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Feb 12, 2025 Alberta Hunt Nicholson, Pilot in WWII

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The year was 1943, and the United States was now heavily engaged in WWII on both the European and Pacific fronts. It was also the year that Alberta Hunt Nicholson, a resident of Salt Lake City, joined the Women’s Airforce Service Project (WASP), aiding in...

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Jan 28, 2025 Applications now open for U Summer AI Institute

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What does ethical development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) look like? What are the cultural and historical implications of its use? These are just a couple of questions to be discussed at the Humanities Perspectives on AI Summer Institute at the University of Utah. Applications...

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Jan 27, 2025 Librarian Receives Fulbright Grant for Intercultural Exchange

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Marie Paiva, librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library, was recently awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program grant. The award will allow her to complete a project at Mohammed bin Rashid Library in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project will serve to exchange knowledge and...

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Jan 22, 2025 Librarian Receives Award for Religious Architecture Archive

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Ken Rockwell, metadata librarian in the Marriott Library’s Digital Library Services Department, recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Utah Historical Society for creating the Utah Religious Architecture Photograph (URAP) collection and the Salt Lake Religious Architecture Photograph (SLRP) collection....

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Jan 08, 2025 ProtoSpace Services Open to Entire U Community

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The helpful staff in ProtoSpace were able to help Anne McMurtrey, the director of the University Writing Center with a very special 3D printing project. ...

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Jan 06, 2025 Ballet West Featured in Library Exhibition

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The exhibition in the Special Collections Reading Room at this time mostly concerns traditional ballet from the Ballet West Records (Accn1129). The collection is an accumulation of the history of Ballet West, which was created in 1951 by Willem Christensen as the first ballet dance...

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Jan 06, 2025 2025, We’re Ready to Go!

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It’s a new year and here at the Marriott Library we’re ready to welcome students back to spring semester! ...

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Jan 02, 2025 ‘Faith and the Fight,’ Library to host MLK week conversation with Utah religious leaders

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In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tireless work, please join us for a discussion, led by Pastor Emeritus France Davis (retired from Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City), and including pastors from several Black Churches along the Wasatch Front....

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Jan 02, 2025 Ancient Papyri, How It Found Utah and How It Is Being Preserved

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For over 3000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper. Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library...

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Jan 02, 2025 Using a Modern Technique to Restore Ancient Papyri

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For over 3,000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper. Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library is...