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Putting Utah Technologies on the Fast Track

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The University of Utah and the Utah Science and Technology Research Initiative (USTAR) have opened the doors to the Accelerator — a new 10,000-square-foot facility that promises to give budding companies the support, space and equipment needed to develop and refine their technologies and products. The Accelerator is managed by the university’s Technology Commercialization Office (TCO), which helps researchers, faculty and inventors protect their inventions and turn them into viable businesses.

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March 25, 2011

Big Things from the Tiny World

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What do a new antenna that improves computer displays, a new approach for selectively killing cancer cells, and more efficient ethanol fuel production have in common? Each employs nanotechnology-to make light-emitting diodes more efficient, to deliver light-sensitive material to tumor cells killing them with light, or to exploit high-combustion boron in nanoparticles to improve fuel efficiencies. And the work is being done in Utah.

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March 25, 2011

Utah Microbubbles Clean Dirty Soil in China

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Microbubbles are much bigger than they sound. If all goes as planned during a demonstration project in eastern China, microbubble technology developed at the University of Utah has the potential to boost a wide range of environmental cleanup efforts around the world. Uses include removing oil and gas byproducts from water, removing organics and heavy metals from industrial sites, and removing harmful algae from lakes.

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March 25, 2011

2010 Ski Affair to Honor National Ski Champions

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Ski Affair will celebrate its 20th anniversary honoring national collegiate, World Cup, Olympic and Paralympic skiers who will receive the coveted History-Maker Awards, recognizing athletes who have contributed to the advancement of winter sports in the Intermountain Region.

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March 25, 2011

U Chemist Named to ‘Brilliant 10’

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University of Utah chemist Michael Bartl – who found “photonic crystals” needed for future computers in the shimmering green scales of a beetle – was named Tuesday to Popular Science magazine’s annual list of “Brilliant 10: America’s Young Science Geniuses.”

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March 25, 2011

Pride 2010 Celebrates Shades of Queer

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In the midst of continuing challenges to the lives and rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, the University of Utah Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered Resource (LGBT) Center will celebrate Pride Week with the theme “Shades of Queer: Connecting through Difference.” The celebration, which runs from Oct. 18 to 22, provides an opportunity to share the rich diversity of the LGBTQ campus community.

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March 25, 2011

Midterm Elections Focus of Impact Day at U

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University of Utah Students will have the opportunity to meet and speak with over 50 candidates from local, state and federal political races at the U’s annual Impact Day, to take place Thursday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Olpin Union outdoor patio (or the ballroom in case of inclement weather). The event is free and open to the public.

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March 25, 2011

McMurrin Lecture Explores the Future of Islam

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Acclaimed author Reza Aslan will give this year’s Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture on Religion and Culture, sponsored by the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held on Monday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Main Library’s Nancy Tessman auditorium, 210 East 400 South.

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March 25, 2011

Utah System of Higher Education Launches Innovative “Online Public Hearing” for Higher Education’s Future

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Utah Commissioner of Higher Education Bill Sederburg is proud to introduce www.higheredutah2020.org — the first online public hearing for shaping the future of Utah’s Higher Education. Using an interactive website to gain input into what the public wants to see for the future of Higher Education, the State Board of Regents will create a successful plan to meet Utah’s needs for the future. The overall aim is to graduate more students, which will require increased capacity while maintaining the quality of Utah’s already excellent Higher Education system.

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March 25, 2011