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David Eccles School of Business Creates James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing

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The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced the creation of the James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing. Created through a $13 million personal gift from James Lee Sorenson, the new center will engage students at the University of Utah and partner universities in creating sustainable change on regional and global levels through high-impact social investment, innovative curriculum and research.

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January 29, 2013

University of Utah a Powerhouse for Startups

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The University of Utah once again ranked among the top institutions in the country for startup formation, coming in second in the latest survey by the Association of University Technology Managers. The University of Utah has been the first or second institution for startups in this survey for the last six years.

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January 8, 2013

Study Shows Sexual Harassment Leads to Double-Victimization in the Workplace

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Approximately 50 percent of women experience some form of sexual harassment in the workplace at some point during their career. As shocking as that number is, perhaps more so is the fact that many of those women find themselves doubly victimized through the reactions of judgmental coworkers who might think the victims didn’t do enough to stop the harassment, or that they somehow “asked for it,” depending on how the victim responded to the situation.

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November 13, 2012

U Researchers Win Regional Cleantech Open, Advance to Nationals

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University of Utah (the U) startup company Navillum Nanotechnologies has done it again. The company team, led by two U researchers, was named one of the top three groups at the Rocky Mountain regional Cleantech Open last week in Denver. It was the first time in the history of the regional competition that a single team was named as a national finalist and won the sustainability award.

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October 17, 2012

Utah Teen Moms Succeed Thanks to Innovative Program

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More than 3,000 children were born to teen mothers in Utah in 2010. Of those teen moms, 36 percent identified themselves as Hispanic. But now, thanks to a research grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, the University of Utah College of Social Work is offering an innovative program, Latinas Adelante (Latinas Moving Forward), that may change the lives of teen moms, and their children, for the better.

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October 17, 2012