Students from Utah’s colleges and universities will hold a press conference this Wednesday, Nov. 14 at noon. on Capitol Hill to demonstrate their support for a proposed state sales tax exemption on college textbooks. The press conference will focus on the importance of this proposition as it relates to individual college students and the state of Utah as a whole.
Read MoreGeneticist Mario R. Capecchi, the University of Utah’s first Nobel Prize laureate, will be the featured speaker during 2008 commencement ceremonies, university President Michael K. Young announced today.
The Yellowstone “supervolcano” rose at a record rate since mid-2004, likely because a Los Angeles-sized, pancake-shaped blob of molten rock was injected 6 miles beneath the slumbering giant, University of Utah scientists report in the journal Science.
Read MoreThe most energetic particles in the universe – ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays – likely come from supermassive black holes in the hearts of nearby active galaxies, says a study by scientists from nearly 90 research institutions worldwide, including the University of Utah.
“Bureaucratic solutions to problems of practice will always fail because effective teaching is not routine, students are not passive, and questions of practice are not simple, predictable, or standardized. Consequently, instructional decisions cannot be formulated on high then packaged and handed down to teachers,” states Linda Darling-Hammond in her award-winning book, The Right to Learn.
Read MoreEducational Liaison for the Salt Lake City School District Mike Harman and Salt Lake City Neighborhood Housing Services will both receive University Neighborhood Partner’s 3rd annual Bridge Builder Awards this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, during UNP’s 3rd annual CommUnity Day. UNP Director Dr. Rosemarie Hunter will present them with plaques on behalf of UNP.
Read MoreDr. Dolores Delgado Bernal, Education, Culture and Society, will be recognized as University Neighborhood Partners Community Scholar in Residence (CSIR) for the 2007-1008 academic year at University Neighborhood Partner’s 3rd Annual CommUnity Day this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 from 10am to 1pm in the Crimson Room of the Student Union. Delgado Bernal will spend the year further developing the community-based research trajectory of the Adelante partnership.
Read MoreEleven veterans will be honored on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 in the Olpin Union Ballroom at the University of Utah. Special events and celebrations will be held around campus to commemorate their hard work and diligence in protecting our country. Beginning at 11:00 a.m., eleven Utah Veterans will receive honorary medallions in a full-dress military ceremony, followed by a 21-cannon salute. The honorees were selected from nominations submitted by Utah citizens and served in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Read MoreUniversity Neighborhood Partners (UNP) will celebrate its fifth anniversary on Thursday, November 1, 2007 with a dinner for founding donors and current partners at Red Butte Garden. Vice President for University Relations and UNP Board of Advisors co-chair Fred Esplin will welcome the 150 guests as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. UNP founding director Irene Fisher will announce the creation of the UNP Pathfinder Scholarship Fund, which is slated to provide tuition and fee assistance to west Salt Lake youth and adults pursuing pre-college exposure to higher education through classes, field trips, institutes and other educational programs beginning in 2008.
Read MoreUtah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s ongoing trade delegation to India will initiate a long-term international collaboration with that country and the University of Utah. During the trade mission, Jack Brittain, vice president of technology venture development at the University of Utah will sign four memorandums of understanding between the University of Utah and four reputable Indian companies: Globerian, Global Health Private Ltd. MediCity, Manipal AcuNova Ltd., and Pregna International. Gov. Huntsman will witness each of the signings to take place in Mumbai and New Delhi, India.
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