“Then on that day David delivered first this Psalm to thanke the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren: give thankes unto the Lord, call upon his name, Make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him. Talke...
— Photographs by Scott Beadles PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP, OPTIQUE NO. 4 Paris, ca. 1810 The Promenade de Longchamp was an annual social event which took place on the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of Holy Week every spring along the Champs-Élysées and through the Bois-de-Boulogne. The tour ended at...
Digital Storytelling continues to see various adaptations across the curriculum. From the 3-5 minute personal narrative to more creative documentary style storytelling, digital tools come in all forms. Advanced storytelling may require software with robust features. All things being equal, the simplest tool can sometimes...
Ranging from small tremors to impactful vibrations, seismologists have recorded the locations of 28,161 earthquake epicenters over a 116-year period. Through a visual and analytical examination, this week’s Map of the Week explores the spatial relationship between recorded epicenters and fault locations while visualizing where...
A piece from the rare book collections is on loan at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, in its ongoing exhibition, Ancient Mediterranean Art: Res Mortis. The piece may be viewed at the museum through September, 2018....
Happy 50th Anniversary, J. Willard Marriott Library! “To erect a great library in the year 1968 is an act of stubborn and sassy faith.” — Wallace Stegner, from his dedication address for the opening of the J. Willard Marriott Library ...
“Now sprigs are pricked by bursting buds, and threading the trees the wind’s weft skittles, drops and spurts again, rubbing along the ground to tease old leafings of skittering litter, scratching swirl… Between bettling sky and buxom earth — a mazed and frilling lightning flash! The eye bleaches and goes black. A far-off...
You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever” – Psalm 104, NKJV “[A]s Geography without History seemeth a carkasse without motion; so History without Geography, wandreth as a Vagrant without a certaine habitation.” ― John Smith (1580-1631) Geographiae et hydrographi reformat… Giovanni...
“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James The Principles of Psychology William James (1842-1910) New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890 First edition, first state Rare Books is pleased to announce the anonymous donation of this first edition of...
“Newton’s design was to make me come to him, force me to comply with his humors, and flatter him and cry him up as Dr. Halley did. He thought to work me to his ends by putting me to extraordinary charges. Those that have begun...