Fostering diversity and a culture of inclusion should be a top priority if the University of Utah wants to continue as a national leader in teaching, research, technology commercialization, and community service, according to Vivian S. Lee, the university’s senior vice president for health sciences.
Read MoreThe final tally from the Utah vs. BYU holiday food drive is in! A remarkable total of 616,398 pounds of food and $153,792 in cash donations were raised for the Utah Food Bank. Of the combined total, University of Utah organizers were responsible for 421,798 pounds of food and $108,045 in cash donations, an increase of 69,573 pounds and $15,011 in cash donations over their 2010 record.
Read MoreAs part of first lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, the University of Utah School of Medicine has partnered with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) in a commitment to creating a new generation of doctors, medical schools, and research facilities that will make sure wounded U.S. combat forces receive the care worthy of their service.
Read MoreWhen someone’s seriously injured skiing, climbing, mountain biking, or hiking in the wilderness, emergency responders need specific skills and knowledge to properly treat the patient—and there’s no better place to teach that expertise than in the high-alpine wilderness of Utah and Colorado.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Board of Trustees announced today that Ed Catmull, president and cofounder of Pixar Animation Studios, will deliver the university’s general commencement address on Friday, May 4, 2012.
Read MoreBiomedical engineering sophomores Jessica Ashmead and Annicka Carter are getting a first-hand look at what it takes to invent and commercialize a medical device. They developed a surgical retractor with a battery-powered LED in a freshman bioengineering class at the University of Utah. They call it the OptiGuide. So far, they have received national recognition for their efforts and started the patent process with hopes of eventually selling their device to hospitals across the country.
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) was recognized in a White House event today for its significant, campus-wide commitments to achieving energy efficiency.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s annual free New Faraday Lectures once again are “sold out” weeks ahead of time, but a past performance of the highly popular Christmastime chemistry demonstration will be broadcast four times by Utah’s KUEN channel 9.
Read MoreWhen third-year film student Luke Hartvigsen set out to make a sci-fi thriller he was not interested in giving viewers an answer to life’s questions, just making them think.
Read MoreNov. 21, 2011 — University of Utah student Dolly Holt says to imagine squeezing an egg in your fist— it won’t break. The same mechanical concept applies to her invention of a tendon and ligament repair device. The prototype invention won the grand prize and $5,000 in the annual techTITANS Idea Challenge, beating 60 collegiate […]
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