‘IT’S ALL CHANGING BUT IT ISN’T ALL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: CLIMATE DISCOURSES IN RUSSIA’
Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 | 12-1 p.m.
Building 73, Room 110
Knowledge of global climate change has increased dramatically over the past several years across arctic and subarctic regions. Nonetheless, the dominant narrative about global climate change is denial of its existence and denial of its impact on daily lives and livelihoods.
With examples from Moscow, the Volga region, Vladivostok and Kamchatka, I show that understanding the roles of local science traditions, socio-environmental histories, and current conceptualizations of vulnerability and/or resilience are vital for understanding Russian discourses about climate change.
Speaker: Jessica Graybill.
For more information, click here.
FREE YOGA FROM JANUARY-APRIL 2017
Mondays | 5:15 p.m.
Wednesdays | 12:05 p.m. (Begins Feb. 1)
Fridays | 8:05 a.m. (Begins Feb. 1)
Eccles Health Sciences Library, Garden Level
Join us for free 50 minute yoga sessions from January-April 2017 on Mondays, *Wednesdays and Fridays (beginning on Feb. 1), on the Garden Level, Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Drop by for one event or attend all of the free yoga events. Please bring your own mat. If you forget your mat, we have three mats available for check out at the front desk.
Please send us feedback here.
2017 STEM CAREER FAIR
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Union Ballroom
Come to the 2017 STEM Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 7. For graduating seniors and alumni seeking career oriented positions in technical, science and engineering positions. Internships for juniors and seniors.More information at careers.utah.edu.
CAMPUS SAFETY LISTENING SESSIONS
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017: 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the Union Building, Panorama East
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017: 3-4 p.m. in the Union Building, Parlor A
Monday, Feb. 13: 12-1 p.m. in the Union Building, Parlor A
The Presidential Task Force on Campus Safety is holding three listening sessions aimed at collecting feedback about campus safety which will be used to make recommendations to the president.
In December 2016, President David Pershing composed the task force and asked it provide recommendations in the following four areas:
1. Prevention campaigns
2. Physical safety, such as lighting and security cameras
3. Adequacy of support personnel to respond to incidents
4. Training for students, faculty and staff
The listening sessions are designed for the task force to listen to the campus community and will be hosted by task force chairs Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Snyder and Associate General Counsel Michele Ballantyne. All members of the campus community, including Health Sciences, are invited to participate. The task force is particularly interested in student comments.
Listening Sessions:
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017: 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the Union Building, Panorama East
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017: 3-4 p.m. in the Union Building, Parlor A
Monday, Feb. 13: 12-1 p.m. in the Union Building, Parlor A
EARL WARREN, ERNESTO MIRANDA AND TERRORISM
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 | 12 p.m.
Tanner Humanities Center, Room 143 (map)
Earl Warren was a district attorney, governor of California and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. As governor of California, Warren was tough on crime, a fierce proponent of law and order and an advocate of Japanese internment during WWII, a decision he would later regret. Warren was one of the most significant and influential chief justices in U.S. history.
Warren wrote the majority opinion in Miranda v. Arizona (1966). In that decision, the Supreme Court created the Miranda warning: “You have the right to remain silent.”
In the forthcoming book, “Earl Warren, Ernesto Miranda and Terrorism,” the author explores whether Warren would apply that holding to Americans suspected of involvement in domestic terrorism?
To answer requires investigation of following matters:
What were his motivations in a holding widely assumed to be the pinnacle of the so-called “Warren Court criminal procedure-constitutional revolution?”
Why would a chief justice, whose background was deeply rooted in law enforcement, craft a decision whose focus was protecting suspects?
How did his experiences as district attorney, attorney general and governor shape his understanding of the imbalance between the interrogated and the interrogator?
What was the contemporary context of his holding?
Lunch will be provided and this event is open to the public, but seating is limited.
More info at Talks at The Tanner.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES LA SALS BACKCOUNTRY SKIING YURT
Food mandatory pre-trip meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 7 | 5 p.m.
