After eleven years at the University of Utah, Dr. Lorris Betz has announced his intention to retire as senior vice president for health sciences and CEO of University of Utah Health Care. He shared his decision with the University of Utah Board of Trustees during their monthly meeting today.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Alumni Association has launched a new program offering job seekers unprecedented access to a job coach, a job board where professional positions are posted daily, and a variety of specially tailored workshops. Access to these offerings is a free benefit of membership in the Alumni Association.
Read MoreUsing an experimental mouse model for malaria, an international group of scientists has discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria. Their findings were published online June 24, 2010 in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
Read MoreMarilyn Luptak, a JA Hartford Faculty Scholar in Geriatric Social Work and an assistant professor at the University of Utah College of Social Work, was awarded the 2010 Mary Shields McPhee Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence. The annual award recognizes faculty who excel in the area of teaching, research, or community service.
Read MoreFemale zebra finches don’t sing but make one-note, low-pitch calls. Males sing over a wide range of frequencies. University of Utah scientists discovered how: The males’ stronger vocal muscles, not the pressure of air flowing through their lungs, lets them sing from the B note above middle C all the way to a whistle beyond the high end of a piano keyboard.
Read MoreTrinh Mai, a member of the social work faculty at the University of Utah, has been working with Utah’s immigrant and refugee populations for the last four years to enrich the American experience – for both immigrants and citizens. In June, Mai was selected as the University Neighborhood Partners (UNP) 2010-2011 Community Scholar in Residence, enabling her to expand a project – one near and dear to her – during the coming academic year.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Health Care and the U School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry will break ground July 7 on a new 80-bed, 120,000 square-foot expansion to the University Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). The ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. just east of the current UNI building at 501 Chipeta Way in the University’s Research Park.
Read MoreSevere trauma to the head and spine resulting from all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents are increasing dramatically according to research released today from the University of Utah Department of Neurosurgery. The research, to be published in the journal Neurosurgery, highlights the need for efforts to improve ATV stability, increase helmet use, and greater efforts to train riders in safe operation of the vehicles.
Read MoreA comprehensive research study today announced by the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah illustrates the profound impact of Utah’s coal industry on the state’s economy-particularly in the rural coal-producing counties: Carbon, Emery and Sevier.
Read MoreShifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person’s problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.
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