Dr. Ronald Rubin has donated four issues of early American newspapers highlighting Jewish contributions to commerce. The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, October 9, 1781, features an advertisement by Haym Salomon, broker, considered the Financier of the American Revolution. In the news that day, a report on the war...
Happy GIS Day! November 15, 2017 marks international GIS Day – a day devoted to demonstrating the real-world applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and how it makes a difference within our society. This global movement brings together universities, government agencies, schools, non-profits, and GIS...
The Map of the Week for November 13th examines the physical extent of the prehistoric pluvial lake known as Lake Bonneville, which covered most of the Utah territory until approximately 14,500 years ago. Through this interactive application, viewers have the opportunity to examine the depth...
“this is how it is longing sets in as days shorten and nights, well, nights shoulder their way right into day. it helps to have a sense of humor, a big stack of cordwood, skis waiting for snow, a book and a chair, some paper to draw on, cloth to stitch with thread: threads to tie it...
“Dedicated to the officers and men of the Utah Air National Guard whose past accomplishments, sincere endeavor, and esprit de corps have been an inspiration to all air units and with whom it has been our privilege to serve.” Title: Vapor Trails: 1949, 191st Fighter Squadron Author:...
“Also mein allerliebster bruder, sterck dich ynn dem Hern und sey gestrost ynn seiner mechtigen krafft, auff das du erkennest, tragest, liebest, und lobest aus gutwilligem hertzen, den veterlichen willen Gottes. Du werdest ledig odder nicht. Das du aber solches vermogest zu ehren seines heyligen...
“…yours until the final ghosts from darkened fires rise like filaments on the low blue-grey edge of light and air, to shine like music must, momentarily, to the blind.” Autumn’s End Christopher Buckley Lagniappe Press, 1992 PS3552 U339 A98 1992 Printed in October 1992 with 12 point Dante. The poem first appeared in “Hubbub,” Fall 1992....
“It has been a most usual thing for the bewitched Persons, at the same time the Spectres representing the Witches, troubled them, to be visited with Apparitions of Ghosts, pretending to have been Murdered by the Witches then represented. And sometimes the Confessions of the...
The Map of the Week for October 30th examines the balance of structures and vegetation around the University of Utah campus by comparing past vegetation areas to those found today through the use of GIS and near-infrared imagery. #MapMonday Examining Vegetation Changes Through Near-Infrared Imagery Developing a...
Dear Readers, I’m pleased to announce the installation of three virtual reality workstations in the Knowledge Commons, open to all students, faculty, and staff, on level 2 of the J. Willard Marriott Library. In addition to exploring circulation usage of virtual reality equipment, we have also...