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The Communication Institute, housed in the College of Humanities’ Department of Communication at the University of Utah, received a generous donation of $1 million – the largest in the history of the department – from alumna Edna Anderson-Taylor (class of 1959) and her husband, Jerry Taylor, to secure the institute’s long-term impact and success. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the institute will be renamed in tribute to her legacy.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 04:18 PM

Students graduating from the University of Utah’s College of Humanities will have two opportunities to hear from Doug Bowser, President of Nintendo America, during the 2022 graduation ceremonies. As a graduate from the Department of Communication (class of 1984), Bowser will address the college about the importance of the humanities during convocation on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, where he will be presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award. The evening prior, he will speak at the general campus-wide commencement ceremony, Thursday, May 5 at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.

Friday, April 08, 2022 05:07 PM

Sean Lawson, associate professor of communication, recently published a new book, “Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication,” (MIT Press). In it, he explores manipulative communication – from early twentieth-century propaganda to today’s online con artistry – through the lens of social engineering.

Monday, April 04, 2022 05:13 PM

Isabel Moreira, professor of history and 2020-2022 James L. Clayton Research Professor, has been appointed to the University of Utah’s prestigious designation of Distinguished Professor. She was recommended by the Distinguished Professor Advisory Committee and approved by the academic senate, the U’s board of trustees, Martell Teasley, interim senior vice president for academic affairs and U President Randall Taylor. Moreira will be recognized at the college’s convocation on Friday, May 6, 2022.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 11:04 PM

Natasha Seegert, associate professor, lecturer of communication, and ShawnaKim Lowey-Ball, associate professor of history, have been awarded the University of Utah’s Early Career Teaching Award, which is given to outstanding young faculty members who have made significant contributions to teaching at the U.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 10:57 PM

The University of Utah’s Environmental Humanities graduate program will award youth climate activist, poet and environmental justice organizer Aniya Butler with the 2022 Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities. Butler, a 15-year old, Black, climate activist and anti-racism advocate from Oakland, CA, will receive the award on Tuesday, March 22 at 6pm in the university’s Alumni House. The event – in partnership with the U’s Collective Day of Action – is free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 03, 2022 07:07 PM

University of Utah Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan Reed announced that Hollis Robbins has accepted an offer to serve as the next dean of the College of Humanities. She will begin July 1, 2022. At that time, Stuart Culver, current dean of the college, will return to teaching and research responsibilities.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 09:00 PM

The Modern Language Association of America announced it is awarding its thirty-sixth Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize to Fernando Rubio, professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Utah, and Daria Mizza, assistant professor of educational studies at the American University in Cairo and head of language instructional technology at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, for their book “Creating Effective Blended Language Learning Courses: A Research-Based Guide from Planning to Evaluation,” published by Cambridge University Press. The prize is awarded for an outstanding work in the fields of language, culture, literacy and literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English.

Wednesday, December 08, 2021 08:20 PM

The Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah will host author Nnedi Okorafor in a virtual conversation with Erika George, director of the center, and English Andrew Shephard, assistant professor of English, on Nov. 18 at noon. The discussion will focus on Okorafor’s writing, which she describes as Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism, as well as her upcoming novel, “NOOR.” The online event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Monday, November 15, 2021 06:29 PM

The University of Utah is excited to announce a campaign to build a Humanities Student Success Hub on the first floor of the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building. The new, student-centered space will act as a front door to the College of Humanities, connecting students with support, information and peers in an unprecedented way. Designed based upon research outlining the resources students need to thrive at the U, a campaign is underway to debut the Humanities Student Success Hub in Fall 2022.

Tuesday, November 09, 2021 07:07 PM

The Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah will host Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power,” for the Obert C. Tanner Lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Human Values, Thursday, Oct. 28 at noon. Her lecture will explore the Digital Revolution entwined with the evolution of capitalism.

Thursday, October 14, 2021 06:00 PM

Dean Stuart Culver welcomes students back to the College of Humanities for another eventful year.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 05:06 PM

PBS Digital Studios announced that PBS TERRA, its science-themed hub on YouTube, will launch an ambitious new slate of STEM content with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program.

Monday, August 16, 2021 08:09 PM

A recent international study by the Demographics in Philosophy project has ranked the University of Utah’s Department of Philosophy first out of nearly 100 prominent philosophy departments in the U.S. for its high proportion (50 percent) of female faculty who are tenured or on the tenure track.

Monday, August 09, 2021 03:17 PM

The Department of Communication at the University of Utah has received a substantial gift from Edna Anderson-Taylor, increasing the endowed scholarship in her name to nearly $500,000. This endowment supports undergraduate and graduate students in communication and ranks as one of the largest gifts the department has received.

Friday, August 06, 2021 05:24 PM

Matt Basso, professor of history, has been selected for the 2021-22 Aileen H. Clyde Professorship, which supports faculty who are invested in illuminating the stories and voices of women.

