How does the human mind make sense of itself? What is self? Is it me, or is it my brain? How are emotion and cognition – the process of knowing, of having perception, memory and judgment – tied to our notions of ourselves?
Read MoreThe man who has been called “the godfather of political reform in California,” Robert M. Stern, will deliver the keynote address for the 2010 Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum at noon on Thursday, Nov. 4 in the Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA).
Read MoreIn May 2007, Haleh Esfandiari traveled to Iran to visit her then 93-year-old mother, where she was arrested and thrown into Evin Prison by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.
Read MoreThe University of Utah will hold its fifth Utah Symposium in Science and Literature during Nov. 5-7. It will feature a poet, a composer and a mathematician discussing how their thinking is influenced by the different media they use to express their imaginations.
Read MoreThe powerful experiences and culture of American Indians will be explored through a free film and lecture series at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts to take place April through November, 2009.
Read MoreCommunity members will come together to honor the Pastor France A. Davis and celebrate the first anniversary of the scholarship that carries his name – The Pastor France A. Davis University of Utah Scholarship Fund. Former Brigham Young University head football coach, LaVell Edwards, and Weber State University head football coach, Ron McBride, will also be honored for their contributions to the community and for promoting and supporting higher education for African American and other students traditionally underrepresented at Utah colleges and universities. The recipient of the 2009-2010 scholarship will be announced.
Read MoreIt’s a win for both the University of Utah community and local food growers and artisans today with the opening of the U’s farmer’s market.
Read MoreResearchers report that women’s magazines have ten and a half times more ads and articles promoting weight loss than men’s magazines do and over three-quarters of the covers of women’s magazines include at least one message about how to change a woman’s bodily appearance-by diet, exercise or cosmetic surgery. Twenty years ago, the average model weighed 8 per cent less than the average woman, but today’s models weigh 23 per cent less. Real women’s bodies have become invisible in the mass media.
Read MoreWest Salt Lake residents interested in obtaining information about higher education will get a taste of college life through University Neighborhood Partner’s 3rd annual CommUnity Day this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 from 10am to 1pm. Families will meet with contacts from over a dozen University departments in the Crimson Room of the Student Union to collect information about pursuing higher education and then cheer for the University of Utah Utes football team later that afternoon. The event will also serve as a way to recognize board members, residents, and faculty partners.
Read MoreBrent Schneider, associate professor in the University of Utah’s Department of Modern Dance, will replace David Dynak as associate dean of the College of Fine Arts on July 1, 2007.
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