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University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business MBA Rankings jump in Bloomberg Businessweek

The Executive and Professional MBA programs at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business ranked inside the top-40 business schools in the biennial Bloomberg Businessweek MBA rankings released Thursday. The school also finished first among all Utah business schools in these rankings. The students recognize significant salary increases.

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U Kicks Off Annual Food Drive

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Today through Saturday, Nov. 30, University of Utah alumni and students will do their part to fight hunger in our state by mobilizing the community to participate in the annual University of Utah Food Drive, collecting food and donations on behalf of the Utah Food Bank. What started out 20 years ago as a small […]

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U Celebrates Vets

The University of Utah will honor 11 Utah veterans, including the second female admiral, at its 16th annual Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, in the ballroom in the A. Ray Olpin Union Building. The tribute includes a panel discussion, a 21-cannon salute, an awards ceremony and a concert.

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Newly Discovered Predatory Dinosaur “King of Gore” Reveals the Origins of T. rex

A remarkable new species of tyrannosaur has been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah. The huge carnivore inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed on the western coast of a shallow sea that flooded the central region of North America, isolating western and eastern portions of the continent for millions of years during the Late Cretaceous Period, between 95-70 million years ago. The newly discovered dinosaur, belonging to the same evolutionary branch as the famous Tyrannosaurus rex, was announced today in the open-access scientific journal PLoS ONE and unveiled on exhibit in the Past Worlds Gallery at the Natural History Museum of Utah at the Rio Tinto Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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New Entrepreneur Certificate Offered at U

More and more students want to be their own boss, and the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business is answering that demand with a new Interdisciplinary Certificate in Entrepreneurship for undergraduate students. Available to every student, regardless of their major, the certificate adds to the business school’s already nationally recognized entrepreneurship program.

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How to Run the Government

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The third longest government shutdown, estimated to have cost the economy $24 billion, is finally behind the country, but many wonder what can be done for the government to function more effectively in the future. The University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law hosts its Law Review Symposium, Friday, Nov. 8, to discuss just that.

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High School Students Invited to Engineering Day

Some 400 high school students, teachers and parents will attend the sixth annual Engineering Day at the University of Utah on Saturday, Nov. 9. Hosted by the College of Engineering, the free event’s hands-on activities, lab tours and student projects will introduce engineering — and its impact on daily life — to attendees.

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