In a post on the U’s new blog, Whitney Evans, a graduate student in social work, recounts an after-school Costa Rican cooking class. “Beat, fold, blend, pour and plop in the oven… no big deal. Gata magically pulls the other pre-baked cakes out and they are lovely… and loaded with tiny ants. No big deal… wipe them off with a towel.” Lucky thing she’s not there to learn to cook.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive listening devices on the ground overhead.
Read MoreUtah’s population is undergoing a dramatic transformation and those changes will only intensify over time. That’s the conclusion of a new study just released by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR). The study Utah’s Demographic Transformation: A View into the Future was produced by BEBR Senior Research Economist Pamela Perlich, who analyzed census data to draw her conclusions.
Read MoreGradually, everything became more difficult for Jessie Goodwill. As she aged
everyday tasks, such as buying groceries, writing letters, and vacuuming her
living room, became increasingly challenging. Like many seniors, she wanted to
remain in her own home, but in order to do so, she needed help from her
children. Her son, Wilford Goodwill, watched his mother’s age and dependence on
others steadily increase. He realized that her story was not unique – there was
a clear need for more research and better programs for senior citizens. He
promised himself that when he had the financial capacity, he would do everything
possible to help others like his mother.
The University of Utah, along with 100 universities across the nation, will participate in the seventh annual “Careers in Aging Week,” April 8-14. The event is organized to introduce the wide-ranging career opportunities that exist in aging and aging research and to create awareness of the programs that offer educational and research opportunities in aging at the University of Utah.
Read MoreRenowned author and scholar Cornel West will present the keynote address at the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the University of Utah.
Read MoreHomecoming week at the University of Utah continues its tradition of stimulating social events, humanitarian efforts and festive fund raising as celebrations kick off September 24 with the traditional House Decorating contest and culminate September 29 with the Utah vs. Utah State football game at 1 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium, followed by the student dance at 9 p.m. The week is packed with activities for students, alumni and other Ute fans.
Read MoreIn North America there are only one-hundred-fifty-five native languages still in use. However, only twenty of those languages are actively being learned by children, according to Lyle Campbell, Director of the Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL), at the University of Utah. This fact underscores the importance of the upcoming “Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America” to be held this Friday, April 13th though 15th, at the Chase M. Petersen Heritage Center, University of Utah campus. “Native American languages are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. It’s a crisis of enormous proportions,” says Campbell. “All sorts of knowledge, from moral and spiritual values, and cultural identity, as well as scientific knowledge, are only known and accessed though native languages. If we lose the language this knowledge is lost to humanity forever. It”s an irretrievable loss.”
Read MoreCouples are divorcing less yet spending more time apart, claims Dr. Paul Amato in his new book Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing. Paul Amato, internationally known scholar and professor of sociology, demography, and family studies at The Pennsylvania State University, will speak on America’s changing marital norms at the Mary Lowe Family Policy Lecture on Friday, Feb. 23 at 12 p.m. in the University of Utah Fine Arts Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Read MoreIn conjunction with National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, the University of Utah Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center will present a series of PRIDE 2006 lectures, activities and performances, running from Oct. 8 through 25.
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