SPECIAL LECTURE
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Lecturer: Robert K. Wilson, NASA Spitzer Space Telescope project manager
Date: Friday, April 14, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
Category: Science & Technology
U of U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Offers Numerous, Diverse Courses for Spring
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This spring, mature learners at the University of Utah will study together in courses developed specifically for them. Twenty-two weekly classes will be offered through the U’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, beginning April 17.
Read MoreGiant Raptor Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Monument
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Scientists from the University of Utah and the Utah Museum of Natural History have discovered the remains of a new bird-like, meat-eating dinosaur in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah. Although represented only by the fossilized remains of hand and foot bones, comparisons with more complete skeletons found in Asia demonstrate that this animal was about seven feet tall when standing upright. Discovery of this Utah giant, which is much larger than its counterparts in Canada and the northern US, nearly doubles the documented range of these dinosaurs in North America, and demonstrates that they roamed much farther south than previously thought. A scientific paper naming and describing this animal, and published in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, was authored by Lindsay Zanno, a graduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Scott Sampson, chief curator at the Utah Museum of Natural History (UMNH), and associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
Read MoreU.S. News Rankings Showcase the University of Utah
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The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools once again establishes the University of Utah as the most recognized school in the state. The University is ranked in the top 50 in four separate categories.
Read MoreGrade School Kids to Visit the U
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The University of Utah’s student body may appear younger than usual March 27-30 as more than 1,700 fifth- and sixth-grade students converge on campus for the College of Engineering”s annual Elementary Engineering Week.
Read MoreFurnace vs. Vehicle Use Tracked in Urban Air
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Carbon dioxide gas is produced by various natural processes and by burning fossil fuels, and is the major contributor to global warming. But not all carbon dioxide is the same. Some is produced when gasoline is burned by cars and other vehicles, while some other carbon dioxide is emitted by natural gas furnaces that warm many homes.
Read MoreSan Francisco’s 1906 Quake Revisited
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A century after the great San Francisco earthquake killed more than 3,000 people, a federal scientist from the Bay Area will visit fault-riddled Utah for a lecture titled “The 1906 Earthquake – lessons learned, lessons forgotten and future directions.”
Read MoreEarthquake!!
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The Utah Science Center’s “Science in Society” free public dialogue series will present “The Shaky Wasatch,” Thursday March 2, 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 MoreUniversity of Utah Celebrates Black Awareness Month
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The University of Utah celebrates Black Awareness Month 2006 during February with an exciting mixture of music, art, theatre, poetry and performance combined with candid discussion about America’s economic, social, and political reality in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Announces Formation of Two New Research Centers
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With financial support obtained by the Utah Congressional Delegation for the Federal 2006 budget year, the University of Utah is pleased to announce the formation of two new research and development centers focused on energy production technologies. These two research centers are targeted at developing new technologies that will take advantage of Utah’s vast heavy oil resources contained in oil shale and oil sands, as well as the abundant coal supplies in eastern Utah. Both centers will be organized within the College of Engineering’s Institute for Combustion and Energy Studies (ICES), directed by Professor JoAnn S. Lighty. The resources of the University of Utah’s Energy and Geoscience Institute, directed by Dr. Raymond Levey, will also play a role in these new centers
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