By Justin Sorensen Examining the animation accompanying this week’s Map Monday release depicts how American voting trends change over time, with majority support alternating between the Democratic or Republican parties. While this information provides a general interpretation of each election outcome, visualizing the data provides a...
Libraries have been in the business of lending books and materials for centuries. Today, given the unusual moment of COVID, staff at the Marriott Library have expanded their delivery methods to include Books to U – a service that delivers books and other materials to...
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By TJ Ferrill It's been just about a year since the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though we are constantly facing challenges and suffering brought on by SARS-CoV-2, there have been some positive changes. Here are my top 5 items to help me look on the bright...
The Rare Books Department invites you to view its virtual lecture, Invisible Mother: Science and the Fair Sex. Women have been both subjects and practitioners of science for centuries, although recognition of their influence in these spheres has been limited. The books we consider in this...
By Justin Sorensen 2021 has arrived and with it, the continuing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic within our daily lives. While our optimism grows for returning to normal activities as the much anticipated vaccines are distributed throughout our nation and the world, it’s important to remember...
The Sundance Film Festival—which will be screened entirely online in 2021, beginning January 28—has been a celebrated institution in Utah for over 40 years. And it’s been an immersive, annual pilgrimage for me since I moved to Salt Lake City nearly 20 years ago....
The J. Willard Marriott Library has negotiated a new agreement between The University of Utah (the U) and Cambridge University Press (CUP). Under this agreement, as of January 1, 2021, authors from the U who have articles accepted in a journal published by CUP...
Living in one of the nation’s most arid states, water conservation is always a hot topic. That’s what students in the Business Scholars program were thinking when they came to the Marriott Library with a proposal to install waterless urinals in one of the men’s...
The Lake of Beauty Stephanie Wolff Norwich, VT: Stephanie Wolff, 2015 Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was born in England. His philosophical writings reflected his interests in social and sexual reform and the late 19th-century anti-industrial Arts and Crafts Movement. In rebellion against Victorian prudery and industrial dehumanization, Carpenter was...