Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

Check out our board members making the news!

Amid strained ties with U.S., China finds unlikely friend — in Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah — a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. An investigation by The Associated Press has found tha...

We are so sad to share that one of our board members, Peter Kraus, passed away this weekend. He was instrumental in getting the academy journal into databases, an incredible support to students and researchers everywhere, and a good friend. He will be missed by many.

We are very sorry to say that Peter Kraus, a dear friend of St Stephen’s House and Pusey House, has died. Please pray for the repose of his soul, and for Kristin his widow.

We are happy to announce that our journal is available online. We only have the most recent years right now, but are hoping to add more as funding becomes available.

http://www.utahacademy.org/academy-journal/

Journal | Utah Academy of Science Arts and Letters

Another wonderful conference is over. We so appreciate the hard work of the staff at Weber State to make everything run smoothly.

Our Gardner Prize recipient and Tanner Lecture speaker this year is Dr. Gene Sessions. He has been teaching, writing about, and sharing the history of Utah at Weber State since 1975.

We are so honored to be able to recognize Alan and Jeanne Hall for their distinguished service to education in Utah.

Here we go! Looking to a great conference at Weber State University.

A new report gives a picture of Utah college students and shows we have a long way to go to help low-income and minority students catch up to their peers.

https://higheredutah.org/utah-students-from-low-income-families-participate-in-college-at-rates-nearly-15-lower-than-their-peers/

Who will be the next winner of Science and SciLifeLab’s Prize for Young Scientists?


The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is now open for entries! This is the sixth year that Science and SciLifeLab will present this award, which offers four recent PhD graduates a life-changing opportunity.

Recent doctoral graduates in the life sciences may submit a 1000-word essay based on their thesis work. Four winners — in the categories of Cell and Molecular Biology,
Ecology and Environment, Genomics and Proteomics and Translational Medicine — will be selected for this international award. Make sure your recent PhD graduate doesn’t miss out on this opportunity!

Application deadline: July 15th, 2018

The winners will:

Have their essay published by Science
Receive up to 30,000 USD in prize money
Be honored in Stockholm, Sweden in December

Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of research.

UASAL 2018

The poster session is in full swing. It’s always fun to learn about some amazing research happening in Utah.

Bonnie Baxter giving the Tanner lecture.