Teenagers and “tweenagers” with type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan – thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease – if their parents become increasingly lax about monitoring the child’s treatment, or if the mother-child relationship is poor.
Read MoreThe Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks the University of Utah (U of U) number 80 in the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU.) Since the ARWU was first released in June 2003, the University of Utah has been among the top 100 universities in the world, the only school in Utah so recognized.
Read MoreKUED-TV in Salt Lake City was honored as the first recipient of the Overall Station Excellence Award from the Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Awards. This award considers a station’s quality, service, diversity and commitment over the course of an entire year. More than 50 stations were eligible in the Rocky Mountain region. KUED General Manager Larry S. Smith accepted the special Emmy for KUED in ceremonies in Phoenix, Arizona Saturday night.
Read MoreNew Zealand is the site of one of the world’s youngest subduction zones, where the Pacific Plate of Earth’s crust dives beneath the Australian Plate. Now, a University of Utah study shows how water deep underground helps the subduction zone mature and paves the way for it to generate powerful earthquakes.
Read MoreWomen who have babies naturally in their 40s or 50s tend to live longer than other women. Now, a new study shows their brothers also live longer, but the brothers’ wives do not, suggesting the same genes prolong lifespan and female fertility, and may be more important than social and environmental factors.
Read MoreLecturer: Robert B. Smith, research professor of geology and geophysics, University of Utah
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Read MoreFor those of us seeking a vicarious peek into the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, look no further than the blog spot http://seeuindc.blogspot.com/.
Read MoreThe University of Utah has selected Inland American Communities Group, Inc. as the prime developer to construct the campus’s new Universe Project. The firm will work with the university to plan and construct the proposed innovative, mixed-use, transit-oriented project.
Read MoreFive years ago the University of Utah
was knee-deep in blood, blood donations that is. Winning the first “Bleed Red”
blood drive competition against Utah
State, the U has
forfeited the title to the Aggies the past four years. This year U students are
determined to take it back. “Bleed Red” will take place September 8-12 on the U
of U campus and all U students, alumni and fans are encouraged to donate.
Donors and partners
of University Neighborhood Partners will award over $20,000 dollars in
scholarship money for the 2008-2009 academic year to seven recipients. One
student will earn a $4,000 scholarship, four will be awarded a $3,000
scholarship, and another two students will receive a $2,000 scholarship.