Friday, August 06, 2021 05:11 PM

The University of Utah’s College of Humanities is honored to announce a transformative gift, made possible by generous donors from the ESRR Humanities/Arts Endowment Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation. The fund provides approximately $500,000 per year in perpetuity to establish a chair in the English department, an increase to graduate student stipends and an annual creative writing residency.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021 07:39 PM

This morning, Carolyn Tanner Irish passed away. Carolyn and her family have been much more than generous and gracious donors to our college. They have for generations helped define the place of the Humanities on our campus and in our community.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 09:14 PM

A new study published in Proceedings of National Academics of Sciences finds that individuals who falsely believe they are able to identify false news are more likely to fall victim to it. In the article published today, Ben Lyons, assistant professor of communication at the University of Utah, and his colleagues examine the concern about the public’s susceptibility to false news due to their inability to recognize their own limitations in identifying such information.

Tuesday, June 01, 2021 03:23 PM

Dean Stuart Culver addresses how the state legislature passage of Resolution HR 901 will affect our work going forward and what the College and University are doing and hope to do to respond.

Friday, May 28, 2021 08:09 PM

Ashley Cordes, assistant professor of communication at the University of Utah, has been selected for a 2021 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship.

Friday, April 23, 2021 08:27 PM

The International Writing Centers Association is pleased to announce the selection of new leadership for The Writing Center Journal that includes Romeo García, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric studies at the University of Utah. Launched in 1980, WCJ remains the primary research journal in the field of writing center studies.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:13 PM

Misinformation in public debates about scientific issues such as vaccinations and climate change can be found all over the internet, especially on social media. In a new study, Sara K. Yeo, associate professor of communication at the University of Utah, examines why it’s so difficult to detect science misinformation and suggests that using humor may help combat the issue.

Monday, April 12, 2021 05:49 PM

This NEH workshop will give attendees the opportunity to learn from senior program officer, Jennifer Serventi, about the many funding opportunities offered by the endowment.

Monday, October 05, 2020 06:19 PM

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, or CLAC, at the University of Utah helps students apply their proficiency in a second language to courses in a variety of majors. Wilson Wosnjuk, a sophomore majoring in business and Latin American Studies, has already taken two CLAC courses in Spanish and is looking forward to taking more. He answers some questions about the courses and how they have impacted his language acquisition and overall education.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 06:23 PM

June 29, 2020 – The University of Utah has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to support the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program focused on environmental justice and community engaged learning. The three-year grant provides $600,000 to fund graduate fellowships, create leadership pathways for students from underrepresented groups, collaborate with communities directly affected by climate change and environmental racism and work closely with grassroots leaders.

Monday, June 29, 2020 03:00 PM

By now you will have learned that the University plans to open its doors to in-person classes and on-campus experiences this Fall. We are reopening at a challenging time and under complicated circumstances and I wanted to take this opportunity to assure you that our college – and the University community more broadly – will be devoting all its energies to ensuring that our campus and classrooms are safe, healthy, inclusive and welcoming to students from all backgrounds.

Monday, June 08, 2020 04:37 PM

As protests continue across the country demanding an end to injustices and police brutality against the black community, many are turning to books to educate themselves about the history and current state of racism in the United States. Below, the Department of English at the University of Utah has put together an additional list of books, graphic novels and poetry to help readers better understand and further explore racism in America.

Wednesday, June 03, 2020 09:20 PM

Humanities disciplines provide the cultural tools and human perspective to help society understand and explain the COVID-19 epidemic. Click here for a list of faculty in the University of Utah’s College of Humanities with expertise relevant to the current pandemic. Notably, the college has top-ranked expertise in the history of medicine and disease, ethics, philosophy of science, health communication and science communication.

Thursday, May 14, 2020 03:52 PM

University of Utah creates a website to provide updates about the impact of Cononavirus COVID-19 on campus.

Monday, March 16, 2020 05:29 PM

The University of Utah’s Department of Linguistics and the Department of Computer Science have created a certificate in computational linguistics for students interested in pursuing a career in natural language processing, the technology behind devices such as Alexa, Siri and Google Home.

Tuesday, March 03, 2020 07:00 AM

Feb. 27, 2020 – The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah presents the 2020 World Leaders Lecture Forum given by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, Friday, March 6, 11 a.m. at Kingsbury Hall. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and can be obtained through the Kingsbury Hall box office.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 09:38 PM

Feb. 25, 2020 – The University of Utah’s environmental humanities graduate program will award American essayist and novelist Jonathan Franzen with the 2020 Award in the Environmental Humanities, Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Main library.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 04:19 PM

Kendi, a New York Times bestselling author and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, will have an unscripted conversation with Erika George, director of the Tanner Humanities Center, about his latest book “How to be an Antiracist.” Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance.

Thursday, February 06, 2020 10:26 PM

The Obert C. and Grace A Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah welcomes author Ben Fountain for the 2020 David P. Gardner Lecture in the Humanities and Fine Arts, Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. In conversation with Doug Fabrizio, host and executive producer of KUER, Fountain will discuss his transition from law to literature, his work in a range of literary genres and the value of employing literary techniques in nonfiction texts.

