Robots will engage in sumo wrestling, toy cougars will be catapulted through the air, eggs will survive or splatter during “Egglympic” events and students will present design projects on Friday, April 22 during the University of Utah’s eighth annual Department of Mechanical Engineering Design Day.
Read MoreSome 2,200 fifth- and sixth-grade students will build towers made of drinking straws, catapult jumbo marshmallows and design clay fish April 11-15 as the University of Utah College of Engineering holds its annual Elementary Engineering Week.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools showcases the University of Utah more than any other school in the state. The U is ranked in 21 separate categories. The next most frequently mentioned school appears in 5 ranking categories.
Read MoreAs part of the celebratory events prior to the installation of Michael K. Young as 14th president of the University of Utah, the University will host a series of symposia. The April 15th inauguration will be the culmination of 10 days of activities, ranging from cultural and community events to lectures on global issues. All events are free to the public on a first-come/first-served basis. The arts performance requires tickets, which are also free. Detailed inauguration programming can be found at http://www.inauguration.utah.edu/.
Read MoreA panoply of University of Utah events will take place the week prior and leading up to the inauguration of Michael K. Young as the University’s 14th president on Friday, April 15th, at 11 a.m., in Kingsbury Hall, located at 1395 E. Presidents Circle (180 S.) on the University of Utah campus. The event is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis. A processional ticket is required for those participating in the academic procession, which will commence at the Park Building, at 10:45 a.m., and travel to Kingsbury Hall. Following the ceremony a reception will be held, weather permitting, on the Kingsbury Hall Plaza. In case of inclement weather, the reception will be held in the Gardner Hall atrium.
Read MoreToday, the University of Utah Board of Trustees approved honorary doctoral degrees for six individuals, which will be presented at this year’s commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 6, 2005, in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The degrees, awarded to individuals who merit special recognition for service or achievement, will be presented to Robert F. Bennett for Doctor of Laws; Edwin E. Catmull for Doctor of Engineering; Katherine W. Dumke for Doctor of Humane Letters; C.A. “Arnie” Ferrin for Doctor of Humane Letters; Marta Sutton Weeks for Doctor of Humane Letters; and to this year’s commencement speaker, The Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, for Doctor of Humane Letters.
Read MoreThe Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, the premier scientific journal dedicated to earthquake research, has just published a trio of articles about earthquakes caused by underground coal mining in east-central Utah.
Read MorePeople seeking to restore the past – a fossil hunter, an artist reviving a lost language and a novelist recounting a story – will deliver keynote lectures and appear on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday” during the March 24-26 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature at the University of Utah.
Read MoreWhen the bones of two early humans were found in 1967 near Kibish, Ethiopia, they were thought to be 130,000 years old. A few years ago, researchers found 154,000- to 160,000-year-old human bones at Herto, Ethiopia. Now, a new study of the 1967 fossil site indicates the earliest known members of our species, Homo sapiens, roamed Africa about 195,000 years ago.
Read MoreProfessor Jing Shi and colleagues have used an organic semiconductor – instead of a conventional semiconductor such as silicon – to make switch-like “spin valves” that can control the flow of electrical current. The researchers were able to change the flow of electricity through the valves by 40 percent. This advance in a field known as “spintronics” is an early step toward a new generation of miniature electronic devices such as computer memory chips, light-emitting diodes for displays and sensors to detect radiation, air pollutants, light and magnetic fields.
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