EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES Utah Valley University Jan. 20-22 For information on the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Association and Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement (SoTE) VII Conference: Reaching the Summit — Explorations in Meaningful Learning through Community Engagement, click here. Kanab Feb. 26-28 Click here for information regarding the Red Rock Great […]
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the U on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Her appearance is sponsored by the University of Utah MUSE Project (My U Student Experience), a presidential initiative that works to enrich undergraduate education across the university.
Read MoreThe Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a discussion on as prison relocation as the debate heats.
Read MoreUndergraduate students at the U and Utah State University will showcase their research to state lawmakers on Thursday, Jan. 29 in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol. The Legislative Session begins today.
Read MoreFormer chair of the University of Utah Board of Trustees Clark Ivory established the U’s most prestigious student award last year, the Ivory Prize for Excellence in Student Leadership. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 award.
Read MoreThe history of the University of Utah Department of Film & Media Arts is more entwined with that of the Sundance Film Festival than most people realize. Professor emeritus Tom Sobcheck was integral in the programming for the festival.
Read MoreThe U presents its 31st annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 17-22. Princeton professor, activist and author Imani Perry will give the week’s keynote address, Jan. 22, where she’ll discuss recent police shootings, the battle of racial inequality and American race relations in the 21st century.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah President David W. Pershing and the Board of Trustees have announced that U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, a U alum, will deliver the university’s general commencement address on Thursday, May 7, 2015.
Read MoreA new book by Armando Solorzano, Ph.D., will be used in many K-12 schools throughout Utah to bring a better understanding of Latino history to students.
Read More“[con]text,” a new exhibition on view now through July 26 at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, mines its richly varied permanent collection to explore the many ways in which visual artists have harnessed language to communicate, relate, entice, advocate and illuminate.
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