PUBLIC SPEAKING (OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EDUCATION SEMINAR)
Monday, Nov. 30 | 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Sill Center, Large Conference Room
This seminar is presented by an Undergraduate Research Leader with the Office of Undergraduate Research. You will hear about techniques for and issues with effective public speaking from a student’s perspective. This seminar is useful for any student, as public speaking is both necessary in research dissemination and takes a lot of practice.
INCOME INEQUALITY: SAFETY NETS AND LABOR ORGANIZATION (DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS VISITING SPEAKER SERIES)
Monday, Nov. 30| 3:30-5 p.m.
USTAR Auditorium, SMBB 2650
At this event, Sheldon Danzinger from the Russell Sage Foundation will present “Can the US Reduce Poverty and Inequality without a Stronger Safety Net?” and Richard Freeman from Harvard University will present “Can the US Reduce Inequality and Poverty without Strong Labor Organizations?”
ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING
Monday, Nov. 30 | 3 p.m.
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, Room 109
Two important policy proposals will be discussed at the next Academic Senate meeting, the Safety of Minors Policy and Limiting Course Attempts. They will be heard and voted on by faculty and student representatives from all colleges across campus.
The meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 30, in the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, Room 109 at 3 p.m.
NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Monday, Nov. 30 | 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Dumke Recital Hall
Come and enjoy an evening with the New Music Ensemble as they offer a wide variety of 20th and 21st century music, from masterworks to new, exploratory compositions, performed by freshman through doctoral students. Audiences delight in works by composers such as Messiaen, Stravinsky, Davidovsky, Ligeti and more, performed with understanding, clarity and excitement.
GCSC SEMINAR: ‘THE SCIENCE/POLICY INTERFACE: CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND DECISION-MAKING’
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 4-5 p.m.
Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building (ASB)
This seminar will explore the intersection between science and decision-making, including a discussion of multiple experiments in coproduction of knowledge between stakeholders and scientists in the context of preparing for the risks and opportunities associated with climate change.
OPPORTUNITY QUEST REGISTRATION
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Registration opens on Dec. 1 for Opportunity Quest, a business summary
competition. Branch competitions are held at the University of Utah and schools across the state. Top teams win prizes and advance to the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. Registration deadline is Jan. 15. Online registration here.
‘THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING’ FILM PREMIER
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 7 p.m.
Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium
The Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund in conjunction with the Marriott Library present a free film premier of “This Changes Everything,” adapted from Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction best-seller. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, “This Changes Everything” is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
General Admission: $12
Arts Pass Event: Free to U students with UCard
Other students:$6
Faculty, staff and seniors:$6
Go here for more information and for tickets.
WOMEN’S ALUMNI EVENT
Wednesday, Dec. 2 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building (SFEBB)
Sara Laschever has spent her career investigating what shapes women’s lives and careers. She has written extensively about women in business, literature and the arts, academia, and the sciences. Her work has been published by The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Harvard Business Review, Vogue, Glamour, and many other publications.
Laschever is faculty of the Carnegie Mellon Leadership. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a master’s degree from Boston University.
WINTER NIGHTS
Wednesday, Dec. 2 | 5-9 p.m.
Natural History Museum of Utah
Stay warm and cozy this December at the Natural History Museum of Utah’s Winter Nights. Fun and festivities for the whole family each Wednesday evening, including free musical presentations, discounts at the museum store, ornament making, cookies and hot chocolate. Visit the website for details, including the live performance schedule.
Admission to Canyon area is FREE and it’s $9-$13 to visit museum galleries. For more information, go here.
HOLIDAY ART EVENTS ON CAMPUS
Wednesday, Dec. 2-Thursday, Dec. 31
Various locations
Holiday art events begin this week on campus. Click here for a list of the events being held on campus.
UTAH STREAM ACCESS LAW – LOG DRIVES AND NAVIGABILITY
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 12:15-1:15 p.m.
