The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges shows the University of Utah’s engineering program is continuing to climb in its annual rankings. The undergraduate program is ranked 57th nationally this year for public schools whose highest degree is a doctorate. That’s a jump of three spots from the year before and 10 spots over the last two years.
Read MoreThe Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah announced today the establishment of a new scholarship in honor of U.S. Senator Robert F. Bennett.
Read MoreFans played a big role in the success of this year’s Ute Football team and so it’s only fitting that they be invited to celebrate the team’s undefeated season and Fiesta Bowl victory. The University of Utah will hold a Ute football celebration prior to the Utah/New Mexico basketball game on Jan. 22. The party is free to all and will get underway at 11:45 a.m. in a heated tent just outside the Huntsman Center. Tip-off for the game is 1 p.m.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biologists discovered a gene that allows a plant’s roots to tell the leaves to stop growing, presumably when water is scarce, soil is too compacted or other conditions are bad.
Read MoreDr. Chris Hill announced today that he will remain at the University of Utah, where he has been the director of athletics since 1987.
Read MoreIf alien astronomers around a distant star had studied the young Sun four-and-a-half billion years ago, could they have seen signs of a newly-formed Earth orbiting this innocuous yellow star? The answer is yes, according to Scott Kenyon (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) and Benjamin Bromley (University of Utah). Moreover, their computer model says that we can use the same signs to locate places where Earth-size planets currently are forming — young worlds that, one day, may host life of their own.
Read MoreIn recognition of the contribution Hispanic Americans have made to the construction industry, Ivory Homes has established 10 University of Utah scholarships for outstanding Hispanic American students.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah researchers have identified genes that help explain why mice, people and other mammals evolved with modern rib cages instead of having snake-like ribs that extend from the neck to the tailbone.
Read MoreTwenty-three-year-old Eric Alder enrolled in winter semester at the University of Utah and was planning to graduate in economics this Friday, May 2. He was in the process of filling out the forms for his commencement cap and gown when his U.S. Marine Corps reserve unit-“Charlie Company”-was called up in March to assist with the war effort in Iraq. Instead of donning graduation robes this week, he is fulfilling various assignments in Iraq while enduring 110-degree heat.
Read MoreAfter helping Governor Gary R. Herbert successfully navigate two difficult budget cycles and his first legislative session, as well as achieve a sweeping victory in the November election, Jason Perry is leaving the Governor’s Office for the University of Utah.
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