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Academic Senate Committee Interest Survey
February Academic Senate recap
U Debate Society recognized by Utah State Legislature
U professor and BBC crew team up for rare bear footage in Turkey
Clear the Air Challenge
Excellence in Global Engagement Awards
Research Reproducibility 2018 Conference call posters
Beehive Honor Society now accepting applications
ACADEMIC SENATE COMMITTEE INTEREST SURVEY
Any questions may be directed to Maddy Oritt at maddy.oritt@utah.edu.
The survey link can be found here.
FEBRUARY ACADEMIC SENATE RECAP
- A new graduate certificate in Statistics, with tracks in biostatistics, economics, and educational psychology.
- A new minor in Information Systems, for students in the David Eccles School of Business.
- A new minor in Games, through the Entertainment Arts and Engineering program.
- A new joint B.S./M.S. in Accounting, through the David Eccles School of Business.
The next Academic Senate meeting will be Monday, March 5 at 3 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom of the College of Law. Senate meetings are open to the public. The agenda will be posted here approximately one week before.
U DEBATE SOCIETY RECOGNIZED BY UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE
“The legislature’s recognition of the debate society underscores the competitive excellence we work to achieve as Utah’s oldest and most successful collegiate debate program, as well as the value we place on how the skills that we teach can be a part of shaping and improving political dialogue in the state,” said Michael Middleton, director of the John R. Park Debate Society. “Our entire coaching staff could not be prouder of the students who participate in the society and it is an honor to work with the best and brightest students from Utah and elsewhere who have contributed to this recognition and the other accomplishments of the program.”
The debate team had the honor of attending the resolution’s passage through the Utah House, followed by the Utah Senate.
In recent years, the team has enjoyed a close partnership with Alliance for a Better Utah co-hosting campaign debates. During the committee hearing, they offered their strong support of the resolution.
Read the full story here.
U professor and BBC crew team up for rare bear footage in Turkey
Şekercioğlu has been studying the Eurasian brown bears of Turkey’s Sarıkamış Forest Allahuekber Mountains National Park since 2006. In collaboration with the BBC One’s “Animals with Cameras” series, though, he got to see life from a bear’s-eye view. One bear found himself in a fight with another bear and was later chased for 45-minutes by yet another bear, before meeting up with a female who was unfortunately not interested in a love connection.
Şekercioğlu (who proudly sports a University of Utah hat on-camera) hopes that the show advances his efforts to protect the bears’ habitat in that part of Turkey.
Learn more about the bears of Sarıkamış forest here.
Mobile sources, including our personal cars, contribute significantly to fine particulate matter that dirties our winter air. Ride transit, walk, bike, carpool or even skip the trip. Then, log it into the online tracker. The top five individuals from the University of Utah team win dinner with Ruth Watkins, senior vice president and incoming president, and Amy Wildermuth, chief sustainability officer.
Help the U take first place overall, and remember, with cleaner air, we all win.
Find more information at cleartheairchallenge.org.
EXCELLENCE IN GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AWARDS
One faculty member and one staff member will be awarded (two awards). This is an annual award for which OGE seeks nominations each spring semester.
The award selection and ceremony is held in early April each year.
Click here for submission information. Deadline: March 2, 2018
RESEARCH REPRODUCIBIITY 2018 CONFERENCE: CALL FOR POSTERS
Presenting a poster is a great opportunity, especially for students and new researchers, to obtain interesting and valuable feedback on ongoing research for conference attendees.
The conference will be held June 15, 2018. Click here for more information.
Contact: UtahRR@lists.utah.edu.
BEEHIVE HONOR SOCIETY NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The application is due Feb. 12 and can be found here.