Holly Godsey Get Award from Utah Science Teachers
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Holly Godsey, of the University of Utah Center for Science and Math Education, has won the 2013 Utah Science Teacher Association’s Higher Education Award.
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Mutant Gene Gives Pigeons Fancy Hairdos
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University of Utah researchers decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon, unlocking secrets about pigeons’ Middle East origins, feral pigeons’ kinship with escaped racing birds, and how mutations give pigeons traits like a fancy feather hairdo known as a head crest.
Read MoreLewis Carroll’s Children’s Classics Acquired by Marriott Library
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First editions of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865, and his subsequent work Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, published in1872, have been donated to the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Rare Books Division, Special Collections at the University of Utah. The anonymous donation was facilitated by a rare book dealer based in Los Angeles, California. The value of the two books is estimated at $30,000.
Read MoreExploring the Machinery of Memory
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University of Utah biology Professor Andres Villu Maricq will explore the workings of nerve synapses – the fundamental building blocks of memory –during the next Frontiers of Science Lecture at the University of Utah.
Read MoreDavid Eccles School of Business Creates James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing
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The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced the creation of the James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing. Created through a $13 million personal gift from James Lee Sorenson, the new center will engage students at the University of Utah and partner universities in creating sustainable change on regional and global levels through high-impact social investment, innovative curriculum and research.
Read MoreWomen in Science Program Receives Grant from Chevron
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The University of Utah College of Science’s ACCESS Program for Women in Science and Mathematics is being highlighted at an event to announce a grant to the program from Chevron. The program began in 1991 as a way to address the problem of gender inequity in mathematics and the sciences.
Read MoreUtah Law Review Symposium to Consider the Limits of Technological Warfare
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Unmanned drones, cruise missiles, automated weapons, even armed robot warriors on the battlefield— in a time of troop cutbacks, emerging technologies make it possible to conduct “clinical strikes” through “remote warfare.” But are these tactics of waging war from a safe distance legal and ethical?
Read MoreU Students Showcase Research on Capitol Hill
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More than two dozen University of Utah undergraduate students will join counterparts from Utah State University in presenting “Research Posters on the Hill: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research” to Utah State Legislators on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
Read MoreFrequent Multitaskers Are Bad at It
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Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a University of Utah study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of doing so.
Read MorePhysical and Sexual Assault Linked to Increased Suicide Risk in Military
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According to results of a new study by researchers at the University of Utah, military personnel experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of physical or violent sexual assault as adults. In contrast, undergraduate students experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of unwanted sexual experiences as children or adults.
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