Welcome to Provo Utah! Home of Brigham Young University ( BYU ).
Provo is a city in Utah. It's home to Brigham Young University and its museums, including the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. The BYU Museum of Paleontology houses a collection of dinosaur fossils. The BYU Museum of Art is a modern venue with a large permanent collection of paintings. The Crandall Historical Printing Museum has a working Gutenberg Press replica. Trails lead up Y Mountain for panoramic city views.
Provo lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south. With a population at the 2010 census of 115,264, Provo is the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which had a population of 526,810 at the 2010 census. It is Utah's second-largest metropolitan area after Salt Lake City.
Provo is the home of Brigham Young University, a private higher education institution operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The city is a focus area for technology development in Utah, with several billion-dollar startups. The city's Peaks Ice Arena was a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. Sundance Resort is 13 miles (21 km) northeast, at Provo Canyon.
In 2015, Forbes cited Provo among the Best Small And Medium-Size Cities For Jobs, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Utah County had the year's highest job growth. In 2013, Forbes ranked Provo the No. 2 city on its list of Best Places for Business and Careers. Provo was ranked first for community optimism (2012) and first in health/well-being (2014).
Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Provo - Utah
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The most beautiful places and sight in Provo.
Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Provo - Utah: Bridal Veil Falls, Brigham Young University, Provo Canyon, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Provo City Center Temple, Seven Peaks Resort Water Park, Hike The Y Trail, The Covey Center For The Arts, BYU Museum of Paleontology, Provo Beach, Crandall Historical Printing Museum, BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Utah Lake State Park, Provo River Parkway Trail
Top 5 Things to do in Provo Utah: Traveling with Kids
Visiting Provo, Utah: hiking to the Bridal Veil Falls, checking out BYU Museum of Art, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Crandall Historical Printing Museum, and making soap at The Soap Factory.
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UVU: CCS Benjamin Franklin Event - March 2013
Holland, a distinguished scholar in the field of early American political thought, collaborated with Kerry on the book Benjamin Franklin's Intellectual World, published in December. The book combines Kerry's study of intellectual history with Holland's expertise in political philosophy to create a unique approach to studying one of the nation's principal founders. While Franklin is more traditionally thought of as a doer, Holland and Kerry show the power of Franklin's role as a thinker.
In large part, American and world history credits Benjamin Franklin as a man of action and for the very practical things that he accomplished as a Founding Father, Holland said. This volume speaks of another facet of Franklin, considering him as a man of ideas, one who was shaped by and helped give shape to some of the key intellectual currents on both sides of the Atlantic.
Franklin showed that ideas could take many forms, whether they were scientific, political, or cultural, added Kerry, who will also speak at the event. He was not only writing about the ideas, but knew how to work with them. That was the genius of Franklin.
In addition to Holland and Kerry, Rick Griffin, director of The Center for Constitutional Studies, and Roy Goodman, assistant librarian and curator of printed materials at the American Philosophical Society, will also provide insight on Franklin during the event. Following their remarks, the four will participate in a brief Q & A session, after which the gathering will adjourn to the Center for Constitutional Studies (Suite 305 of the UVU Library) for a book signing and refreshments.
President Holland and Dr. Kerry's volume is not a typical Franklin book, said Griffin. It chronicles some of the lesser known intellectual pursuits of Franklin's life. The Center is delighted to explore the intellectual world of one of the most influential Founding Fathers.
The book had its official launch in Philadelphia earlier in January, which Kerry says has helped bring Utah Valley into the national conversation on political thought. Kerry attributes this newfound attention to Holland's dedication to constitutional studies. This is a man who cares deeply about the founders, about the constitution, and about the need for students to understand something of the history and the political thought of the founding generation, Kerry said of Holland.
Also during the event, the center will premiere its special exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: The Intellectual World of America's Renaissance Man, courtesy of the American Philosophical Society headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa, and the Crandall Historical Printing Museum in Provo, Utah. The exhibit, open to the public through the middle of March, features some original contemporary Benjamin Franklin advertising and memorabilia, a reproduction of 15th century printing materials associated with the Gutenberg Press, and a reproduction of Franklin's Constitution with his handwritten personal notes, rarely seen in its totality.
Prior to his selection as UVU's sixth president in 2009, Holland was an associate professor of political science at BYU, where he taught courses in political philosophy and early U.S. political heritage. His scholarly research on how ideals of Christian charity influenced the development of American political life garnered national attention. In 2005, he was selected as a James Madison Fellow at Princeton University, and in 2007, his book, Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America, was published by Georgetown University Press.
Kerry's training spans several universities including Oxford, Harvard, and Chicago and his publications have engaged with European intellectual history, transatlantic ideas, and historiography. He has served as editor for volumes on Goethe, Schiller, Carlyle, and Mozart. He has been awarded fellowships at Princeton, Cambridge, Oxford, and Edinburgh and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.