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First Female Australian Prime Minister to Speak at the U

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be the keynote speaker at the annual World Leaders Lecture Forum sponsored by the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center. Gillard’s lecture, “The Asian Century: Australia’s Experience and Strategic Opportunities for America,” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. in Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E Presidents Circle. This event is free and open to the public.

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16th Century Medical Pioneer Celebrated at the U’s Library

In this day of amazing medical technologies, it’s hard to imagine what medical science looked like 500 years ago. But when one looks at Andreas Vesalius’ book “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” (Fabric of the Human Body) first published in 1543, it is difficult to imagine where we’d be without the contributions of this 16th century anatomist and physician. The book is part of a building-wide exhibition at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.

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2-D or 3-D? That is the Question

The increased visual realism of 3-D films is believed to offer viewers a more vivid and lifelike experience—more thrilling and intense than 2-D because it more closely approximates real life. However, psychology researchers at the University of Utah, among those who use film clips routinely in the lab to study patients’ emotional conditions, have found that there is no significant difference between the two formats. The results were published recently in PLOS ONE.

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When it Comes to Spectator Sports, Utahns Prefer College Football

With the Winter Olympics in February and the World Cup in June and July, 2014 has been a good year for sports. A recent survey by Dan Jones & Associates in conjunction with the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business found that Utahns value local spectator sports, with college football as the most popular. Utah’s economy and life quality stand to benefit, with 72 percent of those surveyed planning to attend a game in the next six months.

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Stories of Japanese Americans Captured in New Archive

The story told by the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library begins with the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants who came to Utah and surrounding states to work in the railroad, mining and agricultural industries. An exhibition featuring historic photographs from the Japanese American Archive is on display in the Special Collections reading room on level four until Sept. 30. An event celebrating the naming of the archive will be held on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public.

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