Artists in Residence Explore Spanish and North African Music and Dance

The University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center and College of Fine Arts are proud to welcome the musical ensemble Al-Andalus as part of the Tanner Center’s Artists in Residence program. Al-Andalus will give a performance featuring Spanish and North African music and dance on Thursday, April 18 at Noon in Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 Presidents Circle. This event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required for admission. The concert is co-sponsored by Nadeya Al-Jabri, the University of Utah’s Middle East Center and the MUSE Project.

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Days of Remembrance Features Peter Black, Senior Historian of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The University of Utah commemorates Days of Remembrance with activities from April 10-11. The theme for this year is “70 Years Later: Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising” and features a keynote address by Peter Black, Senior Historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Black will speak on Thursday, April 11 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the U’s Carol Tanner Irish Humanitarian Building Lecture Hall, room 109. Prior to the keynote, there will be a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. in the same building on the patio and labyrinth.

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Natalie Gochnour Joins the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business as Associate Dean

The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced the appointment of Natalie Gochnour to associate dean. A 28-year Utah public policy veteran, Gochnour will be tasked with enhancing the relevance, reputation and relationships of the David Eccles School of Business and the University of Utah with business and community leaders throughout the state.

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A Century of Piano at the University of Utah

In 1913, the country’s landscape and its culture had begun to change. New York City’s Grand Central Terminal opened, the nation’s first coast-to-coast highway was completed, the New York Armory Show introduced Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to the public, and although the population of Salt Lake County was not yet 150,000, the University of Utah’s School of Music started its first program of piano instruction.

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University Neighborhood Partners Opens the New Hartland Partnership Center

University Neighborhood Partners (UNP), a department of the University of Utah (the U), celebrates the grand opening of the new 10,000 square foot Hartland Partnership Center on Tuesday, April 16 at 3:00 p.m. followed by an open house reception. Located at 1578 West 1700 South, UNP’s Hartland Partnership Center brings together University faculty and students, non-profit organizations and residents of west Salt Lake City to address economic, linguistic and social barriers.

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