College of Law – S. J. Quinney (LAW)
Cullen Battle, lead counsel in the recent Weber River navigability adjudication, will discuss a new approach to securing public recreational access to Utah’s rivers that involves the ancient doctrine of navigability and evidence of log drives that occurred in the late 1800’s.
Cullen is lead counsel for the plaintiff in Utah Stream Access Coalition v. Park, a case adjudicating the navigability of the Weber River. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia and has practiced at Fabian & Clendenin in Salt Lake City since 1981. He has served on the Utah Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Civil Procedure, the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board and Salt Lake City’s Public Utilities Advisory Committee. His areas of practice include public lands and environmental law, public utility law, land use law and complex real estate and commercial litigation. Cullen is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Utah, where he teaches Environmental Law Practice.
Click here for more information.
FOOD STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 4-5 p.m.
Orson Spencer Hall (OSH)
Join us for the “Food Studies Seminar Series: Investigating School Food Policies.”
Please use public transportation where available. Ride UTA and Google Maps provide the best route information.
Contact Adrienne.Cachelin@health.utah.edu with any questions.
FEARLESS: BALLET SHOWCASE
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 4 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5 | 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
(Thursday) Marriott Center for Dance – Alice Sheets (MCD)
(Friday and Saturday) Hayes Christensen Theatre
Fifteen University of Utah Department of Ballet student choreographers throw caution to the wind this fall for their upcoming showcase.
$12 Adult, $8 U faculty and staff, children and seniors.
Arts Pass event: FREE to U students with UCard.
Get your tickets here.
HOW TO WRITE A PERSONAL STATEMENT (OFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EDUCATION SERIES)
Friday, Dec. 4 |10-11 a.m.
Sill Center Large Conference Room
In this seminar you will learn about what content goes into an effective personal statement and how to structure your personal statement. Personal statements are necessary for graduate, medical, and professional school applications, as well as for many job applications. This seminar will be useful to students at any point in their education.
FRIDAYS WITH FACULTY: INES THIEBAUT
Friday, Dec. 4 | 12 p.m.
Dumke Recital Hall
“Symmetry and Aggregate Completion in Mario Davidovsky’s Quartettos”
MENOTTI’S AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Saturday, Dec. 5 | 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
$10 tickets for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
Available by calling 801-531-7501 or at the door with cash, check or credit card.
Visit saltlakesymphony.org for more information.
UNIVERSES: LIVE FROM THE EDGE
Saturday, Dec. 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Kingsbury Hall
Fusing poetry, jazz, hip-hop, Spanish bolero, and Southern blues, UNIVERSES redefines what theater is and who it speaks to. In Live From the Edge, the award-winning ensemble performs a collection of their best work over the past 20 years plus a sampling of their upcoming project featuring the unpublished poetry of August Wilson.
$20 general public
$5 for U students with UCard
$10 for non-U students with school ID
$10 for youth 18 and under
U staff/faculty save 10 percent with UCard
For more information, click here.
‘SECRETS OF THE GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH’
Sunday, Dec. 6 | 3-4 p.m.
Marriott Library
The author of “Secretes of the Greatest Snow on Earth,” Dr. Jim Steenburgh, is a professor of meteorology at the University of Utah, with meteorology degrees from Penn State and the University of Washington. He will be discussing his book here at the Gould.
For more information, visit lib.utah.edu.
INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY IN UTAH
Monday, Dec. 7 | 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Orson Spencer Hall (OSH), Hinckley Caucus, Room 255
Recent Findings from Department of Workforce Services 2015 Report
John Pierpont – Executive Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services
Casey Cameron – Deputy Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services
Tracy Gruber – Director of the Office of Child Care, Utah Department of Workforce Services,
Senior Advisor of the Intergenerational Poverty Initiative
‘GLIMPSE’
Nov. 16 – Jan. 29, 2016
Marriot Library, level four
Rare Books is pleased to support the Book Arts Program with its historic, fine press, and artists’ books collections. “Glimpse” features these and many other book artists represented in our collections.