarian Peter Kraus, who teaches a University class on finding scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. In fact, he says, every year there is money that goes unclaimed.

March 26, 2011

Days of Remembrance Activities at U of U Commemorate Victims of the Holocaust

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The University of Utah remembers the millions of victims of the Holocaust during its annual Days of Remembrance activities. The events include a keynote address, a workshop, and a film screening, beginning March 25. This year, national Holocaust Remembrance Day is April 29.

March 26, 2011

Performing Dance Company Announces Spring Concert

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Arts & Humanities

Performing Dance Company’s 2003 spring concert features work by two guest choreographers and four new works by University of Utah faculty. Performances are March 27-29 and April 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Marriott Center for Dance on the University of Utah campus.

March 26, 2011

Plant Plumbing Is More Human Than Once Thought

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Campus Life

University of Utah researchers spent two years slicing stems and leaves to discover that the plumbing system carrying water through many plants obeys a 1926 law describing how arteries and vessels carry blood in humans and other animals.

March 26, 2011

Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders Headlines 2003 Women’s Week at University of Utah

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Former U. S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is the keynote speaker for the 2003 Women’s Week celebration at the University of Utah, “Women’s Health, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Lives,” March 24-28.

March 26, 2011