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In Depth: Visiting professors give global perspective

By By Carlos Mayorga • September 12, 2007

After spending the summer in her native Belgium, Therese De Raedt hurried back to teach her course on literature and culture of French-speaking nations. De Raedt, a professor in the Department of Languages and Literature, has been with the U since 1999. De Raedt first came to the United States in 1992 to teach at a small college in Ohio and earn her doctorate from UC Davis.

Anime exposed

By By Michael McFall • September 12, 2007

Naota Nandaba's head was killing him. As the 12-year-old stumbled around a small town bridge in Mabase, Japan, two giant robots came bursting from a portal on his forehead -- one shaped like an enormous hand, the other, a human with a television for a head.

Speaker says gifted children often misdiagnosed

September 12, 2007

When Leslie Morley's daughter was in the third grade, her teacher believed she had a learning disability and tried to put her in remedial classes. When tested for intelligence, however, results showed that she was an extremely bright girl. Nadia Webb, a neuropsychologist and faculty member at James Madison University, discussed the misdiagnosis of gifted children and adults at the Salt Lake City Public Library last Thursday.

Car burglaries jump at Student Apartments

By By Ana Breton • September 12, 2007

Uma Maran did not like the news a police officer had just given him: His car had just been broken into. The small hole in his Toyota Corolla's window was a possible entryway for a thief or thieves, who had taken his digital camera and a box of CDs. "They also tried to remove the audio system but they couldn't," said Maran, a graduate student in chemistry.

Anthropology Department to renovate labs

By By Jaime Winston • September 12, 2007

After three years of working to secure funds, the department of anthropology has started to renovate its outdated DNA and osteology labs. "We're anxious to have the remodeling done because that will make it easier in the future to do some things we weren't able to do in the past," said anthropology professor Dennis O'Rourke.

New Asia Center created

By By Clayton Norlen • September 12, 2007

With the creation of a new Asia Center, the U will become the first institution in America's mountain west to feature a center that focuses solely on Asian studies. The Asia Center, an interdisciplinary program housed in the College of Humanities, will bring together students, professors from many different departments and backgrounds and members of the wider Salt Lake community.

Blogger will kick off September project

By By Clayton Norlen • September 11, 2007

David Silver wanted a voice, so he started a blog. "In America we're constantly being pegged as consumers -- how do we become citizens?" asked Silver, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of San Francisco and co-founder of the September Project.

Looking back at Mt. Meadows massacre

By By Parker Williams • September 11, 2007

Unbeknownst to most Americans, Sept. 11 marks the anniversary of an American tragedy not related to al-Qaida terrorists that took place 150 years ago -- the Mountain Meadows Massacre. On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormon militiamen and Paiute Indians slaughtered a group of about 120 unarmed, California-bound emigrants in a meadow roughly 35 miles southwest of Cedar City, historians say.

Car hits TRAX

By By Ana Breton • September 11, 2007

Faris Chebib was heading toward upper campus with his girlfriend when the TRAX train they were riding on began to slow down next to the Field House, then suddenly jolted to a complete stop. From the window, Chebib, a sophomore in philosophy and biology, could see the driver's side of the Subaru Outback crushed underneath the train on which they were riding.

Research aims to slow, cure Alzheimer’s disease

September 11, 2007

The Alzheimer's Association recently awarded U professor Gang Liu a $240,000 grant to research new methods in reducing an ailment in the brain that researchers suspect leads to Alzheimer's disease. Liu said an important contributor to Alzheimer's disease may be excess metal ions in the brain that cause oxidative stress and lead to neurodegeneration.