WINNING THE RIGHT WAR
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The University of Utah 2007-2008 Middle East Lecture Series kicks off this November with a lecture from Philip Gordon, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.
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Campus Information Technology Streamlined
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Stephen H. Hess has been named the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the University of Utah and will report directly to the president. Hess is currently Associate Academic Vice President for Information Technology. This change will help streamline the data processing needs of faculty, staff, and students in areas such as research, financial management, and planning.
Read MoreTop White House Economic Advisor Gives U an Insider’s View
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Few economists can claim to have the ear of the President. Dr. Edward P. Lazear, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, does, and will share his insights at the University of Utah (the U) in a lecture titled “The Transformed United States Economy.” The talk will take place on Monday, March 5 from 9:40 to 10:30 a.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreMiddle East Center Examines Possible Military Clash with Iran
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The Middle East Center is hosting a lecture examining a possible military clash between the U.S. and Iran given by Gary Sick, Executive Director of the Gulf 2000 Project at Columbia University. The talk entitled “Iran and the United States-Is a Military Clash Inevitable?” will take place on Monday, Nov. 27 at 3:00 p.m. in the Hinckley Caucus Room 255, Orson Spenser Hall (OSH.) The lecture is free and open to the public.
Read MoreA Surprise about Our Body Clock
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The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Past or Present? Racism & Oppression in the United States” is the theme for the 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the University of Utah. Festivities begin with the opening of an art exhibit by students EJ Curry and Carlos Perez and the launch of “Sharing the Gift of Literacy” a community service project. New English and Bilingual dictionaries as well as school supplies may be donated to benefit the West High Family Literacy Center.
Read More“Love in Later Life” Just One of the Many Courses Offered through U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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This fall, mature learners at the University of Utah will study whether Robert Browning’s words “Grow old with me! The best is yet to be,” are really true. The “Love in Later Life” students will explore falling in love, beliefs about romantic love, normal age-related changes and the love experience, mature love and desire, marriage in later life, love in poetry and literature, betrayal, Internet dating and the emotional, cognitive and sexual aspects of romance. The course, taught by Amanda Barusch, a U professor of social work and a researcher on aging, is not a how-to class, Barusch notes, but one that will explore the personal relevance of current research and theory relating to love in later life.
Read MoreSeekers of What is Lost
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People seeking to restore the past – a fossil hunter, an artist reviving a lost language and a novelist recounting a story – will deliver keynote lectures and appear on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday” during the March 24-26 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature at the University of Utah.
Read MoreThe Haunted Orchestra Presents “Creepy Tales” Halloween Concert
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Join us for a spooktacular evening of musical tricks and treats as the University of Utah Philharmonia chamber orchestra presents “The Haunted Orchestra Halloween Concert: Creepy Tales” Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. Libby Gardner Hall.
Read MoreConference on Gender, Diversity and Identity at U of U Next Week
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The “Student Conference on Gender, Diversity, and Identity: An International and Interdisciplinary Women’s Forum” will be held this Friday, March 5, from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. in the University of Utah’s Olpin Union Saltair Room. The event’s keynote speaker will be Michele Moody-Adams, Hutchinson Professor of Ethics and Public Life at Cornell University. The conference will open with remarks by Barbara Snyder, University vice president for Student Affairs. The conference is sponsored by numerous University administrators, colleges, departments and programs on the U campus as well as Utah Valley State College’s Center for Ethics. The conference is free and open to the public.
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