History
Founded 3 April 1908, the Utah Academy of Sciences was organized "to promote investigations and diffuse knowledge in all areas of science." Beginning 1923, the Academy started publishing the papers presented in its annual meetings in Proceedings. In June 1933 at the annual meeting, the Academy was enlarged to include the arts and letters, and the name was changed to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Articles of incorporation and nonprofit organization status were accepted by the Academy membership at the spring meeting in April 1959. In 1977, the name of the journal of the Academy was changed from Proceedings to Encyclia. It became a refereed journal at this time. In the mid 1980s, the scope of the Academy was expanded still further to include 1) Business, 2) Education, 3) Engineering, 4) Library Information and Instruction, and 5) Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Beginning with the 1998 issue, the journal is now The Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Annual Meeting
The Academy's annual meetings are normally held in April on one of the Utah campuses of higher education. The plenary session is called the Tanner Lecture, endowed by Mr. O. C. Tanner in 1986.
Best Paper Awards
The best paper presented in every division is given a cash award, which is presented at the "Academy's Awards Evening" held the following Fall.
Distinguished Service Awards
The Academy recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship by means of annual Distinguished Service Awards, alternating every other year between disciplines.
Membership
When the Academy was founded in 1908, membership was by nomination, ratified by the Council, and elected by a "three-fourths vote of members present." Today, the Academy's membership is available by application.
Institutional Members
All Utah institutions of higher education are members of the Utah Academy. The Academy appreciates their patronage.
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Call for Papers
The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters invites all Utah
scholars to submit papers for the 2010 Annual Conference, April
9, 2010 at Dixie State College.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
All faculty and student members of the Academy are eligible to
participate. The Academy encourages participants to submit a
manuscript on their presentation for publication in the refereed
Journal of the Utah Academy. One outstanding manuscript
from each Division will be selected and its author(s) will receive a
cash award. Please submit your manuscript to your division chair.
To authors of papers presented at the Annual Conference:
Presenters are encouraged to publish their paper in The Journal
of the Utah Academy.
The Journal’s criteria are that a submission: (1) affords fresh,
meaningful scholarly insight on its subject; (2) be readable and
well written; and (3) be of general interest for an academic readership
beyond the author’s field.
All submitted papers will be considered for an Outstanding Paper
Award. Include both your institutional and home addresses
and phone numbers, email address and fax number. Papers will
be peer reviewed. Please suggest possible appropriated referees,
including names, telephone numbers, addresses and email.
The Journal of the Utah Academy is a refereed journal. Editorial
responses will be forthcoming after the resumption of school
the following fall when referees have returned their comments to
the division chairs.
Publication guidelines are available under on the Call for Papers page.
Journal Publication Policy
Last Updated 11 November 2009
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