The University of Utah has hired Urban Meyer as its new head football coach, Utah Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill announced today. Meyer, the head coach at Bowling Green State University for the past two years, has agreed to a five-year contract worth $400,000 a year.
Read MoreJulio C. Facelli, director of the University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing, has been elected as the 2003 chair of a nationwide nonprofit organization of supercomputing centers at research universities and facilities.
Read MoreGretchen J. Domek, a University of Utah biochemistry student, was one of 32 American students named a Rhodes Scholar on Saturday. The competitive two-year scholarship to Oxford University for international graduate study covers educational costs, travel expenses, and a living and vacation stipend, and is renewable for a third year.
Read MoreNext week the University of Utah freshman class hopes to collect canned food and raise $5,000 by sponsoring a variety of Freshman Fever Week activities-live music, free food, a date auction, kissing booth, movie screening and a Friday-night pep rally before the Nov. 23 Utah-BYU football game. Donated funds and food will benefit the South Valley Sanctuary, an emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, and the Utah Food Bank, a non-profit agency that distributes goods to all 70 Utah food pantries.
Read MoreThis week the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of the Intermountain West will announce the establishment of an annual diversity scholarship at the University of Utah for entering freshmen who are of Hispanic, Asian/Pacific and African American descent.
Read MoreAs Internet content is unrated and unregulated, parents and grandparents, educators and legislators are increasingly concerned about what images and information children can access on the World Wide Web-especially in a library setting, away from parental guidance and home and family Net rules. But does the installation of software that filters what some may deem objectionable material in a public library constitute censorship? Who should take responsibility for what can be accessed in a library?
Read MoreTo commemorate the profound contribution of Utah veterans to the peace, security, and freedom of our country, the University of Utah will present its fifth annual Veterans’ Day Commemoration program on Monday, November 11 in the Olpin Union Building. Eleven Utah veterans will be honored at a full dress military ceremony starting at 11 a.m. in the Union Ballroom. The ceremony will include a 21-gun cannon salute.
A University of Utah biologist used a high-speed video camera to identify a tiny tadpole’s distinct way of eating dinner. Instead of filtering food from water like other species of frog larvae, the petite polliwog extends its tube-shaped mouth, and then sucks in immature shrimp, water fleas or other prey in a mere six one-thousandths of a second.
Read MoreIn the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, University of Utah students, faculty, staff and campus organizations are invited to participate in “Giving Thanks: An Interfaith Celebration,” on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 6 p.m., at the U’s Fort Douglas Post Chapel. (Renovation of the historic structure, established as a peaceful campus spot for reflection and worship, was completed earlier this year.)
Read MoreThe effectiveness and safety of three atypical antipsychotic drugs used in the treatment of first-episode psychosis is the focus of a new clinical trial at the University of Utah Mood Disorders Clinic.
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