Critical race scholars in education will convene May 12 – 15, 2010 at the University of Utah to confront the notion that we are living in a post-racial era. “Deconstructing Contemporary Post-racial Discourses” is the theme for the fourth annual Critical Race Studies in Education Association conference.
Read More“Diversity – The New Frontier in Science: Keeping the Dream Alive” is the theme of the University of Utah’s 26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The week-long celebration will highlight the growing contributions and importance of a diverse workforce in the sciences and technology through educational equity and opportunity.
Read MoreWhen I asked my father what I should write for this speech he said, “Tell them you were supposed to go to UCLA, where there are more black people on one block than there are in the entire state of Utah.” Such lessons may be humbling, but they can cut powerful new pathways that we never could have projected for ourselves. I’ve learned that the only obstacle to freedom is one’s decision to idle in fear, and against the potential opportunities of those pathways.
Read MoreIn conjunction with the five-week PBS/KUED series We Shall Remain – the most ambitious television series and media project on Native American history ever produced – the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Utah will present an in-depth look into native culture through special events, public lectures and two six-week classes this spring.
Read MoreThe great bazaars of the Middle East are hubs for trading spices, jewelry, cloth, exotic carpets, sharing new technologies or exchanging philosophy. Historically, these markets are where diverse cultures came into contact with and learned from each other.
Read MoreMost Americans learn at a young age that they live in a performance-based society. From the first gold star, to the first letter grade in school, “good work” has been equated more with meeting standards than making connections.
Read MoreWhat do bioengineering and sculpture have in common and how can these commonalities encourage new approaches to creative and scientific research? The Center for Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology (CIDAT) at the University of Utah will explore the intersection between art and science in a series of lectures to be held Monday, Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the New Media Wing of the Art and Architecture Building on the U of U campus. The series is free and open to the public and will include an open discussion and reception each evening.
Read MoreThe fifth annual 2007 Middle East & Central Asia (MECA) Politics, Economics, and Society Conference will be held at the University of Utah September 6 through 8. Two hundred researchers, academics, journalists, and representatives of public policy and civil society organizations, government officials, members of think tanks and military personnel are expected to attend.
Read MoreThere is no language more universal than dance and the University of Utah’s (the U) department of modern dance is using this language to inspire and involve more than 220 students at Edison Elementary School in a production of Tandy Beal’s “Listening to the Earth.” The performance will take place Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall.
Read MoreThe Middle East and the people who live there are unfamiliar and hard to understand for the average American. In an attempt to bring a better understanding to this ever more important part of the world, the University of Utah Middle East Center and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Salt Lake City Film Center are sponsoring a series of films from the region. The Middle East through its Films-2007 will be shown at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, every other Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. beginning January 31.
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