The Winter Solstice, happening on December 21st this year, is the shortest day and longest night of the year. It’s the darkest night of the year, making it the perfect time to relax, unwind, and reset. To help you get in the solstice spirit, here are some book recommendations curated by Alison Fox, our Borrowing & Course Materials Coordinator.
Support for the preservation of Utah’s ski and snow sport history has been astounding. The 2024 Ski Affair, held on October 23rd at the U’s Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House, was successfully able to raise more than $72,000 to support Special Collection’s Ski and Snow Sports Archives.
Between Spirit and Matter is an installation of performance pieces and ritual artifacts by the Utan-based artist Beth Krensky. An acclaimed art educator and maker, her work draws upon Mircea Eliade’s definition of sanctuaries as “doors of the gods’ and hence places of passage between heaven and earth.” Krensky embraces the inherent liminality of these transitional plains in an effort to sanctify bodies, spaces, and objects through her artistic process.
The University of Utah Press, which falls under the library umbrella, has turned 75 years-old! The Press publishes authors from around the globe, in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook formats and currently has 650 titles in print.
We are deeply saddened to share that on November 2nd, 2024, Michele Burgess passed away unexpectedly. Michele was an exceptionally talented painter, bookmaker, teacher, gift-giver, dog-lover, and cook–as well as a beloved partner, collaborator, sister, and aunt. A fiercely devoted artist all her life, she left behind an astonishing body of work.
