David Korten, author of the bestseller “When Corporations Rule the World” and “The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community,” will speak at the U on Monday, Oct. 23, from 1:30 until 3 p.m., in the old University’s Fine Arts Auditorium, 370 S. 1530 E., adjacent to the Arts and Architecture Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Engineering today announced a $100,000 gift from Alliant Techsystems (ATK) with the hopes it will help inspire more engineering students to pursue degrees in the aerospace industry.
Read MoreChris Eisenberg, known for strong community ties, commitment to the nonprofit sector, and fundraising expertise, has joined the Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah as its capital campaign director. Mr. Eisenberg, former station manager at KCPW public radio, will work with museum staff over the next several years to complete a comprehensive fundraising campaign to raise an approximate $35 million of the $65 million needed to build the state’s new natural history museum. The new museum is scheduled to be built on University land, south of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum.
Read MoreMagnets strong enough to stop a heart pacemaker, wreck credit cards and yank tools from your hands will be used to probe the structure of big molecules in a $14 million facility that will be unveiled Friday, Sept. 8 at the University of Utah.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges showcases three of the University of Utah”s most popular programs. The magazine ranked the U’s David Eccles School of Business and College of Engineering among the nation”s top schools, and the U’s Service Learning Program was honored as one of its “Programs to Look For.”
Read MoreThis fall, lifelong learners age 50 and over will study together in University of Utah courses chosen by and developed specifically for them by subject experts. More than 25 weekly classes will be offered through the U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, beginning Sept. 18.
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Engineering today announced a $250,000 gift from the Micron Technology Foundation for equipment, technology infrastructure and furnishings for the $30 million John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building. When completed in October 2006, the 100,000 square-foot Warnock Building will provide the academic hub for the nearly 3,500 engineering students, faculty and staff members at the University of Utah, as well as a gathering space for visitors and the community.
Read MoreThe Willard L. Eccles Foundation donated $600,000 so the University of Utah can build a 32-inch, research-class, optical telescope in southern Utah. The project is part of an effort to establish a full-fledged astronomy program at the university and perhaps to create a high-altitude observatory that will attract other new telescopes to the state.
Read MoreSix community leaders and University of Utah graduates have been appointed to serve a three-year term on the U’s Alumni Association Board of Directors (UUAA). The new board members will join the current board of 24 to oversee myriad activities associated with four affiliated boards – the Beehive Honor Society, Emeritus Alumni, Young Alumni, and Student Alumni.
Read MoreUtah’s cutting-edge technologies will be on display Wednesday May 17 as inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs and representatives of startup companies gather for the seventh annual Edison Showcase.
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