Roots of Knowledge: Dr. Chitralekha Duttagupta
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series had their final event for the semester on April 11, 2024.
Jennifer Howell Addresses UVU Students
Reading Time: < 1 minute On September 14th, 2023, UVU was privileged to receive a visit from Emmy-winning producer Jennifer Howell. She spent the day in numerous conferences and trainings to educate UVU students who are aspiring to enter the digital entertainment industry. Jonah Simon covers her visit.
Roots of Knowledge speakers discuss anti-racism and anti-xenophobia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Trevor Warburton, Dr. Leandra Hernández and Dr. Dianne McAdams-Jones kicked off 2023’s Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series with a conversation about being anti-racist and anti-xenophobic.
Fostering Educational Equity
Reading Time: 2 minutes As an addition to The Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series at Utah Valley University, Laurie Toro, director of faculty development, gave a presentation titled “Fostering Educational Equity by Sustaining Roots of Knowing and Culture.” In this presentation she addressed six different types of knowledge and the importance of using them in unity. Toro utilized the […]
The logic of gender by Kelli D. Potter
Reading Time: 2 minutes As a part of the Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series, Kelli D. Potter spoke on the logic of gender and how different frameworks of thinking have influenced the way humans perceive gender Potter is an associate professor of Philosophy and member of the Religious Study Board at UVU. She has several published articles on philosophy […]
The Risks and Rewards of Plastics
Reading Time: 2 minutes As a part of The Roots of Knowledge speaker series, Dr. Sally Rocks, a chemistry professor, presented on the use of plastics in modern-day civilization, and their impact on the world today and in the future. The Roots of Knowledge stained glass art panorama in the Fulton Library tells the story of events that have […]
Jenna Nigro: ‘Woman is born free’
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Roots of Knowledge speaker series introduced Jenna Nigro, professor and historian of modern France and Senegal, who presented her research on women in the French Revolution. This semester’s theme for the series is the importance of women in education. All presenters are women educators; check out their website to watch the full video. Nigro […]
Roots of Knowledge final fall speaker
Reading Time: 2 minutes The final speaker of the Roots of Knowledge speaker series event was dean of students, Alexis Palmer. Her presentation was titled “Breaking Barriers: Transferring knowledge from the future generation to the current generation” in honor of the RoK’s fifth anniversary. Palmer started on the far side of the gallery with column Z: Hope for Humanity. […]
Roots of Knowledge celebrates five years
Reading Time: 2 minutes The artwork of the Bingham Gallery, also known as Roots of Knowledge, has been lighting the halls of the Fulton Library for five years to date. At ten feet high, the stained glass art piece stretches 200 feet in length, including 80 window panes, 60,000+ individual pieces taking 12 years to complete, according to the […]
Study highlights obstacles for females in higher ed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Female students expressed their uncertainty about obtaining a higher education, and in some cases regarded education as a “backup” plan, according to a recent UVU study by professors Jessica Pauly and Stevie Munz. Pauly and Munz presented their study this fall at the Roots of Knowledge lecture series, and were concerned with the answers received. […]