Tuesday, February 04, 2020 11:28 PM

University of Utah creates research team for students who identify as having a disability.

Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:00 PM

The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah presents the 2019 Tanner Lecture on Human Values given by artist and designer, Maya Lin, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall.

Thursday, October 17, 2019 03:38 PM

The two-day conference explores the LGBTQ+ community within the LDS Church

Monday, September 09, 2019 01:01 PM

The University of Utah’s Department of Philosophy has established a new interdisciplinary philosophy of science major beginning fall 2019.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 01:01 PM

Read about this year's Convocation Speaker, Outstanding Senior and the Excellence in Humanities award winner.

Monday, April 29, 2019 10:29 PM

This year, the college is pleased to grant this honor to siblings, Louis N. Strike (class of 1969) and Cynthia Strike Petrow (class of 1976).

Monday, April 29, 2019 10:27 PM

Rekdal is one of 13 poets laureate nationwide to be honored.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 03:00 PM

Two faculty members in the College of Humanities have been appointed with the University of Utah’s prestigious designation of Distinguished Professor.

Thursday, April 11, 2019 07:23 PM

From March 8-18, the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah, in partnership with the Confucius Institute at Arizona State University, led a ten-day tour of China designed to facilitate exchange between American and Chinese educators.

Monday, April 01, 2019 08:33 PM

Erika George, U professor of law, will take the lead on July 1, 2019.

Monday, March 25, 2019 03:00 PM

Maya Kobe-Rundio has received the 2019 College of Humanities Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Studying communication, Kobe-Rundio’s research trajectory combines her passion for environmental communication with her commitment to gender studies and feminist activism.

Thursday, March 21, 2019 09:10 PM

Jeff Metcalf, professor of English, created a play “A Slight Discomfort” not long after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. His remarkably honest and humorous play is based on his personal journals and follows his journey from diagnosis through survival.

Thursday, March 21, 2019 10:00 PM

The new focus addresses the moral, political and conceptual aspects of human rights.

Thursday, March 21, 2019 08:58 PM

The $10,000 award is an annual celebration of environmental leadership and expression and honors those who solve the planet’s environmental problems using the tools of the humanities such as creative expression, scholarly research, popular art forms and advocacy.

Monday, March 18, 2019 04:15 PM

The initiative encourages vibrant and intellectual exploration of the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints, its institutions, history, culture and people on campus and in the wider community.

Monday, March 11, 2019 10:03 PM

Katharine Coles, professor of English, recently published “Look Both Ways,” a biography that follows her grandmother’s life looking backward and forward, through documents and imagination.

Thursday, February 28, 2019 04:59 PM

The mission of the World Leader Lecture Forum is to bring global citizens who shape our world – to offer their experiences and ideas about shared humanity.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 01:00 PM

Tanner Humanities Center, in partnership with the World Trade Center Utah, will host former President of Mexico on Feb. 12

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 04:00 PM

Researchers are exploring a number of factors that might explain declines such as modernity, delayed childbearing and economic shifts. But Robin E. Jensen, professor of communication at the University of Utah, is taking a different approach.

Thursday, December 20, 2018 08:56 PM

The Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research is seeking applicants for GURU, an NIH-funded, one-of-a-kind program.

Thursday, December 13, 2018 06:55 PM

Malcolm O. Sillars, longtime University of Utah faculty member and administrator, passed away in Salt Lake City on Nov.12, 2018 at the age of 90.

Friday, November 16, 2018 06:04 PM

Huntsman Cancer Institute Researchers Receive Grant to Discover Best Way to Deliver Genetic Services to Primary Care Patients.

Wednesday, November 07, 2018 10:32 PM

Colleen McDannell, professor of history, recently published “Sister Saints: Mormon Women Since the End of Polygamy.” Her book offers a history of modern Mormon women that takes aim at various stereotypes, showing that their stories are much more complex than previously thought.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 06:14 PM

Every four years, the U.S. Department of Education designates sixteen Title VI centers across the country to support language teaching and learning.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 04:07 PM

Strong community, resilient history and vibrant traditions are key elements of the Pacific Islands culture. These same elements are the foundation of a Pacific Islands Studies initiative at the University of Utah—and a new $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow major acceleration of this effort.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 03:42 PM

Lauren was a senior majoring in communication, an accomplished athlete and an outstanding scholar. Her presence in our college will be greatly missed.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 06:02 PM

Director Helen Whitney will be present for a screening of her new film “Into The Night: Portraits of Life and Death,” followed by a Q&A session with audience members.

