Local adult Latinos are receiving a valuable Christmas present this year – the gift of English language. For months, they have been meeting Mondays through Thursdays for two hours each night for intensive English as Second Language classes sponsored by Zions Bank Su Banco in partnership with the University of Utah’s English Language Institute (ELI).
Read MoreHow do “super-Earths — planets five to 15 times Earth’s size — form around dim stars known as red dwarfs?
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biologist Mary Beckerle, Ph.D., has been selected as the new executive director of the University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). The announcement was made today by A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah senior vice president for health sciences, executive dean of the medical school, and CEO of University Health Care.
Read MoreDr. Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, and University of Utah alumnus, has been named recipient of the 2006 IEEE John von Neumann Medal for his groundbreaking contributions to special effects that have revolutionized the creation of live-action and animated motion pictures. The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
Read MoreThe Board of Trustees of the Chicano Scholarship Foundation is honored to announce the arrival of a milestone in the fund’s history with awards of three full ride scholarships at this year”s banquet May 9th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Utah Union Ballroom.
Read MoreThe public can get a sampling of the wide variety of research being performed by undergraduate students at the University of Utah on Monday when the U’s Honors and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programs present a symposium, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., in the Olpin Union, 200 S. Central Campus Drive (1595 E.), on the University of Utah campus.
Read MoreThe Utah Science Center and the University of Utah today announced they are seeking entries for the 2006 Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair from fifth through 12th-grade students. Fair organizers also are seeking adults to serve as judges and in other volunteer positions.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s help finding some championship football rings recently stolen from the Dee glen Smith Athletic Center. Police received a report that someone forced open a display cabinet in the facility and stole a case containing eight football rings that belong to head University of Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah researchers showed that a fruit fly gene is crucial for determining when juveniles begin to mature into adults, and how the transformation initially proceeds. Understanding this process in humans may help explain how adorable children become surly teenagers.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah President Michael K. Young has announced the beginning of a campus-wide study of the school’s athletics program as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) certification program. The purpose of the certification program, which all Division I institutions undergo every 10 years, is to ensure integrity in the U’s athletics operations.
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