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Renowned Pianists to Perform at U of U Summerarts Piano Festival

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The University of Utah SummerArts Piano Festival is an on-site camp that offers young pianists and college students master classes and competitions. This year the event will be held Aug. 6 through 9. While festival courses are structured for the 200 to 300 registered participants, special performances by festival featured artists Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi and Juana Zayas will be given for the public. Bottazzi will perform on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 7:30. Juana Zayas will present on Friday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will be held in Libby Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus. Tickets are $5 and $3 for students and seniors. For more information on the concerts call 801-581-4062.

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March 25, 2011

Why We Lack Spare Ribs

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University of Utah researchers have identified genes that help explain why mice, people and other mammals evolved with modern rib cages instead of having snake-like ribs that extend from the neck to the tailbone.

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March 25, 2011

Seniors’ Premiums Exceed Costs of Prescription Drugs

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The addition of prescription drug benefits to seniors’ Medicare has become an important public health policy-and hotly debated-issue. Politicians have batted around different figures, but, according to University of Utah Associate Professor of Consumer Studies Jessie Fan, little research has existed on actual dollar amounts spent over time and how these expenses related to seniors’ health coverage.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Students to be Immersed in The Mexico Project

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For ten days this month, nine University of Utah students and one U assistant professor will be providing community service and interacting with students with disabilities at the Santigo V. Gonzales School, in Las Piedras Negras (Black Rocks), Mexico, across the Eagle Pass, Texas border.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Trains Bosnians to Teach Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings

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In the near future thousands of children with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina will reap the benefits of being educated in inclusive, general education programs, thanks to a joint project between the University of Utah, the University of Maryland, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and the Bosnian and Herzegovinian government.

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March 25, 2011

U of U’s LGBT Resource Center, Hinckley Institute of Politics to Sponsor “Defining Minority: A Process of Inclusion?”

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The University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics and Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center will sponsor a panel discussion titled “Defining Minority: A Process of Inclusion?” on Wednesday, June 25, from noon until 1 p.m. The forum will take place in room 253 of Orson Spencer Hall, 260 S. Central Campus Dr. The event is free and open to the public.

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March 25, 2011

Red Butte Garden Names New Executive Director

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Red Butte Garden names Dr. Gregory Lee as its executive director. In his new role, Lee will direct all operations at the 150-acre botanical garden and arboretum including fund-raising, education, marketing, business administration and horticulture, and supervising a staff of more than 90.

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March 25, 2011