Have you ever looked at an old abandoned building or rusted out relic and thought to yourself, “It would be so neat to bring that back to life and make it useful again?” That is exactly what a team of university students is doing in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read MoreJune 27, 2011 – William Warren, a career communications strategist with broad-ranging experience in journalism, government and global corporate communications, will join the University of Utah (the U) as its first chief marketing and communications officer (CMCO), effective June 27. The new cabinet-level position is responsible for marketing, public relations and community relations for the […]
Read MoreFeeding tubes are not as harmless as they seem. Every year in the U.S. over 40,000 feeding tubes are mistakenly placed into a patient’s lungs, which results in an estimated 6,000 deaths. But a University of Utah startup company, Veritract Inc., hopes to end these risks by making the placement of feeding tubes much safer and faster.
Read MoreJune 16, 2011 – Christopher Hacon, a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah, has been awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications by Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, or National Lincean Academy. The award will be presented at the academy in Rome this November. “I am honored to receive […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) broke ground today on the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex. The estimated $24 million complex will serve as a premier academic hub of evidence-based, K-12 arts integration research, training, practice and advocacy. It will be located at the southern entrance of the campus, adjacent to Milton Bennion Hall and east of the David Eccles School of Business.
Read MoreNew research out of the University of Utah (the U) David Eccles School of Business shows social marketing tools are crucial to the success of health care providers in their efforts to help consumers navigate the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA.)
Read MoreUniversity of Utah anthropologist Alan R Rogers has written an evolution book that fills in pieces that were missing from Darwin’s argument.
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Social Work has selected the next two Belle S Spafford Endowed Chairs in Social Work. Marilyn Luptak and Fran Wilby will serve consecutive 18-month terms during the colleagues’ three-year, joint research project. The Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair in Social Work is a prestigious position dedicated to improving the lives of Utah’s women and their families. The Spafford Chair is the only academic position with such a purpose in a school of social work in the country.
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