If you can find the elusive Gunnison sage grouse while hiking through isolated pockets of remote southeastern Utah, you might be able to hear one. But now, thanks to nature recording specialists (http://westernsoundscape.org/video.html) and a grant from a prestigious library institute, you can listen to its distinctive gurgling calls at your desk with a click of a computer mouse.
Read MoreMedication or food? As layoffs become rampant, it is a personal debate that has become all too common during these harsh economic times. While businesses, nonprofits, and state agencies everywhere struggle to trim budgets, a dependable income and the stability of vital programs, such as Medicaid, are suddenly threatened.
Read MoreAs researchers make increasing use of computation and large sets of data, they say there is a need to invest more in computer, information and communication technologies known as “cyberinfrastructure.”
Read MoreWith rising tuition costs, the stock market sinking and unemployment soaring, students feel the pain. This year’s Mary Lowe Family Policy Lecture at the University of Utah aims to help students beef up their financial literacy and navigate the uncertain future.
Read MoreWomen in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity and other signs of “metabolic syndrome,” a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, University of Utah psychologists found.
Read MoreWith the addition of Reid Ewing to its faculty, the University of Utah’s College of Architecture + Planning is taking aim at the top 20 city and metropolitan planning programs in the United States.
Read MoreNow more than ever, the Middle East is introduced to Americans through newscasts of violent warfare, poverty and aggression. Yet film makers from the region tell a different tale. The University of Utah’s Middle East film series provides viewers a personal glimpse into the lives, loves, struggles and languages of the complex peoples and cultures of this region.
Read MoreThe Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair at the University of Utah College of Social Work and the Spafford Advisory Committee invite the community to submit nominations for the annual Belle S. Spafford Award. This award honors the life and accomplishments of Belle Smith Spafford by recognizing individuals who have worked to improve the lives of Utah’s women and their families.
Read MoreAccording to a new study by three finance researchers at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, however, there might be a silver lining of sorts: the effectiveness of the U.S. bankruptcy systemWith high-profile company bankruptcies becoming a distressingly common occurrence, many would be hard-pressed to find an upside in the situation.
Read MoreNobel Peace Prize winner and activist, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, will present the keynote address for the 25th Annual University of Utah Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration week, January 12 – 19, 2009.
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