The University of Utah’s College of Engineering will host more than 1,500 elementary school students March 25-29 for the college’s annual Elementary Engineering week, designed to spark enthusiasm for engineering at an early age.
Read MoreThe University of Utah presents its annual celebration of Women’s Week with activities from March 25-29. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Learning through Giving: Mentoring Young Women” Featuring a keynote address by University of Virginia Curry School of Education Professor Edith Lawrence. Her address will take place Thursday, March 28 from noon to1:00 p.m. at the U’s student Oplin Union building, Saltair Room.
Read MoreMore than 700 students will compete in this year’s Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held March 20-22 at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium tower.
Read MoreMore than 1,000 Utah high school students will put robots they designed and built to the test in a regional robotics competition co-sponsored by the University of Utah’s College of Engineering.
Read MoreThe University of Utah is launching a project to teach prisoners about science and give them job training in recycling, organic gardening, composting and other skills. It is part of a trend toward environmental sustainability in prisons – the subject of a workshop at the university Wednesday, March 20 through Friday, March 22.
Read MoreA coalition of organizations focused on nonviolence and peace is bringing noted scholar Tariq Ramadan to Utah for two lectures on March 20 and 21 about finding peace in the Middle East. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
Read MoreThree University of Utah faculty members will speak during The Leonardo museum’s Friday, March 22 Leonardo after Hours program on immortality, “Do You Want to Live Forever?”
Read MoreThe Natural History Museum of Utah will present best-selling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman on Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall. As keynote speaker for the lecture series, “Nature of Things 2013: The Science of Being Human,” Eagleman will explore how behaviors we think are generated by our conscious minds are driven by rival systems in our subconscious brains.
Read MoreThe David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah made the biggest jump among the university’s graduate programs in this year’s edition of “America’s Best Grad Schools 2014,” published by U.S. News & World Report, moving up an impressive 23 spots from the year before.
Read MoreEntertainment Arts & Engineering (EAE) at the University of Utah is ranked number one for its undergraduate program and number two for its graduate program by the Princeton Review, which announced its rankings today.
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