For the 10th straight year, University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics’ range and quality of care has landed it on the U.S.News & World Report list of America’s Best Hospitals.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah researchers have identified genes that help explain why mice, people and other mammals evolved with modern rib cages instead of having snake-like ribs that extend from the neck to the tailbone.
Read MoreThe addition of prescription drug benefits to seniors’ Medicare has become an important public health policy-and hotly debated-issue. Politicians have batted around different figures, but, according to University of Utah Associate Professor of Consumer Studies Jessie Fan, little research has existed on actual dollar amounts spent over time and how these expenses related to seniors’ health coverage.
Read MoreFor ten days this month, nine University of Utah students and one U assistant professor will be providing community service and interacting with students with disabilities at the Santigo V. Gonzales School, in Las Piedras Negras (Black Rocks), Mexico, across the Eagle Pass, Texas border.
Read MoreAbout 240 mathematics students, educators and researchers are meeting in Utah’s Wasatch Range for the 13th Annual Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) Summer Session, which began June 29 and runs through July 19.
Read MoreRed Butte Garden names Dr. Gregory Lee as its executive director. In his new role, Lee will direct all operations at the 150-acre botanical garden and arboretum including fund-raising, education, marketing, business administration and horticulture, and supervising a staff of more than 90.
Read MoreAn Internet web site operated by the University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center has been honored by Scientific American magazine online as one of the top 50 science and technology web sites, and as one of the top five biology web sites.
Read MoreBreadth and depth are the key words as the University of Utah breaks ground on its Orthopedic Surgery Center June 6. The 100,000-square-foot, three-level facility will incorporate the eight major orthopedic subspecialties including, foot & ankle, hand, oncology, pediatrics, spine, sports medicine, trauma, and adult reconstruction in the same center and give space for more physicians in these areas.
Read MoreTurn on the television, grab a cold drink and hold on tight for a look at the new Utah Football TV commercials, which began airing today. The four TV ads are part of a larger new marketing campaign put together by The University of Utah Marketing & Communications office, under contract with the athletic department. The theme of the campaign is “Fasten your Seatbelts.”
Read MoreBy crunching numbers on a supercomputer for six months, University of Utah researchers showed it is possible for an atomic force microscope to make images of the wing-shaped paths of minuscule electrons as they orbit atoms.
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