Several graduate level programs at the University of Utah moved up multiple spots in the just released issue of U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
Read MoreOctavio Villalpando, associate vice president, Office for Equity and Diversity at the University of Utah announced today the recipients of the 14th Annual Equity and Diversity Awards. The awards are presented to outstanding individuals and organizations who have demonstrated sustained excellence in fostering leadership and a commitment to promote and enhance equity and diversity for students, staff and faculty at the University of Utah. Caitlin Cahill, Jannah J. Hurn Mather, Aretha M. Minor and Deidre Hughes Schoenfeld are this year’s award recipients.
Read MoreWorld-renowned climatologist James Hansen has repeatedly called for an immediate cap and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, including coal-fired power plants, which are the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.
Read MoreRobots will navigate an Indiana Jones-like maze in search of the crystal skull, while other robots will dribble and shoot eggs in a “B-eggs-ketball” competition. Students will also display a robotic hand, a moonbuggy and other projects as the University of Utah’s Department of Mechanical Engineering holds its 12th annual Design Day on Wednesday, April 29.
Read MoreUtah and Texas researchers have learned how quiet sounds are magnified by bundles of tiny, hair-like tubes atop “hair cells” in the ear: when the tubes dance back and forth, they act as “flexoelectric motors” that amplify sound mechanically.
Read MoreEarth Day just isn’t big enough for those looking to promote their green activities and projects at the University of Utah. All across the country, people concerned with protecting the environment will celebrate on April 22, but environmentally friendly students, faculty, and staff at the U will party like its Earth Day all week long.
Read MoreAfter two years of construction, the University of Utah will hold a dedication celebration on Friday, April 17 for its new, environmentally friendly geology facility, the $25 million Frederick Albert Sutton Building.
Read MoreA team from the Lassonde New Venture Development Center at the University of Utah was chosen from 339 business plan teams from around the world to compete in this year’s Rice Business Plan Competition. Charity Williams, graduating in May with juris doctorate; Sean Mills, graduating with an MBA and Justin Baker, a second year bioengineering Ph.D. candidate, make up the three-student team competing with a business plan they developed for ElutInc, a start-up orthopedic device company.
Read MoreIf 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 MoreTo celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the University of Utah’s Department of Physics is holding weekly star-watching parties and a monthly series of documentary and science-fiction films. All are free to the public.
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