Robots built by University of Utah students will ski through a slalom course. Catapult-like devices will hurl stuffed BYU cougars across a large room. Cleanup devices will remove oil slicks and rescue eggs in tanks of water during the “Free Willy III” competition. And about 70 mechanical engineering design projects will go on display.
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Science is extremely pleased to announce that 12 outstanding science students are able to occupy one of the Officers’ Circle residences in historic Fort Douglas, thanks to a $750,000 gift from Gary L. and Ann S. Crocker. “The various college residence houses, together with the new dormitories and elegant dining commons constructed as part of the 2002 Winter Olympic Village, will change the character of the entire university from primarily a commuter campus to a community of residential scholars,” said College of Science Dean Peter J. Stang.
Read MoreResearchers from the University of Utah and the National Cancer Institute developed an experimental drug that reacts with a substance inside cancer cells, releasing nitric oxide to kill the cells or slow their growth without harming healthy cells.
Read MoreOver the weekend the staff of The Daily Utah Chronicle, the University of Utah’s student newspaper, garnered 24 Mark of Excellence awards in the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Region 9 competition. The Chronicle received individual honors in the news, sports, column writing, student magazine and photography categories. Chronicle editor Jeremy Harmon, News Editor Sheena McFarland and Assistant Photo Editor Lonny Danler accepted the awards at the annual SPJ Region 9 Conference, held at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. The competition takes place among student newspapers from Colorado, New Mexico, West Texas, Wyoming and Utah, and first-place winners advance to the national competition.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah students are working to make the proposed Utah Science Center a reality. Bioengineering students are developing exhibits for the interactive museum, while architecture students are working on designs for renovating the center’s main building – the old Salt Lake City Public Library – and constructing a new building next door.
Read MoreSpaceship travel to another universe through a black hole may be highly improbable, but such “hyperspace” travel cannot be ruled out, according to a new analysis by University of Utah physicist Lior M. Burko.
Read MoreGeoffrey Kemp, director of the Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center in Washington, D.C., will be on campus next Tuesday, Apr. 8, to deliver the ninth and final speech in a series of University lectures focusing on the Iraqi-American confrontation. Kemp, a visiting professor at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, will present “Powder Keg: Weapons’ Proliferation and Conflict in the Greater Middle East,” from 2 until 3:30 p.m., in the Dumke Auditorium of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, located next to the David Eccles School of Business. The event, co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the Department of Political Science and the Colleges of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Science, is free and open to the public.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s reputation as a top health professions educator is bolstered by the annual graduate school rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report magazine. Overall, the U was ranked in six categories, more than any other Utah school. Students, when deciding which college to attend, commonly use these annual rankings.
Read MoreAbout 2,000 fifth- and sixth-grade students will descend on the University of Utah during April 7-11 as the U’s College of Engineering hosts Elementary Engineering Week.
Read MoreA new report by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) concludes that the economic impacts of startup companies at the University of Utah (the U) are “significant and impressive.” The study indicates university startup companies directly or indirectly generated 15,767 jobs, $754.5 million in personal income and $76.6 million in tax revenue in 2009. The full analysis covers 188 companies and invention licenses created since 1970.
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