Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines
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Alan Weisman, author of the provocative best seller, The World Without Us, will speak on campus at the University of Utah Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
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University of Utah Emeritus Professor of American Studies, William Mulder, Dies
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“The motto Wij zijn klein maar groot (We are small but great) expresses the sentiment of the Dutch in Utah,” wrote William Mulder, emeritus professor of American studies at the University of Utah. As a fellow Dutchman in Utah, Mulder achieved greatness on many levels, professional and personal, local and abroad.
Read More$1.25 Million Gift Creates Chair in Choral Studies
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The University of Utah’s School of Music has a newly endowed chair in choral studies, thanks to a generous gift from Kem and Carolyn Gardner. Worth $1.25 million, the gift was announced Saturday evening at the University Choirs Holiday Concert at Libby Gardner Concert Hall, which featured performances by the acclaimed University of Utah Singers, a mixed choir comprised of 47 students led by Dr. Brady Allred. It was also announced that Allred will be the first holder of the new chair, named the Ellen Neilson Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair for Choral Studies.
Read MoreOsher Institute at U of U Launches 4th Year of Lifelong Learning for Mature Adults
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The Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at The University of Utah will begin its fourth year with a number of exciting new options designed to be inclusive of a wide range of people. New membership options, as well as new scholarships, mean that Utahns of all income ranges will be able to take advantage of the benefits of Osher: meeting new, interesting, engaged and engaging people; keeping the mind active by learning new things or exploring areas of interest; and learning with a peer group 50 and over in a relaxed atmosphere without the pressure of grades or a competitive environment. Classes are offered in two easily accessible locations – Salt Lake City and Bountiful – with free parking at both locations.
Read MoreU of U Women’s Week 2007 Explores Matters of Motherhood
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“When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change,” writes American author Ursula Le Guin. Women’s Week 2007 at the University of Utah (the U), to be held next week, March 9 through 15, will explore the changing map of motherhood through shared experience of its challenges, complications and new definitions. All Women’s Week events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreMore Than Fifty Prominent Civic, Political and Cultural Leaders Celebrate the Foothill Cultural District Kick Off
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Prominent guest speakers, including University of Utah President Michael K. Young; Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon; Utah State Senator Karen Hale and Scott Beck, President & CEO of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as more than fifty invited guests and members of the media gathered at the Richard K. Hemingway Orangerie at Red Butte Garden today to celebrate the kick off campaign of Foothill Cultural District’s kick off marketing campaign.
Read MoreU’s Osher Institute Kicks Off Third Year with New Classes and Activities
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This fall, lifelong learners age 50 and over will study together in University of Utah courses chosen by and developed specifically for them by subject experts. More than 25 weekly classes will be offered through the U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, beginning Sept. 18.
Read MoreSuccessful U of U Honors Course Triples Its Offering
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Last year, the Honors Program at the University of Utah piloted an original Think Tank course, a year-long seminar that focused on the downtown revitalization of Salt Lake City. As the year progressed, the students narrowed their focus and by May, each was a quasi-expert on the selected two-block area. So valuable was their research, the students were invited to present findings to the Salt Lake City Council, the Downtown Alliance, Utah Transit Authority, the Utah Department of Transportation and to city planners and designers at a conference sponsored by the Urban Land Institute.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Reaches Out to Aid Victims of Katrina
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“The outpouring of concern and response from our campus community has been overwhelming,” says University of Utah President Michael K. Young in reaction to efforts by individuals and campus groups to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Read MoreHumanitarian Paul Famer to Deliver U of U Tanner Lecture on Human Values
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Medical anthropologist, physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer will give this year’s University of Utah Tanner Lecture on Human Values, titled “Can Human Rights Survive? Reflections on Inequality and Modernity,” on Wednesday, March 30, at 8 p.m., in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Dumke Auditorium, 370 S. 1530 E. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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