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.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center have identified a gene mutation responsible for a severe form of a blinding eye disease known as adult on-set foveomacular dystrophy, a form of macular degeneration. The research, published in the February 2003 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, could help eye doctors reduce the risk of blindness in families carrying the mutation.
Read MoreWillem Kolff, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Utah, has been awarded one of the engineering profession’s highest honors and a $500,000 cash prize for his work in developing artificial organs.
Read MoreTo commemorate the founding of the University of Utah in 1850, the University’s Alumni Association will hold its annual Founders Day celebration on Wed., Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Little America Hotel. Five alumni and one non-alumnus will be honored with a reception, dinner, and the presentation of awards.
Read MoreDeaf 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.
Read MoreIndividual inventors, researchers, and small business operators who are developing or are interested in commercializing their inventions are invited to attend a conference aimed at helping them find financial, business, and technical support.
Read MoreMarch 16-22 is National Poison Prevention Week, and the Utah Poison Control Center (UPCC) at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy is participating with 63 other poison control centers in the U.S. to open the nation’s eyes to poison hazards for children at home.
Read MorePeter J. Stang of Salt Lake City will be honored March 25 by the world’s largest scientific society for discovering and studying new kinds of molecules, knowledge the petroleum industry can use to turn crude oil into useful products more efficiently.
Read MoreFinishing touches are being added to the Kunga House. Workers are laying carpet, painting floors and landscaping the yard-all in anticipation of a grand celebration, a “house warming,” to be held onsite, Saturday, Apr. 12, at noon. Members of the media and those who have worked on the extraordinary project are invited to attend. The Kunga House is located at 64 Andrew Avenue (1500 South), between West Temple and Main Street.
Read MoreFaculty, staff, and students of the University of Utah Department of Language and Literature and Department of Theatre are joining a global anti-war effort by presenting Aristophanes’ comedy Lysistrata. Part of the “Lysistrata Project,” a grassroots coalition that has coordinated worldwide readings of the play on March 3, 2003, the goal is to mobilize international theatrical communities to debate the issues of the Bush administration’s war on Iraq. New York actors Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower conceived the project in early January of this year.
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