The University of Utah is launching a six-year, $21 ½ million effort to conduct basic research aimed at developing new materials for uses ranging from faster computers and communications devices to better microscopes and solar cells.
Read MoreFollowing an exhaustive national search, the University of Utah (the U) selected Bryan Ritchie to be the next director of its Technology Commercialization Office (TCO). Ritchie joins the U from James Madison College, a residential college that is part of Michigan State University, where he served as a professor of political economy with a focus on international relations, director of the Michigan State Entrepreneur Network, and co-director of the Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity. Ritchie’s first day on the job will be Sept. 14.
Read MoreTwo students from the University of Utah (the U) will travel to India and Bangladesh. to begin distinct—but culturally related—projects this fall. funded by awards from the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Program.
Read MoreMary G. Parker, an accomplished leader in university student recruitment and retention, will join the University of Utah (the U) as associate vice president for enrollment management, effective September 12. Parker fills a senior administration role and will be responsible for designing and carrying out the U’s first integrated strategic enrollment plan.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Spencer S Eccles Health Sciences Library has received two contracts worth $13.2 million from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The first $3.7 million contract will make the library home to the country’s only NLM Training Center for the next five years. The second award, worth $9.5 million, renews the library’s five-year contract with the NLM to serve as the country’s MidContinental Regional Medical Library (MCRML).
Read MoreUniversity of Utah geophysicist Robert B Smith, a leading expert on earthquakes and volcanism in the Yellowstone National Park region, has been honored with the 2011 John Wesley Powell Award from the US Geological Survey.
Read MoreSolar-generated electricity is taking a new form – that of solar panels shaped like artistically fashioned ivy leaves decorating a wall’s surface. The first location in the United States to apply this colorful array is the University of Utah (the U) in Salt Lake City. This new product called Solar Ivy was developed by Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology (SMIT), a company in New York.
Read MoreJune 27, 2011 – William Warren, a career communications strategist with broad-ranging experience in journalism, government and global corporate communications, will join the University of Utah (the U) as its first chief marketing and communications officer (CMCO), effective June 27. The new cabinet-level position is responsible for marketing, public relations and community relations for the […]
Read MoreJune 16, 2011 – Christopher Hacon, a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah, has been awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications by Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, or National Lincean Academy. The award will be presented at the academy in Rome this November. “I am honored to receive […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Social Work has selected the next two Belle S Spafford Endowed Chairs in Social Work. Marilyn Luptak and Fran Wilby will serve consecutive 18-month terms during the colleagues’ three-year, joint research project. The Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair in Social Work is a prestigious position dedicated to improving the lives of Utah’s women and their families. The Spafford Chair is the only academic position with such a purpose in a school of social work in the country.
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