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U of U, Sentrx Surgical awarded by National Institutes of Health

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The University of Utah and Sentrx Surgical, Inc., a company incorporated in March 2004, jointly announced today that they have received two Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On September 1, 2004, Sentrx Surgical and the University of Utah signed a license agreement that gives the company exclusive, world-wide rights to the use of a proprietary technology invented by Dr. Glenn Prestwich at the University of Utah. The STTR program makes research awards to small businesses that collaborate with research universities on promising health-related technologies. Phase I projects are for $100,000 for one year with 40% of the funds typically remaining to support work in the company and the other 60% sub-contracted to the university.

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March 25, 2011

Virtuoso Series at Libby Gardner Concert Hall

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Subscription tickets are now on sale for the 5th Season of the Virtuoso Series at Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Single tickets will go on sale September 15. The opening concert on September 16 brings to the Libby Gardner stage world-acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. Ms. Meyers. renowned for her impassioned music making and technical brilliance, Ms. Meyers performs worldwide as soloist and classical recording artist.

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March 25, 2011

Utes Want Revenge in “Bleed Red” Blood Drive

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Attention all University of Utah students, faculty, alumni and fans! Your chance to save a life and support the U is here. Not only will there be blood on the football field when the Utah Utes and the Utah State Aggies meet in Logan, a lot more blood will be banked for the community as well. The University of Utah and Utah State University will go head to head in the annual “Bleed Red” blood drive competition, Sept. 13 through 17, and will culminate Saturday, Sept. 18, on the field of Romney Stadium before the football game against USU. Last year, Utah State stole the “Bleed Red” trophy with almost double the units of blood collected by the U. This year, the University of Utah student body is determined to win back the trophy.

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March 25, 2011

Groundbreaking for Cosmic Ray Project

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A groundbreaking ceremony will be held 9 a.m. Saturday Aug. 28 in the desert southwest of Delta, Utah, for the Telescope Array – a Japanese and American cosmic ray observatory designed to find the source of the most energetic particles in the universe.

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March 25, 2011

Save the Rainforest – Eat a Tree

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A University of Utah experiment conducted in Peru’s Amazon Basin shows insects increase the diversity of the rainforest when they munch on trees. Such seemingly destructive behavior keeps dominant tree species under control but allows other trees to thrive.

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March 25, 2011

Immigrants Usher-in New Era of Diversity in Utah

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Over the past 20 years, immigrants have come to Utah in unprecedented numbers and from a new direction. That’s one of the conclusions of a new study on immigration conducted by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. The study entitled Immigrants Transform Utah: Entering A New Era of Diversity is largely based on data from the decennial censuses from 1850-2000 (Bureau of the Census).

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March 25, 2011