People living in the Beehive State might easily pair the words “Utah” and “ski” in a word association game, but not so much for “Utah” and “SCI.” –something organizers of the new open house called SCIx hope to change. SCIx will take place on November 4th. For a list of presentations and full schedule, visit http://www.sci.utah.edu/scix.
Read MoreFor those who do not have the use of their legs or arms, the feeling of flying through the air can be a liberating experience, to say the least. Now, the Ergonomics and Safety Program at the University of Utah has partnered with the organization Able Pilot to provide disabled persons with just such a feeling of mobility. The partnership has produced the Phoenix, a paraglider that enables paraplegics to take flight by piloting their own craft with minimal assistance. The first flight lifted-off this summer.
Read MoreNatural History Museum of Utah’s Paleontology Curator Randall Irmis, along with a researcher at Brown University, have evidence that mass extinction that ended the Permian Period was disastrous for land-based animals. In a specimen-by-specimen analysis, the scientists say species were reduced to a handful of forms, called disaster taxa. The low diversity of vertebrates meant that terrestrial ecosystems endured boom-and-bust cycles for up to 8 million years before finally stabilizing. Results appear in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Irmis is also an assistant professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah.
Read MoreBecause Utah is a place of fragile natural beauty with a burgeoning population, it makes a perfect “living laboratory” for teaching and practicing the principles of quality growth and urban planning.
Read MoreThe Executive MBA Program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has climbed to No 33 nationally on the 2011 Financial Times list of leading Executive MBA programs and is the only Utah school ranked in the top 100 this year.
Read MorePresident Barack Obama will present a National Medal of Science to University of Utah chemist Peter Stang during a White House ceremony at noon MDT Friday that will be aired via webcast and available to local TV stations via a live satellite feed.
Read MoreNews rooms are downsizing; print journalism is struggling to make a profit; online media is booming — What does this mean to the future of journalism in a society that reveres the role of a free press? Do changes in the way information is disseminated to the public necessarily mean the information itself will change?
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center will celebrate Pride Week Oct 17 – 21 with this year’s theme, “Are U Out?”
Read MoreThe University of Utah and its David Eccles School of Business and SJ Quinney College of Law have been named to the 2012 Military Friendly Schools list by GI Jobs, a premier magazine for military personnel transitioning into civilian life.
Read MoreThe study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale doesn’t bring to mind Broadway productions or pop ballads, but a little showbiz has been added to this year’s nanoUtah 2011, the statewide conference focused on research, development and commercialization of nanotechnology.
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