A new economic report shows that the move to the Pac-12 conference increased the economic impact of University of Utah football games by 60 percent in the inaugural 2011-2012 season. The overall economic impact from football games includes 210 jobs and $500,000 in state tax revenues.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed it and whether they will require a liver transplant to survive.
Read MoreWhat: Community Kick-off and Star Party Where: Salt Lake Center for Science Education 1400 W. Goodwin Ave. When: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 February 23, 2012—How do we build the next generation of scientists? That’s a question the Honors College at the University of Utah hopes to answer as it launches an innovative program with […]
Read MoreA public lecture and reception to mark the opening of the rare book exhibition: Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective.
Read MoreThe American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) announced today that Brenda Case Scheer, dean of the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah, has been elected to the College of Fellows of AICP. The designation becomes official during the 2012 Induction Ceremony in Los Angeles on April 12.
Read MoreClimate change spells trouble for many tropical birds – especially those living in mountains, coastal forests and relatively small areas – and the damage will be compounded by other threats like habitat loss, disease and competition among species.
Read MoreRecent decades have been marked by a continual process of globalization—greatly increasing economic and political connections between nations. Living standards in both poor and rich countries are changing, as well as political power and institutions within nations. Other changes around the globe—including climate change, population pressures and food price shocks—are challenging capacity to deal with complex and intertwined issues.
Read MoreTo commemorate the founding of the University of Utah on Feb. 28, 1850, the University of Utah Alumni Association will celebrate the accomplishments of four outstanding graduates and one honorary alumnus, at the annual Founders Day Banquet.
Read MoreThe famed “corpse flower” plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.
Read MoreA student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The team, calling itself EMRID Technologies, developed a product that could be used in place of other common electronic ID badges used by hospitals, defense companies or other firms where securing data is of the utmost importance.
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