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A Photographer, a Poet and a Performance Artist

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The Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah will host a series of fall lectures and performances that explore the theme of “Border Crossings” from ethnic, artistic, cultural and linguistic angles. The series will include Zoriah, a war photographer, Croatian-Swiss poet Dragica Rajčić, and performance artist Adelina Anthony. All events in the series are free and open to the public. See below for a complete schedule.

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March 25, 2011

Hunger: How will U make a change?

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According to the Food Banks of Utah, hunger affects one out of every four children in the state. Globally, some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.

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March 25, 2011

Visualizing the Aztecs

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Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today’s visitor to the British Museum can see structures of the Aztecs, thanks to one professor’s research into the ancient architecture that served as the center stage of Aztec ceremonial life, combined with an ultra-modern electronic digital modeling process.

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March 25, 2011

Utah Ethicist Heads Stem Cell Panel

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University of Utah medical ethics expert Jeffrey R. Botkin will chair a federal panel that will review scientists’ requests to conduct government-funded research using embryonic stem cells left over from couples who used “test-tube fertilization” to have babies.

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March 25, 2011

Justice for all…If Not Now, When?

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Marking a year of controversy and struggle for gay rights the University of Utah Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered Resource (LGBT) Center announced the theme of their annual Pride Week Celebration – “Justice for all… IF NOT NOW, WHEN?” The celebration runs October 3-9, 2009.

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March 25, 2011

Simple Things That Save Lives

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“What is hope? Is it a thought? Is it a feeling? How do we know when it’s there and how do we know when it’s not?” asks David Rudd, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science and professor of psychology. “Suicide is more about the absence of hope then the presence of hopelessness.”

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March 25, 2011

Utah Students Get Straight Scoop from Utah’s Natives

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Did you know that the Ute tribe manages one of the largest herds of buffalo in the United States; or that the Paiute have a strong tradition of female leadership; or that the Navajo Nation has its own president, vice president, and government apart from the United States; and that over 75 percent of the White Mesa population votes (as opposed to 52 percent of Utahns)?

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March 25, 2011

Oil, the Environment and the Western Landscape on Display with Famed Author’s Visit

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Award-winning author Alexandra Fuller knows of what she writes. She lives and works in Wyoming, where oil has shaped the lives of those around her. That foundation inspired her latest book “The Legend of Colton H. Bryant,” about the life in oil-producing Wyoming of a kid who grows up with a good heart and spirit, and a lot in life that allows no escape from the oil patches.

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March 25, 2011