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Lecturer: Ronald Walsworth, senior physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
Read MoreThe University of Utah Alumni Association will celebrate Founders Day, which commemorates the founding of the University of Utah in 1850, at a banquet on Wednesday, February 24, at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Honoring individuals who have distinguished themselves professionally and personally, the event will acknowledge alumni Larry D. Gluth, M. Elizabeth Hale Hammond, Fred Lampropoulos, and Robert Alan McDonald for their outstanding achievements. Also recognized as an Honorary Alumna will be Marta Sutton Weeks-Wulf.
Read MoreSeveral graduate level programs at the University of Utah moved up multiple spots in the just released issue of U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
Read MoreLecturer: Alan J. Heeger, professor of physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Date: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
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Read MoreJuly 29, 2008 (Salt Lake City, Utah) -More than 600 guests will join Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., representatives from the State, University of Utah, donor community, and the Utah Museum of Natural History to celebrate the groundbreaking for the museum’s new home, The Rio Tinto Center. The official ceremony will take place at the new site, located southeast of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, on University land that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley. The event will be held from 8 to 10 am.
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 University of Utah will hold College of Engineering Day this Saturday, Oct. 20 for high school students, college students who haven’t decided on a major and transfer students interested in engineering.
Read MoreTwenty-five University of Utah students who completed 400 hours of community service each will be honored at the U’s commencement ceremonies on May 4, at 9 a.m., in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Read MoreThis winter, lifelong learners age 50 and over at the University of Utah will come together to explore their internal resources, find new dimensions for growth, and reexamine their histories. They’ll study together in courses they chose, developed specifically for them by subject experts. Sixteen weekly classes and a variety of special events will be offered during the U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Winter term, beginning January 15, 2007. Registration is open now in person at 1901 East South Campus Drive or by phone at (801) 581-7155.
Read MoreChris Eisenberg, known for strong community ties, commitment to the nonprofit sector, and fundraising expertise, has joined the Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah as its capital campaign director. Mr. Eisenberg, former station manager at KCPW public radio, will work with museum staff over the next several years to complete a comprehensive fundraising campaign to raise an approximate $35 million of the $65 million needed to build the state’s new natural history museum. The new museum is scheduled to be built on University land, south of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum.
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