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Expert at U to Provide Insight Into “California Circus”

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There are 135 candidates, including Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, plus Gov. Gray Davis, the subject of the recall. Who will win? The media has had a heyday asking this question while following the campaigns of each during the California gubernatorial recall election. This week’s decision by the Appeals Court panel to postpone the elections-and the full Appeals Court panel likely to review this decision-adds even more confusion to the much-publicized race.

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March 25, 2011

NAE President to Speak at U of U on Maintaining a Leading Role in a Global Economy

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William A. Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), will present the Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at noon, in the University of Utah Marriott Library’s Gould Auditorium. The lecture, “America’s Technological Challenge: Maintaining a Leading Role in a Global Economy,” is free and open to the public.

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March 25, 2011

Acquiring Persian Materials Is A “Trip” For Marriott Library

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The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah offers a vast and rich collection for those researching Middle East studies. Included in the structure is the Aziz S. Atiya Middle East Library, one of the largest of its kind in North America, with holdings of books, manuscripts and periodicals in the languages of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.

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March 25, 2011

World-Renowned Photojournalist Sebastião Salgado to Present Tanner Lecture at U of U

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The University of Utah’s 2003-2004 Tanner Lecture on Human Values will be given by world-renowned humanitarian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m., in the University of Utah’s Gardner Hall, located on Presidents Circle. Salgado’s lecture, “Art, Globalism, and Cultural Instability,” is free and open to the community.

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March 25, 2011

The Librarian Is In!

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1 a.m. Wednesday. You have a presentation due for your 8:00 a.m. class but you need to verify a citation. Who said, “Think, think, think.”? You search Google and Yahoo. No luck. Aha! You go to the Marriott Library home page and click on the LIVE CHAT icon, then connect to the Online Reference Desk. You chat directly online with a reference librarian who confirms the source of your quote. It was Winnie the Pooh. You meet your deadline. Life is good.

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March 25, 2011

New U of U Writing Center to Help Students Communicate More Fully

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In an effort to help students correct their writing and become independently better writers, this fall the University of Utah will introduce a new resource: the Writing Center, which will offer free 20-minute, one-on-one tutoring sessions for U undergraduate students. Staffed by trained undergraduate and graduate students, the center will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; and from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Students can schedule appointments in advance or receive on-the-spot assistance as walk-ins. The Marriott Library has donated space for the center, which will be located near the east entrance, in what was formerly the third-floor circulation area of the building.

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March 25, 2011

Ute Fans to “Bleed Red for the Community” Prior to Aug. 28 Game

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The University of Utah and Utah State University (USU) will hold a competitive blood drive next week, prior to the football season opener on Aug. 28th between the Utes and the Aggies at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Both university communities, long-time, instate rivals, will cooperatively replenish much-needed local blood supplies. The contest winner will be announced during the Thursday evening game. Last year Utah collected 416 units of blood and USU collected 399 units.

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March 25, 2011

MBA Students Learn the Importance of Lending a Hand

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The business leaders of tomorrow are rolling up their sleeves for kids with physical and developmental challenges who need help now. On Friday, August 15 approximately 55 new MBA students from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah will spend their day performing a community service project for Camp Kostopulos. Students will be staining the Camp Kostopulos dock and pavillion, sanding and painting picnic tables, and netting and raking the camp’s pond. Work will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at about 2:30 p.m.

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March 25, 2011