Monday, October 15, 2018 08:16 PM

The grant supports international education and language study

Monday, September 24, 2018 04:14 PM

U student group hosts workshops, presentations and a dinner to promote civil dialogue

Monday, September 17, 2018 06:53 PM

The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah presents the 2018 Tanner Lecture on Human Values given by Anita Hill, professor of social policy, law, and women’s studies at Brandeis University and chairs of the Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 04:57 PM

The University of Utah recently had a successful showing at one of the largest national communication conferences, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference.

Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:35 PM

Tanner Humanities Center receives federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Thursday, August 16, 2018 09:22 PM

Panel presented by the ABU Education Fund, John R. Park Debate Society, and Scholars Strategy Network

Friday, August 10, 2018 06:03 PM

New database at University of Utah sheds light on early history of black members in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Saturday, June 30, 2018 01:01 PM

The two-day conference features keynote address by journalist Darius Gray

Monday, June 25, 2018 04:52 PM

Stuart K. Culver, associate professor of English will begin immediately.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 04:05 PM

Three University of Utah students have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. Zoe Diener, Kevin Priest and Daniel Ybarra have received a highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant.

Monday, June 18, 2018 09:01 PM

In spring 2018, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Utah successfully secured a federal STARTALK grant from the National Security Agency to fund summer teacher and student programs for the study of Portuguese.

Friday, June 15, 2018 10:48 PM

Professor of English, Jeff Metcalf, and Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Studies, Max Werner, join RadioWest to talk about their new books.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 04:25 PM

Ishion Hutchinson, a graduate of the University of Utah English PhD program, has received a 2018 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 10:15 PM

The Humanities in Focus (HIF) program received a 2018 Ignacio Zaragoza Outstanding Achievement award from Centro Civico Mexicano for the program's engagement and the inclusion of the Latino community in making social justice documentaries.

Friday, May 18, 2018 10:47 PM

In his recently published book, Maximilian Werner, assistant professor, writing and rhetoric studies, uses the vehicles of fly fishing, every day experience, and some of our most sacred rituals to explore the origins and limitations of our behavior and ideas.

Thursday, May 10, 2018 05:26 PM

A local Utah delegation of educators and students, led by the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah, were in Washington D.C. on Apr. 25, 2018 to meet with Utah congressional delegation…

Monday, April 30, 2018 09:53 PM

Floyd O’Neil, Director Emeritus of the U’s American West Center, passed away on April 18, 2018 at the age of 90. O’Neil will be greatly missed, but his work and legacy will not be forgotten.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 09:02 PM

Eric Hinderaker, Chair and Professor of History, is being honored with the University of Utah’s prestigious designation of “Distinguished Professor.”

Monday, April 23, 2018 06:52 PM

Robert T. Nilsen is our Humanities Distinguished Alumni and Aileen H. Clyde is our Honorary Distinguished Alumna!

Friday, April 20, 2018 09:07 PM

Brisa Zavala is our 2018 Convocation Speaker and Nicolas Contreras is our Outstanding Senior!

Thursday, April 19, 2018 05:57 PM

Students in a new course, “Coming to America,” taught by a German and a Spanish professor are learning about immigration. The course combines this timely topic with cutting-edge research in the digital humanities in a hands-on way.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 08:25 PM

The John R. Park Debate Society traveled to Colorado Springs to participate in the American Forensics Association District IX Qualifying Tournament hosted by The Colorado College.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 06:22 PM

Prof. Christopher T. Lewis explains how the newest book in a mystery series set in Utah inhabits very recent events in Mormon culture.

Monday, January 09, 2017 10:37 PM

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:26 PM

The John R. Park Debate Society announced today it is again joining with the ABU Education Fund, an affiliate of Alliance for a Better Utah, to host Utah’s only legislative debates of the 2016 election cycle.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 05:52 PM

The award is presented to the most outstanding scholarly article published the previous year. Jensen is the first back-to-back winner of NCA's highest honor since 1980.

Monday, August 29, 2016 09:10 PM

Mariam Thalos, Department of Philosophy, recently published her new book "A Social Theory of Freedom."

Thursday, August 11, 2016 04:58 PM

Christopher T. Lewis, Assistant Professor of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, was featured Friday on “Top of Mind” with Julie Rose on BYU Radio

Tuesday, August 09, 2016 07:51 PM

L2TReC was selected by The Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) as a Language Training Center (LTC) Program winner.

Thursday, August 04, 2016 04:51 PM

Associate Professor Lily Alavi, World Languages and Cultures, was recently honored by the Latter-Day Saint Student Association

Wednesday, August 03, 2016 04:24 PM

Paisley Rekdal, Department of English, was the 2016 AWP Award Series winner for Creative Non-fiction.

Thursday, July 14, 2016 05:45 PM

Anne Peterson, Department of Philosophy, won the prize with her essay "The Primacy of the Organism: Being, Unity, and Diversification in Aristotle's Metaphysics."

Tuesday, July 05, 2016 07:03 PM

"Heavy: The Obesity Crisis in Cultural Context" was recently published by Oxford University Press

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 05:54 PM

The College of Humanities was delighted to find out that the John R. Park Debate Society program was also a Beacon of Excellence award recipient.

