11.10.09
The NPR program From the Top recently spent an afternoon at the Waterford School (see photo). Follow the link to the radio show’s website to read the whole story. The episode of From the Top recorded at Gardner Hall with Utah Chamber Artists will air on Classical 89, KBYU-FM on Saturday, November 28 at 6pm.
James Holbrook, Professor of Law at the University of Utah, presented an Upper School Lunch Lecture about his time in Baghdad as a legal adviser to the Iraqi government. About 60 members of the Waterford community were present to hear Professor Holbrook’s deeply affecting stories.
10.11.09
Already this school year, Waterford has hosted a number of prominent thinkers. Some highlights:
Dr. Cole Durham (see photo), is a Professor of Law at BYU and Director of the Center for Law and Religion Studies. He is an internationally recognized legal scholar. Dr. Durham presented a fascinating Upper School Lunch Lecture about international human rights and religious freedom law.
Dr. Andrew Biemiller is Professor Emeritus of Developmental Psychology at the University of Toronto and Associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology. He is a widely respected expert in child vocabulary development and instruction. Dr. Biemiller spoke to Waterford faculty about his ongoing research promoting vocabulary and language development in elementary school.
Dr. Peter Fairweather is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. He has a doctorate in psycholinguistics, and has served on the faculty at Northwestern University and the University of Texas. His current research involves matching the interaction demands of computers to the different abilities of their users. Dr. Fairweather met with Waterford faculty to share his expertise on conditions that affect teaching and learning.