Trip is Friday, Feb. 10-Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
La Sals Mountain Range, Utah
Ever noticed those huge, awesome looking mountains that are the backdrop of Moab? Those are the La Sals. They’re pretty amazing.
What makes them even more amazing is the amount of great backcountry skiing opportunities they provide in the winter.
$180+tax ($45 non-refundable deposit due upon registration) includes: group gear, transportation.
Register by calling Outdoor Adventures at 801-581-8516.
Come join us for a weekend of awesome skiing and relaxing in a warm yurt with hot drinks and new friends. Previous skiing experience is necessary.
Trips are only open to University of Utah students, faculty and staff (including their guests). Call 801-581-8516 or come to Outdoor Adventures to register.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES SNOWBASIN CROSS-COUNTRY SKI
Mandatory pre-trip meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 7 | 5 p.m.
Trip is Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017
Snow basin Resort, Utah
While everyone else waits in lift-lines you could join us for a day of cross-country skiing at Snowbasin Resort.
This trip is great for any outdoor enthusiast, from beginner to advanced, who wants to get out and ski the miles of trails available to them.
$25 + tax (full payment due with registration) and includes: group gear, transportation and food. Register by calling Outdoor Adventures at 801-581-8516
Cross-country skiing is one of the best days in the snow you can have. Trips are only open to University of Utah students, faculty and staff (including their guests).
Call 801-581-8516 or come to Outdoor Adventures to register.
ISLAM’S STANCE ON JUSTICE: MYTHS AND TRUTHS
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 | 12-2 p.m.
Union Ballroom East
Speaker: Seyed Hadi Yassin
Free event, but please RSVP here.
Pizza will be served and the program will include the following topics:
What is Islam’s view on extremism?
Who is Hussain and how did he set the paradigm on justice for humanity?
Exploring the foundation and implementation of justice as it relates to Islamic beliefs.
The umbrella of justice and its proof in the Quran
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 2017 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 | 5-7 p.m.
Union Ballroom
A celebration of interdisciplinary student research in climate, global change impacts, natural and human-built ecosystems, policy and sustainability, the annual Environment and Sustainability Research Symposium provides a great opportunity for students from across campus to synthesize and present their research in a poster session in a friendly and fun atmosphere with food and live music.
Visit environment.utah.edu for more information.
HUMAN VALUES AND THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 | 7 p.m.
S.J. Quinney College of Law, Moot Courtroom, Level six
Barry Scheck is an attorney, DNA expert, and co-founder of The Innocence Project. He is known for landmark litigation that set the standards for using DNA evidence in courts. He has spearheaded a nationwide movement to re-examine the fairness and efficacy of our criminal justice system.
A Commissioner for the New York State Forensic Science Review Board and Professor at the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, Scheck is considered one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America.
This event is open to the public, but seating is limited.
CAMPUS SYMPHONY
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 | 7:30 p.m.
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
Campus Symphony will present their first concert of the semester on Feb. 8 in Libby Gardner Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. The program includes “Invitation to Dance” by Carl Maria von Weber, “Fantasia on Greensleeves” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and “Symphony No. 2” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
UEXPLORE MAJOR OPEN HOUSE ‘GOING GLOBAL’
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium
This UExplore Major Open House provides an opportunity to meet with faculty, declared students, and advisors as you explore majors, minors and certificates.
Representatives from International & Area Studies, Linguistics, Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies, World Languages & Cultures, Learning Abroad, Hinckley Institute, Peace & Conflict Studies, Geography, Political Science, Lassonde Institute and Career Services will be in attendance.
Click here for more information.
KUER CONVERSATIONS, ‘ON OUR DOORSTEP: UNDERSTANDING UTAH’S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS’
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 | 7 p.m.
The City Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City
Join KUER for the next installment of KUER Conversations, “On Our Doorstep: Understanding Utah’s Homelessness Crisis.” Admission is free.
Thousands of people are living on the streets in Utah struggling to find work and a place to live. Many suffer from addiction and mental illness and sophisticated criminals are taking advantage of their misfortune, but Utah’s elected officials are working on a solution.