Friday, June 24, 2016 09:04 PM

Taunya is a dedicated advocate for students and a campus-wide collaborator.

Friday, June 24, 2016 06:43 PM

Professor Rachel Hayes-Harb, Department of Linguistics faculty member, was recently published in Frontiers in Psychology.

Monday, June 13, 2016 03:58 PM

Shauna Edson, an MA student in Rhetoric and Composition through Communication and through Writing & Rhetoric Studies, was named one of a small handful of national Digital Inclusion Fellows

Thursday, June 09, 2016 06:42 PM

33 scholars from 11 countries will speak at the three-day conference on topics as diverse as Lesbian Romance, TV’s The Bachelor, Nora Roberts, Steampunk Romance, Cinderella, and Sheikh Romance.

Wednesday, June 08, 2016 05:41 PM

UCEER Awarded $4 Million to Tackle Ethical, Legal and Social Impacts of Genomic Information

Friday, June 03, 2016 08:49 PM

The 2016 selections for the Artist in Residence program at the Taft-Nicholson Center have been announced

Friday, June 03, 2016 05:01 PM

The College of Humanities Bridge Program for Dual Language Immersion was featured on KSL

Thursday, June 02, 2016 08:19 PM

Join Professor Christine A. Jones and her Co-Editor Jennifer Schacker tomorrow evening for a small reception and presentation followed by a book signing

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 08:43 PM

Dr. David Derezotes, Director of the Peace & Conflict Studies, was featured in At the U this morning for his show "The Radical Middle."

Monday, May 23, 2016 07:34 PM

Abby Kaplan, professor of linguistics at the University of Utah, was featured in UNews this morning for her recently published book, “Women Talk More Than Men…And Other Myths about Language Explained.”

Thursday, May 19, 2016 08:53 PM

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) has recognized Christopher Lewis with its Junior Faculty Teaching Award.

Thursday, May 19, 2016 04:43 PM

Ashley Glenn in International & Area Studies has been awarded the 2016 University of Utah Outstanding New Advisor Award

Thursday, May 12, 2016 06:54 PM

Meet the amazing Humanities Graduates that will be recognized at our Distigusihed Alumni Luncheon and College of Humanities Convocation

Tuesday, May 03, 2016 11:09 PM

Anne Jamison, Associate Professor of English at the University of Utah, has been quoted in several articles this week from around the country

Friday, April 29, 2016 06:09 PM

Congratulations to the 2016 recipients of the Humanities Distinguished Faculty Service Award: Professor Richard Chi, and Professor Leslie Francis

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 06:23 PM

Matthew L. Basso, Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah, has been added to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) distinguished lectureship program roster for 2016-2017

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 05:51 PM

Three Humanities students Jessica Chamorro, Sabrina Dawson, and Kate Mower have won the 2016-2017 Fulbright Awards

Monday, April 18, 2016 09:51 PM

The University of Utah College of Humanities was thrilled to learn that two John Simmon Guggenheim Fellowships for 2016 were awarded to Professor Nadja Durbach and Professor Melanie Rae Thon.

Thursday, April 07, 2016 11:05 PM

Please join Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet and Congressman Jason Chaffetz for a special forum

Tuesday, April 05, 2016 07:42 PM

Students discuss their amazing experiences while participating in the Honors Ecology and Legacy Minor

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 05:10 PM

Senate Bill 152 passes during the recently concluded 2016 Utah Legislative session

Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:43 PM

Heather Stone wins the 2016 Thomas G. Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching, while Meaghan McKasy wins the 2016 Garr Cutler Energy Prize.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 08:41 PM

Over the course of the WSCA weekend, the John R. Park Debate Society competed in its final regular season tournament before Nationals.

Monday, March 14, 2016 05:06 PM

This past weekend, the Rocky Mountain Regional Model finals in Denver conlcuded with most students from the University of Utah receiving an award

Tuesday, March 08, 2016 05:35 PM

Congratulations to all the amazing faculty members from the University of Utah who were nominated.

Friday, March 04, 2016 06:40 PM

James Tabery, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Utah is joining the Leonardo After Hours panel discussion.

Wednesday, March 02, 2016 06:17 PM

The ‘Countering Cancer’ series, presented by Pfizer, portrays the dedicated people, initiatives, and organizations that are part of this effort and provides insights into their motivation and engagement.

Wednesday, March 02, 2016 04:52 PM

A Public Event, featuring The Japanese National Debate Team and The John R. Park Debate Society

Friday, February 26, 2016 07:32 PM

February is the month when the John R. Park Debate Society gears up for nationals and fine-tunes its competitive events going into the culminating tournaments of its season.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 05:02 PM

Jeff McCarthy, Director of the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program at the University of Utah, was featured today on KPCW's show "This Green Earth."

