Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced University of Utah’s Cody Scott Rogers as one of 54 students selected from more than 3,500 student applicants from 283 U.S. colleges and universities as a 2010 Truman Scholar.
Read MoreCertain drugs used to combat HIV also inhibit a retrovirus recently linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a new study from University of Utah and Emory University/Veterans Affair Medical Center (VA) researchers shows.
Read MoreThe University of Utah will commemorate the Holocaust of World War II during the 2010 Days of Remembrance week with the theme, “70 Years Later: Remembering the German Invasion of Poland.” Millions of victims, including over 6 million Jews, were murdered by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust.
Read MoreIn May 2007, Haleh Esfandiari traveled to Iran to visit her then 93-year-old mother, where she was arrested and thrown into Evin Prison by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.
Read MoreTom Maloney, associate professor of economics at the University of Utah, will be the new director of the Barbara L. and Norman Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy. The announcement was made today by David Rudd, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science. Maloney replaces George Cheney who has accepted a position as an endowed chair in Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and will be leaving by the fall of 2010.
Read MoreTeenagers and “tweenagers” with type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan – thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease – if their parents become increasingly lax about monitoring the child’s treatment, or if the mother-child relationship is poor.
Read MoreAfter receiving only the fourth U.S. implant of a new-generation, Utah-made ventricular assist (VAD ) device, an Idaho man with heart failure is looking forward to resuming an active life following an operation on March 17 at University of Utah Hospital.
Read MoreBill Moyers, a PBS icon who has been called one of our greatest contemporary progressive journalist and thinkers, retires his weekly public affairs series on PBS at the end of the month. The final episode of “Bill Moyers Journal,” airs Friday April 30th at 8 p.m. on KUED. It will be 90 minutes long.
Read MoreSALT LAKE CITY – Free, neighborhood walking tours will be held the first weekend in May across the country-from Boston to Los Angeles-to celebrate and explore the livability and vibrancy of cities by those who actually live in them.
Read MoreThe University of Utah announced today the recipients of the 15th Annual Equity and Diversity Awards. The awards are presented each year to outstanding individuals and organizations who have demonstrated sustained excellence in fostering leadership and a commitment to promote and enhance equity and diversity for students, staff and faculty at the University of Utah.
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