KUER reporter Whittney Evans is moderating a free panel discussion with community leaders on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at 7 p.m. at The City Library in downtown Salt Lake.
Panelists to be announced. Click here for more information.
DIGITAL HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 | 1-5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Gould Auditorium, 1130, 1150
Join us on Feb. 10-11, 2017, as scholars from across the Mountain West region gather at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library to discuss digital humanities research, practice, and programs. This symposium will feature panel presentations and a keynote address by Alan Liu (UC Santa Barbara).
Registration is now open for the second annual Utah Symposium on the Digital Humanities (DHU2), which will be held at the University of Utah Marriott Library on February 10-11, 2017. DHU2 will feature keynote speaker Alan Liu from the University of California, Santa Barbara, NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities Program Officer Perry Collins, and panel presentations from speakers around the Mountain West. This event aims to continue the scholarly conversation about Digital Humanities theories, research, tools, and programs being developed in the region.
Registration is $50 for the two-day symposium ($25 for students) and includes meals. Register today here. For more information, click here or follow us on Twitter at @UtahDHConf.
Panels will be held at the Gould Auditorium and Rooms 1130 and 1150 (all three are located on Level 1).
U SYMPOSIUM TO FOCS ON DISMANTLING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
S.J. Quinney College of Law
Researchers, educators, social workers, court personnel, students and community members will meet at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law on Feb. 11 for a symposium designed to discuss how to reverse Utah’s troubling school- to-prison pipeline trend.
The symposium comes in the aftermath of a report issued by the law school’s Public Policy Clinic, “From Fingerpaint to Fingerprints: The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Utah,” in which researchers found that school disciplinary actions handed down to students at Utah public schools disproportionately impact students of color and students with disabilities enrolled in the state’s public education system.
Since the report was issued, law students have collaborated with community partners and have organized several initiatives to try to shed light on the issue. Those initiatives include legislation introduced by Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, to get Utah schools to address issues raised by the report.
A first look of a report by local organizations revealing racial disparities in Utah’s juvenile justice system also will be presented at the symposium.
The symposium is collaboration between law students, the S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Social Justice Student Initiative, Racially Just Utah, the ACLU of Utah, the Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys, and Salt Lake Peer Court.
Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact raciallyjustutah@gmail.com
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF SLC PRESENTS THE CURATETO CASALS
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 | Pre-concert lecture 6:30 p.m.; Concert 7:30 p.m.
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
The University of Utah along with The Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City presents Cuarteto Casals. The renowned string quartet has been described as “A quartet for the new millennium… ” by the Strad Magazine. They have performed in many of the world’s most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Wigmore Hall.
The quartet will perform “Quartet in B flat Major, K. 458” by W.A. Mozart, “Quartet No. 10 in A flat Major, Op. 118” by Dimitri Shostakovich and “Quartet No. 3 in B flat Major, Op. 67” by Johannes Brahms.
OWNING THE CREDIT CARD GAME
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 | 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Union Pano East
Join the Personal Money Management Center for “Owning the Credit Card Game.” Still scared of credit cards? Come eat free lunch and check out this workshop to learn how to be credit card savvy. Wells Fargo’s Sergio Bodero will be presenting.
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENTS HEART WRENCHING MUSICAL ‘DOGFIGHT’
Through-Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017
Babcock Theatre
The University of Utah’s Department of Theatre opens the spring season with “Dogfight,” a romantic and witty musical adaptation of the 1991 movie with River Phoenix and Lili Taylor at the Babcock Theatre, Feb. 3-19. Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical in 2013, “Dogfight” is directed and choreographed by Denny Berry.
The play is set on Nov. 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery and partying. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward waitress, he volunteers to win a brutal bet with his fellow recruits. Speckled with comedy, love and tragedy, “Dogfight” will take its audience on a heart breaking and powerful journey that changes even the strongest soldiers.
General Admission tickets are $18, U faculty and staff are $15, U students are free with UCard and all other students with valid student ID are $8.50. Tickets can be obtained by calling 801-581-7100, online at ticket.utah.edu or at the Performing Arts Box Office, located at Kingsbury Hall.
