Almost 500 students from 45 colleges and universities will build strong, lightweight, scale-model bridges as the University of Utah hosts the 15th Annual National Student Steel Bridge Competition on Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27.
Read MoreJennifer Maurine Seelig, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Utah’s Political Science Department, is looking for a dissertation question which focuses on community participation in democracy. Seelig may well find her answer serving as Legislative District 23″s new state representative, replacing Duane Bordeaux, who retired in April.
Read MoreArctic climate already is known to be particularly prone to global warming caused by industrial and automotive emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Now, a University of Utah study finds a surprising new way society’s pollutants warm the far north: the Arctic’s well-known haze – made of particulate pollution from mid-latitude cities – mixes with thin clouds, making them better able to trap heat.
Read MoreThe Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah is pleased to announce that Kang Zhang, MD, PhD, has been elected to the prestigious American Society of Clinical Investigators (ASCI). Doctor Zhang is only the second ophthalmologist in this prestigious organization’s 98 year history to be honored with membership.
Read MoreIn recognition of their outstanding contributions to the promotion of international understanding, University of Utah President Michael K. Young, former chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations H.E. John Bolton will be honored by the New York Office of Public and International Affairs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Wednesday in New York City. The “Evening of International Understanding” will bring together key opinion leaders, including members from the international, political, business and religious communities, including U.N. ambassadors and the New York-based Consulate General.
Read MoreThe Board of Trustees of the Chicano Scholarship Foundation is honored to announce the arrival of a milestone in the fund’s history with awards of three full ride scholarships at this year”s banquet May 9th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Utah Union Ballroom.
Read MoreUtah and Texas researchers combined miniature medical CT scans with high-tech computer methods to produce detailed three-dimensional images of mouse embryos – an efficient new method to test the safety of medicines and learn how mutant genes cause birth defects or cancer.
Read MoreThe Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has named the Daily Utah Chronicle at the University of Utah “Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper” in the Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards for the 2005 calendar year. SPJ region 9 is comprised of four states: Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. This year, collegiate journalists submitted more than 3,100 entries in 43 categories across SPJ’s 12 regions.
Read MoreThe Utah Science Center’s “Science in Society” free public dialogue series will present “Natural Bioterrorism” on Thursday May 4, 2006 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the auditorium of the main downtown Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 East 400 South.
Read MoreThe University of Utah singers and the University of Utah Harp Ensemble will perform in this weekend’s opening concert of the 2006 Madeleine Festival of the Arts and Humanities, to be held Sunday, April 30, at 8 p.m., at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.
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