By donating a used backpack, which has carried books from class to class, a University of Utah student can be part of the process that transforms the former tote into a suitcase of sorts for a refugee child in Mali, Ghana, Mozambique or Afghanistan.
Read MoreThe University of Utah, in conjunction with the Utah Valley University Honors Program, will welcome renowned author, scholar, cultural critic and social activist, bell hooks, as scholar-in-residence, the week of March 28-April 1, 2011. Known for her passionate thinking and writing, hooks is often identified as one of the nation’s most influential women and leading “public intellectuals.” Her work and writings cover a broad spectrum of topics on gender, race, class, culture, pedagogy and the significance of media for contemporary American and African American cultures. This statewide project is titled, “bell hooks: Critic, Scholar, Educator, and Philosopher.”
Read MoreGraduate level programs at the University of Utah are heading in the right direction, according to the 2012 edition of America’s Best Grad Schools published by U.S. News & World Report.
Read MoreCensus data from Utah released is being analyzed closely by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) because of its potential to reshape the state’s political boundaries. The Census Bureau today also shipped local 2010 Census data to the governor and leadership of the state legislature in Utah.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Presidential Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Week celebration committee announced today that Susan Olson, associate vice president for faculty and professor in political science at the University of Utah, has been named as the recipient of the 2011 Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women. The award recognizes a female staff or faculty member who has selflessly given time and energy to improve the educational and/or working environment for women at the university.
Read MoreThe David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced that Linda Wells will leave the Stanford Graduate School of Business to join the school’s leadership team. At the school of business, Wells will serve in the dual role of director of the full-time MBA program and of the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation.
Read MoreWhen Associate Professor Justine Reel came to the University of Utah in 2001, she immediately saw the need to help students develop better images of their own bodies. In 2002, she and four students developed a research team to combat the destructive behaviors that she saw in many students.
Read MoreThe 2011 University of Utah Women’s Week celebration will highlight the progress women have made toward equality in the work place, education, athletics and more, while underscoring the need for continued strides toward full parity. “Ain’t Misbehaving: Women Making History, Fighting for Equality” is the theme of the celebration, which runs Feb. 28 through March 4. All events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreCan business ethics help turn around the struggling U.S. economy? The fundamental economic principals needed to answer that question will be discussed in depth at the University of Utah on Friday, February 25, 2011 during a series of community discussions led by Stephen B. Young, global executive director of the Caux Round Table, an organization concerned with business conduct.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has landed among the nation’s elite for its undergraduate and graduate accounting programs.
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