A wholehearted “Congrats” to the student library employees who will be graduating this year! Your contributions of time, energy, and talent are invaluable to the operation of the library. We wish you the very best as you transition to your next adventure....
Every spring, the Marriott Library offers two awards, one for an outstanding senior thesis effort in a humanities-related discipline and one for a submission in the general category of sciences. Each student-recipient is honored at the Honors College luncheon event, and given a $1000 award...
The J. Willard Marriott Library and the Office of the Vice President for Research hosted the fourth annual “Celebrate U” event to acknowledge faculty members for extraordinary work produced in 2018. Those honored on April 3rd were selected from these categories: authors, creatives, entrepreneurs and...
Liz Gabbitas, Course Reserve Supervisor, on any given can be found busily helping students find the materials they need for their classes. She manages what is often referred to as the “Reserve” collection – textbooks, workbooks, and other books that professors select for students...
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met at Promontory, Utah, one hundred fifty years ago. Andrew J. Russell’s meeting-of-the-railroads photograph “East and West Shaking Hands,” documented the momentous Golden Spike ceremony on May 10, 1869. This year Utah is celebrating the Golden Spike...
Since March is women’s history month, the Marriott Library is honoring women scientists with their unrequired reading exhibit. Unrequired reading exhibits feature materials, usually books, from the library’s collections concerning the monthly theme. This month, the Marriott Library is displaying books about and by women...
Once again we eagerly anticipate the start of the fall semester and the arrival of students on campus. From students who are starting their first semester at the U to those who are returning, the campus comes alive with their excitement and enthusiasm....
On March 7, Ms. Christine M. Durham, retired Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, will be speaking on “From Overt Discrimination to Implicit Bias: Are we Making Progress?” at the sixth annual Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Legacy Women’s Archive Lecture....
Are you the first person in your family to attend college? If so, here’s an event tailored just for you. And it includes free lunch!...
TJ Ferrill, Assistant Head of Creative Spaces, and his team in the library’s Creativity and Innovation Services Department, have been working with the School of Dentistry to incorporate augmented and virtual reality (VR) technology into their teaching and research....