The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah is pleased to welcome Gretchen W. McClain, the former deputy associate administrator for space development at NASA, as this year’s lecturer for the William R. and Erlyn J. Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life. McClain’s lecture is titled, “Space Innovation: Why […]
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Former NASA administrator to speak at the U’s J. Willard Marriott Library
The University of Utah hosts training program for 89 high school coaches from China
Today, the University of Utah welcomed 89 high school coaches from China to participate in a training and education program for the next three months. As members of the Federation University Sports China, the coaches will work with U athletics staff on techniques in men and women’s basketball, track and field, swimming and cheerleading. Part […]
U.S. and Iranian relations: Enemies forever?
The Middle East Center at the University of Utah will welcome Ambassador John Limbert, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran, Friday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in room 109 of the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building. The event is free and open to the public. As part of the Reza Ali Khazeni Lecture […]
U Asia Campus launches new state-of-the-art facilities in South Korea
The University of Utah Asia Campus has a new and permanent home in Incheon, South Korea. The 170,000 square foot state-of-the-art building is located on a complex within the Incheon Global Campus that also includes George Mason University and Belgium’s Ghent University. The nine-story, LEED-certified facility is modeled after the iconic J. Willard Marriott Library on […]
First cohort of students from U Asia Campus arrive in SLC
In 2014, the University of Utah Asia Campus opened its doors in Incheon, South Korea to students looking for a global and culturally diverse education. Today, the U welcomed the first group of students to Salt Lake City to complete their degrees. Although most undergraduate students will spend three years at the Asia campus before […]
Video game created by U students helps combat lazy eye in kids
A leading cause of vision loss in children is amblyopia, or lazy eye, and video game developers from the University of Utah have come up with a way to not only diagnose but to treat the disorder. In 2015, U students Ahmad Alsaleem, Ahmad Nassari and Daniel Blair from Entertainment Arts & Engineering won a […]
U announces founding director for newly formed School of Dance
After an extensive search, the University of Utah named Luc Vanier as the director of the new School of Dance. Vanier comes to the U from his position as associate director and head of dance at the School of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University. Earlier this year, the U announced the departments of […]
Ecology on the runway
University of Utah ecologist Nalini Nadkarni is no fashion mogul. But she is a scientist actively engaged in public outreach, working to bring the wonder and curiosity of the natural world to people, even those who may have no interest in natural history museums, nature documentaries or natural history magazines. Those people probably care about […]
The Tanner Humanities Center receives grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah has received a $160,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Landmarks of American Culture and History: Workshops for School Teachers. The workshops will be held in the summer of 2017 and will be co-directed by U professors of […]
Visual time-capsule of SLC music scene
Since its birth in the 1960s, concert poster art has been on the rise, gaining popularity and continually changing over time with the introduction of different technology. These changes are evident in a collection of concert posters spanning more than 50 years from the multitude of small music venues around the Salt Lake Valley housed […]