The pharmaceutical company Cognetix, Inc., located in Research Park at 421 Wakara Way, Suite 201, will be the site of a news conference on Utah Amendment 2 to be held Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. Speakers will include representatives from the University of Utah, Utah State University, the Utah System of Higher Education, and Cognetix.
Read MoreOver the past 20 years, immigrants have come to Utah in unprecedented numbers and from a new direction. That’s one of the conclusions of a new study on immigration conducted by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. The study entitled Immigrants Transform Utah: Entering A New Era of Diversity is largely based on data from the decennial censuses from 1850-2000 (Bureau of the Census).
Read MoreAbout a dozen faculty members and students from the University of Utah Dept. of Physics are involved in VERITAS, a $13.1 million gamma ray observatory to be built in Arizona. The observatory will be an array of dish-shaped telescopes designed to observe extremely violent events in the universe that generate high-energy gamma rays.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Premed Chapter of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) will sponsor its second annual “Cure For The Cold” campaign to help the homeless. The event is designed to raise awareness of homeless issues while providing an opportunity for students, faculty and staff, community members and local businesses to make a meaningful contribution to Salt Lake’s homeless population.
Read MoreOn Wednesday the University of Utah Police Department launched a six-week Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course, part of a national program to teach and enhance self-defense options for women. The weekly, three-hour, women-only project will be held in the Huntsman Center lounge. The course advocates awareness, prevention, risk reduction, avoidance and then progresses onto the basics of hands-on defense training. Students participate in simulated attacks, which are videotaped and then reviewed to identify students’ strengths and vulnerabilities. (Female members of the media interested in covering the class should call 801-585-1162.)
Read MoreThe news release below, about earthquake research by University of Utah hydrogeologist Craig Forster, was adapted from the American Geophysical Union’s AGU Journal Highlights dated May 13, 2003. Contact information and the dates of online and journal publication have been added.
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) is the No. 1 research institution in the country when it comes to creating startup companies based on university technology – and the U achieved this ranking with a fraction of the research budget at other top universities.
Read MoreThe University of Utah is striving to become a hub for clean-energy technologies, and the federal government took notice last week, as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the university $1.05 million to launch a new Energy Innovation Commercialization Center. The U was one of only five institutions in the country to get a piece of the $5.3 million awarded by the DOE to build and strengthen the nation’s “innovation ecosystems.”
Read MoreA University of Utah researcher helped discover how a “wimpy” protein motor works with two other proteins to gain the strength necessary to move nerve cells and components inside them. The findings shed light on brain development and provide clues to a rare brain disorder that often kills babies within months of birth.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web sites that have brought millions of viewers fascinating animations of the size and scale of cells, drug-addicted mice, and other captivating lessons in genetics, have been honored by the journal Science with the first Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) Award.
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