The Executive MBA Program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has climbed to No 33 nationally on the 2011 Financial Times list of leading Executive MBA programs and is the only Utah school ranked in the top 100 this year.
Read MoreBecause Utah is a place of fragile natural beauty with a burgeoning population, it makes a perfect “living laboratory” for teaching and practicing the principles of quality growth and urban planning.
Read MoreNews rooms are downsizing; print journalism is struggling to make a profit; online media is booming — What does this mean to the future of journalism in a society that reveres the role of a free press? Do changes in the way information is disseminated to the public necessarily mean the information itself will change?
Read MoreMercury pollution is a big problem, and it’s only getting bigger. It is most pronounced in developing countries like China and India, where coal-burning still remains a major resource of power generation. Worldwide, about 1,000 tons of mercury is produced per year. The resulting pollution makes water and soil unusable, and poses substantial health risks to people nearby.
Read MoreTyler Beck knows the economy isn’t what it used to be, and like many college kids, he worried about getting a job after graduation. But that was before Beck, an MBA student at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, made a career-changing decision—he decided to leverage the skills he learned in class through the university’s Business Career Management Center.
Read MoreThe University of Utah and Governor Gary Herbert will celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship during the week of Sept. 26-30.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has joined the ranks of “Entrepreneur Magazine’s” Top 25, winning special recognition for its innovative, experience-based approach to business education.
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 MoreIt’s one thing to take the top spot from MIT in creating startup companies from university research, but it’s quite another to maintain a steady commercialization program. Data released today by the University of Utah (the U) shows continued progress in commercializing technologies from July 2010 to July 2011. Highlights of the findings include the creation of 23 companies, 233 invention disclosures, 81 license agreements and engaging over 2,400 students.
Read MoreWhat was once just a “crazy idea” to bring business and science students together has become one of the most successful student entrepreneurial centers in the country. The Pierre and Claudette Lassonde Entrepreneur Center at the University of Utah (the U) is marking its 10th anniversary this month with student success stories that are the envy of other university business programs.
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