At this year’s commencement on May 6, 21 service-learning scholars will graduate with over 9,258 hours committed to service during their undergraduate study at the University of Utah (the U).
Read MoreIn the grand tradition of “This is Spinal Tap,” “Borat,” and “The Office,” a new mockumentary is about to make its world premier. On Tuesday May 3, “Yesterday’s Video Game Heroes,” directed, produced and created by University of Utah students, will compete at Machinima Fest 2011, the fifth annual film festival designed to showcase projects from the Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE) program.
Read MoreFor decades, a 2.3 million- to 1.2 million-year-old human relative named Paranthropus boisei has been nicknamed Nutcracker Man because of his big, flat molar teeth and thick, powerful jaw. But a definitive new University of Utah study shows that Nutcracker Man didn’t eat nuts, but instead chewed grasses and possibly sedges – a discovery that upsets conventional wisdom about early humanity’s diet.
Read MoreThe University of Washington today announced that Michael K. Young, the 14th president of the University of Utah who has led the university since 2004, has accepted the position as president of the University of Washington. A transition plan for the interim leadership of the University of Utah will be announced shortly.
Read MoreOn Thursday, April 28, the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center’s annual Project Youth event will host more than 600 sixth graders from Title I schools to the University of Utah campus to experience college life and inspire them to pursue higher education.
Read MoreOfficials at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah today announced a gift of $41 million from Utah philanthropists Jon and Karen Huntsman.
Read MoreTwo University of Utah professors internationally regarded for their research on the AIDS virus and the microscale and nanoscale domains of electrochemistry have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Read MoreThe Technology Venture Development office at the University of Utah (the U) is searching for a new director of its Technology Commercialization Office (TCO) after Brian Cummings announced recently he will become the new vice president for commercialization at Ohio State University (OSU.) He starts the new job June 1.
Read MoreOn Friday a University of Utah staff member will get to see the realization of a vision she and her classmates had when she was the senior class president on campus. At the time, Erica Andersen and the 2010 senior class gifted a “re-imagined” plaza outside the east entrance of the J. Willard Marriott Library. At 12:45 p.m. on April 22, a ground-breaking ceremony for the project will be held at Library Plaza. David Chapman, distinguished professor of geology and geophysics, will provide remarks.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience “inattention blindness” – the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.
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