Jamie Nabozny will offer the keynote address at the University of Utah on Wednesday, April 18 at 12:00 p.m. in the Saltair Room of the Olpin Student Union building and the speech will open with a screening of “Bullied,” a documentary produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center which chronicles Nabozny’s story. The Ally Awareness Week celebration runs April 16 through 20, 2012.
Read MoreA new bicycle master plan will be unveiled at the annual Earth Fest celebration. The official national observance of Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, started in 1970.
Read MoreThe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today it has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of 181 scholars, artists and scientists in its 88th annual competition for the United States and Canada.
Read MoreFreshmen will send robots to attack zombie targets. Sophomores will race trains powered by compressed air. Robots built by juniors will play Capture the Flag. And seniors will display their design projects, including a blood-vessel testing chamber, a hybrid solar and wind power station, and a magnetically guided cochlear implant for the deaf.
Read MoreHe was attacked throughout his young life at school because he was gay, but Jamie Nabozny didn’t let the abuse ruin his life. He fought back. Nabozny will tell his story Monday, April 16, 12:15 p.m., at the S. J. Quinney College of Law’s Sutherland Moot Courtroom in an event sponsored by the Outlaws student group.
Read MoreStudents from across the state will match their skills and knowledge on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the University of Utah in a track-meet-like science competition for 7th through 12th graders. The Science Olympiad is expected to draw around 1000 Utah students, to compete in science, engineering and technology categories.
Read MoreA lightweight wearable antenna to track data gathered from medical devices implanted in the body. A cell phone case that detects and records electromagnetic radiation generated by the phone. A human contact logging system to monitor contagious diseases passed among school children.
Read MoreTurn the tap and water is there—reliable, clean and seemingly abundant. But most users of this vital resource in Salt Lake City don’t know where it comes from. The source of water—and the course it follows to reach the faucets—is hidden.
Read MoreAs the appetite for ever-smaller and ever-faster electronic devices grows, so has interest in vintage and locally-produced items, such as books made of paper—and mostly by hand.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute will receive $2.25 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Obama Administration’s effort to prevent researchers from drowning in massive amounts of information known as “big data.”
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