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U’s Wellness Week Activities Range From Fair to Mile Walk to Alcohol-Free Halloween Party

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University of Utah students, faculty, staff and the greater community can learn more about health and wellness during the U’s Wellness Week, Oct. 28 through 31. The 13th Annual Wellness Fair, traditionally a highlight of the week because of the giveaways and free health information, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., in the U’s Olpin Union Ballroom. Last year more than 2,000 people attended the mid-week event.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Marriott Library Offers Digitized Utah Newspapers

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Anyone who has spent time researching newspapers in front of a microfilm reader, loading reel after reel into a machine, will now be able to quickly and easily access digitized historic Utah newspapers through personal computers by entering a simple keyword into an Internet search engine. It’s as easy as point and click.

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March 25, 2011

Forum at U Paints the History of Disability

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Did you know that during the Middle Ages, people with leprosy were required to ring a bell when traveling through a town, alerting others to their presence; or that under Nazi Germany an estimated 200,000 persons with disabilities were exterminated? It was the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s that inspired activists to take control of disability issues; and eighty percent of people will experience disability at some time in their lives.

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March 25, 2011

Simple Things That Save Lives

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“What is hope? Is it a thought? Is it a feeling? How do we know when it’s there and how do we know when it’s not?” asks David Rudd, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science and professor of psychology. “Suicide is more about the absence of hope then the presence of hopelessness.”

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March 25, 2011

U OF U COMMENCEMENT ON MAY 8 TO GRADUATE MORE THAN 7,100

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April 27, 2009 — Commencement ceremonies at the University of Utah will be held on Friday, May 8, at 9 a.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The class of 2009, comprised of 7,132 graduates, will receive degrees that morning. The procession of diverse students, who come from 76 countries, 50 U.S. states and 28 of Utah’s 29 counties, will begin at 8:20 a.m. Guests should plan to be in their seats prior to 8:20 a.m. Tickets are not required.

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March 25, 2011

Heart Hazards of Woeful Wives

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Women in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity and other signs of “metabolic syndrome,” a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, University of Utah psychologists found.

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March 25, 2011

Sorenson Legacy Foundation Gives University of Utah $15 Million

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The University of Utah has announced that the Sorenson Legacy Foundation has made the lead donation of $15 million to begin constructing a sophisticated 193,000-sq. ft. biomedical and neurosciences building designed to help create and develop the next wave of health sciences technology. Named the James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building in honor of Utah’s world-renowned medical device inventor and entrepreneur, the facility will become the heart of the state’s $500 million Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), and will anchor the university’s new “Interdisciplinary Quadrangle” on 11 acres bridging upper and lower campus. The announcement came Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 during the university’s “Together We Reach” fund-raising campaign gala.

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March 25, 2011