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:11 PM

Think Progress recently interviewed Associate Professor Paul Reeve, one of the University of Utah College of Humanities' History Professors for their story on Islmaphobia.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 05:12 PM

Dr. Danielle Endres and Professor Jerry Root Awarded 2016-17 Honors Humanities Professorships

Thursday, February 11, 2016 07:34 PM

If enslaved peoples discover, enact, or perform freedom through narration, their stories issue a call to readers, that needs a response.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 09:03 PM

A Community Conversation About Immigration

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 04:43 PM

Each year, our Humanities professors and instructors have the unique opportunity of teaming up with Go Learn, the U’s travel program, to lead students and community members on life-changing tours across the world

Tuesday, February 09, 2016 08:33 PM

The 2016 Confutati Conference at the University of Utah is February 5-6th!

Wednesday, February 03, 2016 06:46 PM

Can philosophy really save your life?

Tuesday, February 02, 2016 09:15 PM

Members of the John R. Park Debate Society, take time to reflect on and discuss the Primary Debate that took place on January 28th, 2016.

Tuesday, February 02, 2016 08:33 PM

Assistant Professor Christie Toth in the U’s Department of Writing & Rhetoric Studies was featured in At the U for her amazing efforts in leading a new research project.

Thursday, January 28, 2016 07:34 PM

The College of Humanties was excited to find out that one of our own alumni from the Languages & Literature department, Hediyeh Hosseini, participated in interpretting at the Sundace Film Festival on January 25th, 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 05:02 PM

Four College of Humanities Professors Win U's Career Services Faculty Recognition Awards

Monday, January 25, 2016 07:22 PM

Professor of Linguistics, Johanna Watzinger-Tharp, on Utah's Dual Language Immersion Program

Monday, January 25, 2016 05:32 PM

The College of Humanities’ Second Language Teaching and Research Center (L2TReC) has been awarded a Flagship Teacher Training grant sponsored by the National Security Education Program and administered by The Institute of International Education.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 04:57 PM

Join us for a lecture on February 8th 3:00-4:30pm CTIHB 101

Thursday, January 14, 2016 11:14 PM

The Taft-Nicholson Center Artist-in-Residence Program offers dedicated artists a supportive and transformational environment to further their creative development.

Monday, January 11, 2016 09:16 PM

The College of Humanities is delighted to announce that Professor Mark Bergstrom has been selected as the next Director for the Taft-Nicholson Environmental Humanities Education Center

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:55 PM

Humanities student Bailey Sheldon explores the new entrepreneurial Lassonde Studios interest in attracting humanities students

Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:12 PM

Professor Jakob (Jake) D. Jensen was awarded a 2015 New Innovator Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The New Innovator Grant, established in 2007, supports unusually innovative research from early career investigators. The grant provides Professor Jensen with 2.2 million dollars to pursue a 5 year research program.

Tuesday, October 06, 2015 08:07 PM

The team defeated over 23 universities and colleges including San Diego State University, University of Vermont, University of Missouri, and the University of Alaska.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 08:05 PM

The lecture will air twice on October 3, at 8 p.m. EDT and Midnight EDT.

Monday, September 28, 2015 08:18 PM

Dr. Stockton will be honored at Equality Utah’s 14th Allies Dinner: Queer New World on October 3rd, 2015 at 6pm.

Monday, September 28, 2015 07:25 PM

Janet Theiss, director of the Asia Center has been presented with one of the first two inaugural Awards for Global Engagement.

Thursday, September 24, 2015 10:02 PM

A group of faculty from U of U International Studies has been awarded one of three highly sought-after Global Learning Across the Disciplines (GLAD) grants from the Office for Global Engagement (OGE).

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 09:53 PM

Two Department of Communication faculty, Associate Professor Sean Lawson and Professor Avery Holton, were awarded an H2 Professorship to teach an innovative series of courses about drones throughout 2014, and now the successful courses are featured on MediaShift.

Monday, September 21, 2015 09:09 PM

The symposium is presented jointly by the Departments of Communication and History at the University of Utah and is free and open to the public. It will take place on Thursday, September 24, 2015.

Friday, September 18, 2015 07:22 PM

A documentary team from French television, France 4, will travel to the University of Utah this month to interview and film Anne Jamison about her work on fanfiction.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 05:42 PM

Our own Dean Dianne Harris and William “Bro” Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, spoke at the Utah Humanities 2015 Human Ties Celebration event on Wednesday, August 26, at the Rose Wagner Theater

Wednesday, September 09, 2015 09:32 PM

Last year, we were able to raise $2,994 from the College of Humanities staff and friends. We are very excited to announce that we are doing this event again on Oct. 24, 2015.

Wednesday, September 09, 2015 09:02 PM

The amazing faculty and graduate students of the Department of Communication have been honored again and again this year for their outstanding achievements.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:49 PM

Under the direction of nationally recognized University of Utah faculty members, teachers attend week-long summer workshops to explore current scholarship on academic subjects, new pedagogical methods, curriculum development, and innovative classroom technologies.

