Two longtime University of Utah professors – chemist Edward M. “Ted” Eyring and mathematician Hugo Rossi – are among winners of the 2011 Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biology Professor Nalini Nadkarni is being honored by the world’s largest general science society – the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – with the group’s 2011 Public Engagement with Science Award. The AAAS has issued the news release below:
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) was recognized in a White House event today for its significant, campus-wide commitments to achieving energy efficiency.
Read MoreWhen third-year film student Luke Hartvigsen set out to make a sci-fi thriller he was not interested in giving viewers an answer to life’s questions, just making them think.
Read MoreNov. 21, 2011 — University of Utah student Dolly Holt says to imagine squeezing an egg in your fist— it won’t break. The same mechanical concept applies to her invention of a tendon and ligament repair device. The prototype invention won the grand prize and $5,000 in the annual techTITANS Idea Challenge, beating 60 collegiate […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah Press is pleased to announce that Steven Simms received the Utah Book Award in the nonfiction category for Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah (University of Utah Press, 2010).
Read MoreA multidisciplinary team of University of Utah investigators has received a grant for innovative research that will shed new light on the genes that cause Down syndrome (DS), as well as the defects of brain development and function that lead to intellectual disability.
Read MorePresident Barack Obama will present a National Medal of Science to University of Utah chemist Peter Stang during a White House ceremony at noon MDT Friday that will be aired via webcast and available to local TV stations via a live satellite feed.
Read MoreOctober 6, 2011 – The J. Willard Marriott Library at The University of Utah Library has been awarded two National Leadership Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). In the planning grant category, the Marriott Library and project partners Mountain West Digital Library, Northwest Digital Archives and Rocky Mountain Online Archives was […]
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biochemist Brenda L. Bass, Ph.D., has dedicated her career to following the path less traveled.
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