April 16, 2015 – Through socially engaged art, University of Utah students will be spreading awareness of environmental issues in the Salt Lake Valley on April 20 from 1-3 p.m. on the U campus, and April 22 from 1-3 p.m. in the Salt Lake City metro area between I-80 and I-15 (locations are listed below). […]
Read MoreNearly anyone touched by ovarian cancer will tell you: it’s devastating. It’s bad enough that cancer in almost 80 percent of patients reaches advanced stages before diagnosis, and that most patients are expected to die within five years. But just as painfully, roughly one quarter of women diagnosed have no warning that they are resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy, the main line of defense, nor that they will likely have 18 months to live.
Read MoreApril 14, 2015 — Jannah Mather found herself drawn to social work through an unconventional path: Her father was a social worker, but not the type most associate with the profession. “He was a professional gambler,” said Mather, who will retire as dean of the University of Utah College of Social Work June 1 after […]
Read MoreApril 13 2015 – A group of students will take an in-depth look at human rights this week at the University of Utah, as the U continues a partnership with the University of Oxford to offer intensive workshops focused on human rights issues. The Oxford Human Rights Consortium events in Utah start Monday, April 13 […]
Read MoreApril 10, 2015 – Dianne Harris, director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) and professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be the next dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Utah, pending approval by the U’s Board of Trustees. “Dianne has been […]
Read MoreMarch 26, 2015 – University of Utah students won two individual events, two team events and placed fourth overall at this year’s National Inter-Collegiate Pistol Championships at Fort Benning, Georgia. Wyatt Brown, a sophomore majoring in film and theater studies, won the open air pistol and free pistol competitions. He also brought home all-American honors […]
Read MoreApril 9, 2015 — 30 students, $10,000, and two minutes to win it. In honor of the oratorical skills of former Utah Congressman Wayne Owens, the Hinckley Institute of Politics and the Associated Students of the University of Utah on April 15 will host the finale of a highly anticipated speech contest called HIP Talks. Over […]
Read MoreApril 9, 2015 —The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah’s Sorenson Center for Discovery & Innovation is partnering with Chung-ang University to create a digital gaming and engagement research and development center at the U campus in Songdo, South Korea. The center will also bring its gaming expertise to the game-loving […]
Read MoreA new University of Utah study is the first to provide clear insight into contributors to suicide risk among military personnel and veterans who have deployed. The study found that exposure to killing and death while deployed is connected to suicide risk.
Read MoreApril 8, 2015 – A modest program begun 35 years ago to help aspiring Utah students become dentists came full circle on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, with the grand opening of the new home of the University of Utah School of Dentistry (SOD)—the Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Sciences Building. Named for two Utah […]
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