On Sept. 17, Mark Wrathall, author of How to Read Heidegger, presented his paper, “An Education in Thinking: Heidegger on Learning to Resist Technology.” “We live in a world where we are driven by technological forces,” he said. He claimed that technological advances have the ability to solve problems for us, and this is eliminating […]
The recent approval of the new science and health building was met with great excitement by many at UVU. The approval allocates $45 million to UVU for the building project. Heavy involvement and lobbying on Capitol Hill proved to be a success at the end of a long struggle. A few trades were made in […]
On Feb. 25 New York Times editor and writer Tom Zeller Jr. visited the Ragan Theater to speak about the impact businesses are having on the global climate. Zeller has spent the last 12 years covering everything from technology to politics, but the last year and a half Zeller has been writing on the issue […]
Jan. 22 marked the first session of the New York Times Global Review at UVU. The international center is sponsoring a weekly discussion group that will review events covered in The New York Times throughout the week. Danny Damron, the director of the International Center, has collaborated with a local Times representative to bring this […]
The new information source for furthering your education is HigherEdUtah.org. Moving from its old home at utahsbr.org the site has both a new look and approach. The site’s focus is on ease of use and the utilization of social media such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. “That’s what’s most appealing to me about this site […]
This past week, David Jordan, assistant dean of the College of Science and Health, shed new light on the proposed addition to the Science and Health building. Jordan seems hopeful as the addition is currently number two on the university’s priority list of building projects in need of state funding. After the list is presented […]