In humorist Garrison Keillor’s fictional hometown of Lake Wobegon, all children are above average. Corporations may want investors to believe the same thing about highly paid CEOs and this effect may explain high CEO pay, according to a new study by two researchers in the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.
Read MoreThe finance department in the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has been ranked No. 20 in the world for its faculty research from 2003 through 2007.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, August 19, the University of Utah College of Social Work lost a great friend with the death of Wilford W. Goodwill. His vision and support enabled the college to make great strides in research on aging, programs for senior citizens, and training for students who plan to work with older adults.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools ranks programs at the University of Utah 27 times, far more than any other school in Utah.
Read MoreThe J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah is now offering three new services for easy access to the three million volumes in its collections, allowing patrons to customize the way they retrieve library materials. A pull service, a document delivery service, and the automated retrieval center (ARC) are the latest offerings at the Marriott Library.
Read MoreOur brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger’s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate counseling as a result, claims Dr. Nadia Webb, Psy.D., neuropsychologist and faculty member at James Madison University.
Read MoreFour University Neighborhood Partners (UNP) program coordinators will present brown bag conversation about the successful partnership models currently practiced through four campus-community partnerships at the University of Utah, Student Union, Room 161 on Friday, March 30, 2007, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Read MoreThis year, 800 Salt Lake schoolchildren from low-income families will receive 5,000 books through a partnership between First Book and Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories. First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families their first new books, is partnering with Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories to provide a year’s worth of books to children in one select program in every state. Their select program in Utah is the Bennion Center’s America Reads Program at the University of Utah.
Read MoreStudents from the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah will host the sixth annual Hunger Banquet, an event to raise awareness on campus and the greater community about local and global hunger issues. This year’s Hunger Banquet, themed “A World Without Hunger,” will be on Monday, Sept. 25, from 6 until 7:30 p.m., in the University”s Union Saltair Room. Matt Minkevitch, executive director of the Road Home, will be the featured speaker.
Read MoreStudents graduating from the University next week will face the best job market in three years, according to a recent poll of colleges and universities, conducted by National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and posted to JobWeb.com, a career development and job-search site produced by NACE. Employers surveyed by NACE indicated that they will increase new college hiring in 2006 by 14.5 percent.
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