Norman Foster, M.D., who established the University of Utah’s Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research, will be honored for his research and clinical innovations when he receives the ALEXA Award from the Utah Alzheimer’s Association on Saturday, March 6.
Read MoreThe University of Utah today announced Gary L. and Ann S. Crocker donated $10 million to help renovate the historic George Thomas Building after the Utah Museum of Natural History moves out of it.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.
Read MoreToday, The University of Utah Board of Trustees approved honorary doctoral degrees for five individuals, which will be presented at this year’s commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 7, 2010, in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Given to individuals who merit special recognition for service or achievement, the awards will be presented to Sue D. Christensen for Doctor of Humane Letters, E. Gordon Gee for Doctor of Laws, Shane Robison for Doctor of Engineering, W. Dean Singleton for Doctor of Business and to this year’s commencement speaker, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. for Doctor of Humane Letters.
Read MoreThe focus of this year’s Stegner Symposium is the challenge of sustainability and how to create a civilization that is both prosperous and environmentally healthy. The Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law will host its 15th Annual Symposium March 12-13, 2010 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway, in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Utah and other institutions have sequenced for the first time the entire genome of a family, enabling them to accurately estimate the average rate at which parents pass genetic mutations to their offspring and also identify precise locations where parental chromosomes exchange information that creates new combinations of genetic traits in their children.
Read MoreDid you know that during the Middle Ages, people with leprosy were required to ring a bell when traveling through a town, alerting others to their presence; or that under Nazi Germany an estimated 200,000 persons with disabilities were exterminated? It was the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s that inspired activists to take control of disability issues; and eighty percent of people will experience disability at some time in their lives.
Read MoreSome 1,000 high school students from Utah and nearby states will meet on the University of Utah campus Thursday, March 18 through Saturday, March 20 for a three-day competition during which robots essentially play soccer.
Read MoreThe public will have the opportunity to observe how public officials might react in the face of a terrorist attack, at least in theory. The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law will present a live counterterrorism simulation on Friday, March 19, beginning at 12:30 p.m. and continuing through the evening. The public can watch the exercise in real time in person or via video broadcast at the law school’s Sutherland Moot Courtroom. It will be available online at http://dashboard.law.utah.edu.
Read MoreTreating virulent influenza, sepsis, and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from the University of Utah and Utah State University shows that modulating the body’s own overeager inflammatory response to infection may help save more lives.
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