Thursday, July 30, 2015 11:40 PM

L2TReC helped run a Russian immersion teacher training workshop and two Russian immersion student camps during July 2015.

Thursday, July 30, 2015 09:13 PM

In the Club - Associational Life in Colonial South Asia was celebrated at a launch event in Hyderabad, India.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 07:43 PM

This year's lecture by Karima Bennoune will take place November 5, 2015, at 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 04, 2015 10:40 PM

Spanish major Jason Chen has been selected for a Fulbright Award for 2015-2016, which will fund nine months of research and living abroad expenses in Mexico, starting in August 2015.

Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:15 PM

May Bartlett, Philosophy BA, has been chosen as student speaker for the University of Utah Commencement Ceremony alongside U.S. Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert McDonald.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:38 PM

Metcalf’s most recent book, Requiem for the Living (Univ. of Utah Press, 2014) has received rave reviews.

Thursday, April 09, 2015 09:31 PM

The Confucius Classroom at Draper Elementary is one of the seven Confucius Classrooms that the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah has recently established at Utah public schools.

Tuesday, April 07, 2015 09:11 PM

Professor McCarthy encourages community members to participate in the Mountain Accord.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 07:16 PM

Professor Ron Coleman was honored Thursday with a Humanitarian Award presented by the Inclusion Center for Community and Justice.

Monday, March 23, 2015 09:49 PM

Tuesday, March 03, 2015 11:15 PM

Thursday, February 26, 2015 08:48 PM

Listen to the audio from her address.

Friday, February 20, 2015 11:40 PM

Distinguished author and English Department faculty member Melanie Rae Thon will publish a new work this fall. Readers can now also purchase her previous works as ebooks.

Wednesday, February 04, 2015 11:51 PM

Listen to Michael Kimmel's lecture on modern gender roles!

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:05 PM

Philosopher and bioethicist Peggy Battin talks on TEDMED about the life and death of her husband Brooke Hopkins, a distinguished Humanities professor.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 05:54 PM

New Humanities faculty member Christie Toth was featured on Higher Education Talk Radio today to talk about the CCCC.

Wednesday, October 01, 2014 08:51 PM

Molly Melching, founder and executive director of Tostan, joined RadioWest today to discuss the crucial role of empathy in effecting change.

Monday, September 29, 2014 06:50 PM

The Reimagine Symposium ended this week at the University of Utah Taft-Nicholson Center. The Symposium combined literary passion, expertise, community insights and the...

Friday, August 29, 2014 10:01 PM

Congratulations to the Second Language Teaching and Research Center (L2TReC), which recently was awarded a very prestigious and competitive Language Flagship Proficiency Assessment grant.

Friday, August 22, 2014 03:10 AM

Margaret Toscano and Isabel Moreira were interviewed on Radio West yesterday about their book "Hell and its Afterlife."

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 08:52 PM

James Tabery, historian and philosopher at the U, answers this question in his new book, "Beyond Versus: The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture".

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 05:34 PM

Professor Paisley Rekdal has been selected to receive a Guggenheim fellowship for 2014 for her work in the field of poetry and her creative cartography project, Mapping Salt Lake City.

Thursday, May 08, 2014 11:22 PM

Fusheng Wu, Director of the Confucius Institute, has been interviewed by the BBC about his translation of Dylan Thomas' poetry into Chinese.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014 06:45 PM

Esther Rashkin, Professor of French and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, appears on KBYU's nationally broadcast radio program Thinking Aloud to talk about about why literary criticism is important and about the intersection between psychoanalysis and literature.

Friday, April 25, 2014 04:49 PM

Jeff Metcalf and Craig Wirth's documentary filmmaking program gives 'invisible' students a voice.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 07:10 PM

Congratulations to Eric Hinderaker, Professor of History, who's most recent book, The Two Hendricks, was recently chosen by the New York Academy of History to receive the prestigious Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York history.

Friday, March 07, 2014 06:15 PM

Professor Mark Bergstrom has agreed to serve as acting dean of the College of Humanities for Spring semester 2014, while Dean Robert Newman is away from the University on sabbatical.

Wednesday, January 08, 2014 04:52 PM

University of Utah Communication Professor Jake Jensen's research is featured in a Salt Lake Tribune article about skin cancer.

Thursday, December 19, 2013 10:24 PM

The University of Utah announced a new collaborative education program with Nankai University in Tianjin, China, that will expand global partnerships in Asia. Called the 3+X program, it will provide Chinese students the opportunity to attend both universities and receive a bachelor's degree from Nankai University and master's degree from the U.

Monday, November 25, 2013 05:06 PM

Watch the 2013 Dolowitz Lecture on Human Rights. This year's visiting scholar was author and Professor Bernhard Schlink. His talk was titled "A Past to Remember, A Past to Forget."

