M David Rudd, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah since 2009 has been named provost of the University of Memphis. A search for a new dean for the U’s largest college will begin immediately.
Read MoreThe S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah will soon begin a search for a new dean, after Claremont McKenna College in Southern California named Dean Hiram E. Chodosh its next president.
Read MoreWith Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day around the corner, the exhibition “Honoring Our Veterans” at The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library is right on target. The exhibition includes more than 100 vignettes of Utah veterans who have been honored by the University of Utah since 1998. One such veteran, Emmett Davis, was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Read MoreThe University of Utah today announced an addition to its admissions process that makes it possible for newly accepted freshmen and transfer students to defer enrollment for a maximum of seven consecutive semesters. The process will go into effect for the fall semester of 2013.
Read MoreThe University of Utah will present its 29th annual weeklong celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 19 – 24. A keynote address by civil rights activist and author Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. will take place Thursday, Jan. 24 at noon at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus.
Read MoreOne fall night in 1967, near Bong Son in the Republic of Vietnam, Richard S. Dixon – a 20 year old machine gunner and demolition expert – was traveling with 10 members of his squad in a two vehicle convoy when it was ambushed by at least two dozen Viet Cong soldiers. Machine gun fire killed the squad’s commanding officer. Although grievously wounded, Dixon continued to fire his pistol at virtually pointblank range, defending himself and his fellow soldiers.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute will host an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Warnock Engineering Building, 72 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. News media are invited to cover the event.
Read MoreRoughly 472,000 Utahns risk missing a meal every day, and one in five Utah children is unsure where they will get their next meal. Students and alumni at the University of Utah have long been committed to doing their part to improve these sobering statistics.
Read MoreIn this case, a selection of films entirely about environmental and natural resource issues will be screened as a touring edition of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, which is held annually in California. But for the first time, Utah locals will only have to travel to the campus of the University of Utah to see and discuss the films.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s 24th annual Science Day at the U will be held Saturday, Nov. 10, highlighting education and research opportunities on campus for hundreds of Utah, California and Nevada high school students.
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