The mission of the Hansen Life Sciences Retreat is to bring together faculty and students from a wide array of departments at Utah State University who are all working toward understanding biological processes at the molecular level.
Dates and Location
Keynote Presentation: Janet Iwasa, Ph.D.
Friday, October 25, 2024
5:00 p.m.
Eccles Science Learning Center, Room 130
USU Campus
Saturday, October 26, 2024
8:30 a.m.
Larry W. and Lindi Miller Champion's Club
West Stadium Center, USU Campus
Registration
Registration Deadline to Receive Shirt: October 8, 2024
Final Registration Deadline (no shirt): October 18, 2024
Registration Fee: $20.00
Register for Friday AND Saturday
Registration Deadline: October 18, 2024
There is no registration fee associated with Friday-only attendance.
RSVP for Friday ONLY
Questions?
Contact Samantha Christenson at samantha.christenson@usu.edu or Anna Petersen at anna.petersen@usu.edu.
The Hansen Life Sciences Retreat honors the memory of renowned biochemist R. Gaurth Hansen (1920-2002), a gifted scientist, teacher and administrator, who spent much of his career enriching Utah State University. A Cache Valley Utah native, Hansen began his undergraduate studies at Utah State before transferring to the University of Wisconsin where he completed bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
Hansen joined USU's faculty as an academic vice president in 1968 and was soon promoted to provost. His efforts contributed to a twenty-fold increase in the university's research budget. In addition to his administrative and teaching endeavors, Hansen published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals and received many prestigious national accolades. He was named USU Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 1985 and retired from Utah State in 1994.