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Wendover Officials Will Convene at Roundtable Meeting to Discuss the Process and Timeline for Annexation

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The issue of annexing Wendover City, Utah, into West Wendover, Nev., is back at the forefront of discussion for officials of both cities and states. The proposal to merge both cities has faced decades of interest, numerous studies and widespread attention. Now, for the first time, all of the stakeholders involved will convene at a roundtable meeting on Nov. 4, in West Wendover, Nev., to resolve the issues involved with the proposed annexation.

March 25, 2011

Cognetix to Host Amendment 2 Info Session

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The pharmaceutical company Cognetix, Inc., located in Research Park at 421 Wakara Way, Suite 201, will be the site of a news conference on Utah Amendment 2 to be held Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. Speakers will include representatives from the University of Utah, Utah State University, the Utah System of Higher Education, and Cognetix.

March 25, 2011

Camerata Awards to Honor 2004 Recipients at Concert Gala

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The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and Jerold and JoAnn Ottley are the 2004 recipients of the University of Utah School of Music Camerata Awards, and will be honored at a Concert Gala on Friday, November 5, 2004 at 8 p.m. in Libby Gardner Hall.

March 25, 2011

Genes and Race: A Fuzzy Connection

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The journal Nature Genetics published online a special issue on Tuesday Oct. 26 dealing with the question of what we consider “race” and how it relates to genetic differences and similarities among humans.

March 25, 2011

Winter Outlook: Smog, Drought, El Nino?

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The University of Utah will host a workshop that will focus on high-pressure weather systems and how they help trigger inversions with winter air pollution episodes in places like Utah’s Salt Lake and Cache valleys and California’s San Joaquin Valley.

March 25, 2011

It is in the Genes: U Genetic Science Learning Center Named Among Top 50 Web Sites For a Second Year in a Row

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For the second year in a row, the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web site has been named one of the 50 best science and technology Web sites by Scientific American magazine online. The Web site also was rated as one of the top five in health and medicine.

March 25, 2011

Kid Chemistry: Sun, Sugar and Slime

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Children who enjoy the fun and mystery of chemistry will have a chance to make slime, test the absorbent material found in diapers and learn how much sugar is found in soda pop on Saturday Oct. 16 during the local kickoff of National Chemistry Week.

March 25, 2011

How Roots Control Plant Shoots

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University of Utah biologists discovered a gene that allows a plant’s roots to tell the leaves to stop growing, presumably when water is scarce, soil is too compacted or other conditions are bad.

March 25, 2011

Of Lice and Men

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A University of Utah study showing how lice evolved with the people they infested reveals that a now-extinct species of early human came into direct contact with our species about 25,000 years ago and spread the parasites to our ancestors.

March 25, 2011

New Walkway Dedicated to University Heroes, Family, Friends

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Heroes come in many different forms, each with their own unique contribution to society, but too often they are forgotten. Now there is place where the University of Utah’s heroes can be honored and remembered each day as people pass by. The U will dedicate what it simply calls The Walkway, Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11:15 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the site of the commemorative footpath on the east side of the George S. Eccles Legacy Bridge at Fort Douglas and will be preceded by an open house beginning at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served.

March 25, 2011