University of Utah to Graduate 7,659 Students on May 4
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General commencement ceremonies at the University of Utah will be held on Friday, May 4, at 9 a.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
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University of Utah Student Alumni Board and The MUSS Win Five Awards
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The University of Utah Student Alumni Board and The Mighty Utah Student Section, better known as The MUSS, won five awards at the District 7 western regional conference of the Affiliated Student Advancement Programs of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE ASAP), held in Los Angeles April 20-21.
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Ranks Business School Among Top 10 Most Popular
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The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has joined the U.S. News & World Report list of the top 10 most-popular business schools in the nation.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Students Win $100,000 with Quantum Dot Technology
Quantum dots might be the next big thing in the electronic industry. Scientists are just starting to understand the uses for these manmade, semiconductor nanocrystals. Quantum dots can emit a wider range of light with less energy than existing materials, so many believe they will be used in future generations of solar panels, televisions, cellphones and related products.
Read More$130-Million USTAR Interdisciplinary Research Facility Dedicated at The University of Utah
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The University of Utah (UofU) and the USTAR Governing Authority today cut the ribbon on a $130-million, sustainably designed interdisciplinary research facility, aimed at attracting some of the world’s most internationally recognized faculty and fueling Utah’s economic development activity.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Green Power Purchases Propels Pac-12 to EPA Top Ranking
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing the University of Utah for its commitment to environmental stewardship. The U ranks third in the nation in a new listing of colleges and universities participating in the EPA’s Green Power Challenge. The university earned this ranking by increasing green power use by 15 percent in 2011 and purchasing more than 98 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power, 36 percent of its total power use.
Read MoreComputer Students to Show New Apps
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– University of Utah students in an iPhone-iPad programming class will showcase their “apps” – including one that can help configure church pipe organs – during Mobile Application Demo Day on Tuesday, April 24.
Read MoreStudents Eliminate Stovetop Fires, Claim $40,000 at the UEC
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The shrill warning of a smoke alarm has always signaled danger — yet a new device detects the alarm and shuts off power to the stove, successfully eliminating a fire threat. That invention and the student team behind it, called Active Alarm, earned the grand prize and $40,000 in this year’s Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC). The annual business plan competition is based at the University of Utah and open to university students across the state.
Read MoreLGBT Ally Week Kicks-off with Screening of Film “Bullied” about Activist Jamie Nabozny
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Jamie Nabozny will offer the keynote address at the University of Utah on Wednesday, April 18 at 12:00 p.m. in the Saltair Room of the Olpin Student Union building and the speech will open with a screening of “Bullied,” a documentary produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center which chronicles Nabozny’s story. The Ally Awareness Week celebration runs April 16 through 20, 2012.
Read MoreNew Solar Arrays, Biking to Campus and E-waste Recycling Highlight U Earth Week
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A new bicycle master plan will be unveiled at the annual Earth Fest celebration. The official national observance of Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, started in 1970.
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