At times this winter, the greater Salt Lake City area has harbored the most polluted air in the United States. Now, researchers from the University of Utah and other institutions are starting a three-year, $1.3 million study to better understand the winter weather “inversion” conditions frequently associated with poor air quality.
Read MoreFacilities Management Business Services has completed work on a new Web site just in time for the beginning of the fall semester. The site contains an interactive map that will make it much easier for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to avoid construction delays.
Read MoreResearchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the “spark” that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors to cancerous tumors.
Read MoreThe Center for Interdisciplinary Art and Technology (CIDAT) is very pleased to announce that it will be bringing Darrin Martin, video and installation artist and sculptor to the University of Utah on March 23rd at 7pm for a free screening of “Inside Out, Solo and Collaborative works of Darrin Martin.”
Read MoreMore than two dozen University of Utah undergraduate students will join counterparts from Utah State University in presenting “Research Posters on the Hill: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research” to Utah State Legislators on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
Read MoreFor many winter enthusiasts, there is just one word for snow: Utah. And for skiers and boarders lucky enough to study or work in academia in the state there is a single letter: the U.
Read MorePresident George W. Bush is reappointing University of Utah geochemist Thure Cerling to a federal panel responsible for reviewing plans to store high-level radioactive waste in a long delayed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Read MoreSoccer players from around the state will come together Saturday, June 28 at the University of Utah for the 2nd annual soccer tournament of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Proceeds from the tournament, organized by the Utah Chapter of SACNAS, will provide scholarships to help students attend the national conference to be held in Salt Lake City this fall. This is the first time the national conference will be held in Utah.
Read MoreResearchers say that a person needs four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance, and 12 for growth. This week, University of Utah students, faculty, and staff join with the community in providing hugs for Utah children in this year’s Bear Hugs for Babies project, March 31 – April 18.
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