The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges showcases three of the University of Utah”s most popular programs. The magazine ranked the U’s David Eccles School of Business and College of Engineering among the nation”s top schools, and the U’s Service Learning Program was honored as one of its “Programs to Look For.”
Read MoreWith the announcement of its largest-ever challenge grant, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation today joined the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business in launching its $30 million campaign for new facilities, the first phase of a larger effort to enrich the college”s programs in the decade ahead. The $12 million grant will jump-start the school’s multi-year fund-raising effort to renovate its 1960″s-era buildings with state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities.
Read MoreRobert Spencer Olpin, 65, beloved professor of art history and former dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah, passed away Saturday, Nov. 5, due to complications following a stroke.
Read MoreThe College of Education at the University of Utah will offer three summer institutes, emphasizing various continuing and outreach education for teachers.
Read MoreFor nearly four decades, the University of Utah has explored and celebrated, through the African American Studies Program, the unique contributions of African Americans through its Black Awareness Month Program (BAM). This year’s lineup of events, titled “Jubilee: A Celebration of African American Culture through the Visual Arts,” represents a collaboration between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) and the U’s African American Studies Program and is built around two UMFA exhibits-“African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” and “Jazz Legends: Photographs by Herman Leonard,” from the UMFA’s collection.
Read MoreThe University of Utah ranks 111th out the more than 1,400 colleges and universities surveyed for the 2005 edition of the “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook from U.S. News & World Report. The magazine ranks schools annually based on a complicated system of peer assessments and statistical data. The U moved up seven spots, maintaining its status as a top tier institution.
Read MoreAt last, Utah’s economic recovery appears to be underway. The persistent weakness of the job market-21 consecutive months of job losses-has finally given way to year-over-year job gains. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR).
Read MoreThe Utah Entrepreneur Challenge will be holding its annual Kick-off at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2003 in the Saltair Room of the University of Utah Student Union building. The keynote speaker will be Shawn Nelson, CEO and founder of the very successful local start-up, LoveSac. Nelson is a graduate of the U’s David Eccles School of Business.
Read MoreIt is taking longer on average for Utah workers to get to and from their jobs. That’s the finding of a new study by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Much of the study was based on census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000.
Read MoreThe University of Utah, in conjunction with the Utah Valley University Honors Program, will welcome renowned author, scholar, cultural critic and social activist, bell hooks, as scholar-in-residence, the week of March 28-April 1, 2011. Known for her passionate thinking and writing, hooks is often identified as one of the nation’s most influential women and leading “public intellectuals.” Her work and writings cover a broad spectrum of topics on gender, race, class, culture, pedagogy and the significance of media for contemporary American and African American cultures. This statewide project is titled, “bell hooks: Critic, Scholar, Educator, and Philosopher.”
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