SUSTAINABILITY FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 | 12:15 p.m.
Marriott Library, Faculty Center
The interdisciplinary Sustainability Faculty Learning Community meets on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Join us for practice and discussion about integrating the big ideas of sustainability into your courses and academic endeavors. The Sustainability Faculty Learning Community is a joint initiative of the Sustainability Office and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Faculty, teaching assistants, and staff are welcome. This month, Brian Codding, Assistant Professor in anthropology and Sustainability Teaching Scholar will share exercises, strategies, and activities he uses to integrate sustainability into his courses.
Please RSVP.
2017 BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Tuesday, Feb. 21-Thursday, Feb. 23 | 7 p.m. nightly
Kingsbury Hall
Outdoor Adventures is hosting the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at Kingsbury Hall Feb. 21-23, 2017.
General public: $14
Students with UCard: $12
Different films will be screened each night, click here to see the film descriptions and selections for each evening,
To learn more about Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, visit the official website.
Tickets are available at Kingsbury Hall ticket office 801-581-7100, REI-Salt Lake, and at Outdoor Adventures.
LIGHTSPARK MEDIA SUMMIT
Friday, March 3, 2017 | 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom, sixth floor
Join fellow digital artists, musicians, directors, producers, actors, business people, students and attorneys for this day-long symposium to explore emerging trends in the film, TV and music industries. Designed to maximize both learning and networking, the Summit is an engaging blend of presentations, interactive panel discussions, performances, live demonstrations, and an unforgettable lunchtime keynote. The day is also infused with the Stewards of Story theme, guiding conversations about what taking responsibility for ethical storytelling means today.
Read more here and click here to register.
GLOBALOCATION
Through Friday, March 3, 2017
Marriott Library
This exhibition will mark the 20th anniversary of the Artnauts Artist Collective. The Collective was founded in Colorado by Dr. George Rivera in 1996. Since that time, the collective has exhibited work in museum, university, gallery and public spaces on four continents while using the arts as a tool for addressing global issues while connecting artists from around the world.
J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY PRESERVATION EXHIBIT
Through Friday, March 10, 2017
Marriott Library, Level four
The Preservation Department uses conservation treatments to remediate damage in books, documents and photographs, and preventive approaches to mitigate future damage.
Strategies include: retaining as much as possible of the original historic object in repairs; utilizing reversible, non-damaging techniques; and safeguarding cultural assets in advance of natural or manmade disasters.The exhibit provides an overview of these preservation treatments.
Click here for more information.
LIVE MUSEUM THEATER
Through April 15, 2017
Natural History Museum of Utah
Don’t miss live theater performances delighting museum audiences almost daily. Current productions include “Poison Live!” – the true story of how murder helped bring about the science of toxicology, and “The Extreme Plants Traveling Sideshow,” a fun look at how exotic plants in the rainforest develop life-saving defenses.
Shows are included with regular museum admission.
“Poison Live!” is a 12-minute theatrical and multimedia show that tells a dramatic story about the beginnings of toxicology. Check here for scheduled days and times.
Extreme plants traveling show: Step right up and see the world’s most daring, elegant, exotic and mysterious plants. Experience this high-energy, 20-minute theatrical performance that will entertain and enlighten one and all. Meet the plants and bear witness to their highly evolved defense mechanisms. Seeing is believing folks. Check here for scheduled days and times.
THE POWER OF POISON
Through April 16, 2017
Natural History Museum of Utah
Mystery and intrigue are afoot at NHMU’s new “Power of Poison” exhibit. Learn more about the role of poison for good and ill in nature, history, myths and legends and real life. Complete with live animals, technical wonders and a touch of live theater, there is something to fascinate the explorer in everyone.
NHMU is the only stop on “The Power of Poison” tour that displays live animals. When visitors step into “Poison in Nature,” they enter the Chocó forest of Columbia where live golden poison arrow frogs peer up from their tanks. These brightly-colored amphibians can fit into your shirt pocket, but they would be a deadly accessory; their skin secretes a substance so toxic that the poison from one frog can kill 10 grown humans.
Purchase tickets here.