Dec 16, 2015 Holiday Greetings to All of our Friends!

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Check out the Library's holiday greeting card. Thank you to all of our friends and patrons for making 2015 such a great year....

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Dec 15, 2015 StepPets, a new fitness app, created with the help of a Marriott Library employee

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It’s called multi-tasking… You work full time at the library, you’re completing your graduate degree, and you’re a co-founder of a mobile gaming company, with a game on the Apple App Store. This is the story of our very own Topher Nadauld, Systems Administrator in the...

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Dec 07, 2015 Library Partners with Associated Students of the University of Utah to Support Students

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It’s crunch time — also known as Geek Week — the week prior to semester finals when students are working like mad to complete assignments and cramming for final exams. Here at the Marriott Library, we have extended late hours and offer numerous activities aimed...

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Nov 23, 2015 Special Collections Receives Gift of Signed Papers from Early Church Leaders

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Brigham Young, Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith: these are three of the most highly recognized names in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These names, and many others, are part of a significant collection of original manuscripts recently donated to...

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Nov 23, 2015 Welcoming New Advisory Board Members!

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David Eskelsen David Eskelsen is the company spokesman for Rocky Mountain Power, Utah’s largest electric utility. He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, then worked as a staff writer for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden and Deseret News in Salt Lake City....

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Nov 20, 2015 CharPoles — A Story of Student Entrepreneurial Success

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Take a business student’s idea… Add teaching excellence… Add help with design and patenting… And what do you get? CharPoles – an international business founded by student, entrepreneur, and CEO Alex Carr...

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Nov 18, 2015 Alf Engen – Special Collections

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The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library would like to celebrate the 2015/2016 ski season by highlighting the archival collections of the Alf Engen family. Alf Engen Alf Engen was born in Norway and in 1929, at age twenty, immigrated to the United States...

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Nov 17, 2015 Ski Affair’s Silver Anniversary an Event to Remember

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Effervescent. Joyful. Maybe a bit Raucous. Words to describe the annual Ski Affair, a benefit for Special Collections’ Ski Archives. And this year, the silver anniversary for the event, was certainly no exception. More than 500 happy guests attended this year’s event, held the evening of...

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Nov 17, 2015 Remembering a Dear Friend: Marsha Irwin

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On October 19, the library lost a dear friend in the passing of Marsha Irwin. When asked once about her dedication to the library Marsha replied, “Reading is my first love. I’ve been an avid reader since I first learned to read as a child....

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Oct 07, 2015 Downwinders of Utah

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"Downwinders of Utah” is an interactive geospatial timeline depicting the story of Utah nuclear fallout related to atmospheric testing of the Nevada test site. Beginning in 1951, the era of nuclear weapons testing was a time of tremendous change at both national and local levels....

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