Friday, October 25, 2013 12:32 AM

Danielle Endres and Tarla Rai Peterson (Texas A&M) were awarded a $499,541.00 collaborative research grant from the National Science Foundation. The award supports research to investigate how low-carbon energy scientists and engineers talk about the social, cultural, and political implications of their technologies and how they try to influence policymaking.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 09:34 PM

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Tuesday, September 03, 2013 09:51 PM

Announcing the 2013 Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium conference schedule

Tuesday, September 03, 2013 08:22 PM

Tuesday, September 03, 2013 05:29 PM

Read Communication Professor Robert Gehl's Op-Ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune

Monday, August 26, 2013 04:30 PM

The College of Humanities is happy to announce our new major in Writing and Rhetoric Studies! Click here for more information.

Monday, August 12, 2013 04:07 PM

Poet and Professor of English Katherine Coles was recently featured on Radio West to speak about her latest publication "The Earth is Not Flat". Click here to listen to the interview.

Thursday, July 04, 2013 09:39 PM

We'd like to congratulate the following faculty members on their recent achievements.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 06:09 PM

We'd like to congratulate the following faculty members on their recent achievements.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 06:09 PM

We're in the process of developing our lecture archive. A collection of our outstanding lectures is now accessible on Soundcloud.com.

Thursday, June 20, 2013 08:39 PM

The EHEC's 2013 season has begun! We captured some great shots as we set up for the year and welcomed our first group from Weber State University.

Monday, June 17, 2013 08:41 PM

Distinguished Professor Kathryn Stockton was awarded the 2013 Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U's most prestigious award.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:57 PM

University of Utah English Professor Katharine Coles was given the Distinguished Scholarly & Creative Research Award in honor of her continuous research in the field of Creative Writing.

Monday, April 29, 2013 04:17 PM

It's been a productive year for our faculty. Click here to see a list of their recent publications.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 09:38 PM

the 2013 College of Humanities Distinguished Alumni award recipients: Andrea Thomas and the Pax Natura Foundation (Director Randall Tolpinrud will be accepting the award). Click here to read about these fascinating friends of the College.

Monday, April 22, 2013 07:00 PM

Click here to learn about our outstanding students being recognized at this year's convocation!

Monday, April 15, 2013 10:06 PM

for being awarded a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship

Thursday, April 11, 2013 05:21 PM

for being awarded both the Ramona Cannon Teaching and Early Career Teaching Awards.

Monday, April 08, 2013 10:25 PM

Professor Corbett will be reading from her book Saturday April 6, 2pm, at Weller BookWorks (Trolley Square) and again Thursday April 18, 7pm, at the King's English.

Thursday, March 28, 2013 04:37 PM

Dr. Avery will be awarded the Broadcast Education Association's Distinguished Education Service Award at their annual convention on April 7th in Las Vegas.

Thursday, March 21, 2013 03:55 PM

Congratulations to Professor Shoji Azuma for having been selected by the Hakuho Foundation for its Japanese Language Research Fellowship

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:57 PM

Paisley Rekdal's Animal Eye, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, has won the 2013 UNT Rilke Prize.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 08:13 PM

Professor and Communication Department Chair Kent Ono has been awarded the 2013 Paul Boase Prize for Scholarship. Click here for more information.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 05:53 PM

If you weren't able to make it to the Lyceum II Lecture on January 30, you can still listen to the riveting story of the great George Mallory's 1920's conquest of Mount Everest, told by award-winning author and explorer Wade Davis.

Monday, February 04, 2013 10:25 PM

The Latin American Studies Program received a prestigious Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (USIFL) grant.

Friday, December 07, 2012 06:58 PM

University of Utah College of Humanities' Professor Lance Olsen has been invited to live and write at the Berlin Academy from Dec. 2012 to June 2013 as the Mary Ellen van der Heyden Berlin Prize in Fiction Fellow.

Friday, December 07, 2012 06:53 PM

Congratulations to Professor Fernando Rubio and Professor Anne Lair who both received national recognition Nov 16 2012 at the annual conference of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Friday, December 07, 2012 06:47 PM

Both Lisa and Meg have been awarded very prestigious fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Friday, December 07, 2012 06:36 PM

More about the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 11:11 PM

University of Utah undergraduates may now spend their college years focusing on Dante and Buddha, Zoroastrianism and Zionism, Martin Luther and Joseph Smith, the Bible and the Quran -- and everything else related to the world of faith.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 11:07 PM

Her academic study of fan fiction, particularly the "mommy porn" of Fifty Shades of Grey has launched Jamison as a media commentator.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:49 PM

University of Utah History and archaeology professor Bradley J. Parker is publishing an on-line database that is not only the first of its kind but may chart a new path for publication in archaeology.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:36 PM

We turn on our taps and it's there. It's reliable, clean and seemingly abundant. Most Salt Lakers, though, don't know where it comes from. The source of our water and the course it follows to reach our faucets is hidden.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:25 PM

The American West Center has been gathering oral histories of vets from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:17 PM

Global Pathways is looking for outstanding Host Families! Learn about sharing American culture with International students - opens new window at the University of Utah! Date: Jul 19, 2011

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:08 PM