AANHPI Heritage Month is a time to honor and celebrate the rich cultures, histories and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Whether you're looking to deepen your understanding of AANHPI heritage or simply wanting to read powerful stories by AANHPI authors, here...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]By Heidi Brett, marketing & PR director, J. Willard Marriott Library [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]On September 9, 2025, Alan Shino and Lorraine Crouse, both from the Japanese Church of Christ in downtown Salt Lake City, arrived at the Marriott Library’s...
AANHPI Heritage Month is a time to honor and celebrate the rich cultures, histories and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Whether you're looking to deepen your understanding of AANHPI heritage or simply wanting to read powerful stories by AANHPI authors, here...
The U’s 175th anniversary has been celebrated in grand style over the past year. There have been multiple festivities for students, staff, alumni and the community, as well as a feature in the winter 2025 issue of Utah Magazine. Now, as things wrap-up, let’s take...
In this digital age, the art of storytelling is still very much alive. And for a group of high school students from the Uintah Basin, attending a week-long storytelling workshop at the University of Utah, the possibilities were endless....
In a display of creativity and collaboration, Eagle View Elementary, a K-8 public school serving the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and The University of Utah are continuing an annual Storytelling exhibition that celebrates the artistic expressions of young minds....
Two University of Utah Health professors, Thomas (Wade) Fallin and Bellamkonda Kishore, M.D., Ph.D., were recently named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors. The Marriott Library congratulates these two on their accomplishments and is proud of have helped support their research. More specifically,...
Every year the Eccles Health Sciences Library and the J. Willard Marriott Library combine forces and participate in the U’s Bench 2 Bedside (B2B) program, a major competition for students who have developed medical innovations to significantly improve, or save, human lives....
Every once in a while, a patron will come to the library and be overjoyed upon coming across an item they’ve been searching for. This was certainly the case when Hideaki Ito, Japanese filmmaker, came to the Marriott Library in June to learn more about...
“Mass displacement is a reality borne from many interrelated factors of our time” says Dr. Alborz Ghandehari – Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah. “Furthermore, they testify to the need for global approaches to migration which connect migrant justice...