Four of Utah’s top female business leaders will share their educational and career experiences at this year’s Women’s Business Forum, which is hosted by the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. The forum will take place at 4 p.m., Thurs., October 30 at the business school’s C. Roland Christensen Center, Room 215.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah students, faculty, staff and the greater community can learn more about health and wellness during the U’s Wellness Week, Oct. 28 through 31. The 13th Annual Wellness Fair, traditionally a highlight of the week because of the giveaways and free health information, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., in the U’s Olpin Union Ballroom. Last year more than 2,000 people attended the mid-week event.
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 MoreThe annual Utah Environmental Symposium will be held Thursday Nov. 6 through Saturday Nov. 8 at the Wyndham Hotel in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreThe Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center, in conjunction with the College of Humanities, is pleased to announce the three-year appointment of Terry Tempest Williams as the Annie Clark Tanner Fellow in Environmental Studies.
Read MoreThe Bush administration is planning to spend $1.5 billion over the next five years on new programs to promote “healthy” marriages. The primary targets of the new initiative are unmarried couples that have recently had a child together. The initiative raises many questions about the feasibility and desirability of promoting marriage.
Read MoreEach of the women who will perform in the upcoming “Finding Voice: The Music of Utah Battered Women” has her own tale to tell, a story of domestic abuse or violence.
Read MoreNext week Robert Pepper, chief of policy development at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will be at the University of Utah to present “Digital Migration and the Changing Media Landscape,” the seventeenth annual B. Aubrey Fisher Memorial Lecture. The Oct. 16th event will be held in room 1110 of the University’s Language & Communication Building (LNCO), 255 S. Central Campus Drive (1610 E.), and is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the U’s Department of Communication, the lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah researchers have identified genes that ensure nerves develop in the correct part of the brain so mice can roll their eyeballs sideways, wiggle their whiskers, pull their ears back and blink their eyelids. The genes are common to all mammals, and so they likely help control human facial expressions such as smiles and frowns.
Read MoreA University of Utah School of Medicine neurobiologist has been chosen as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences–one of only 20 researchers nationwide to receive the honor.
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