The University of Utah, in partnership with UTA, is promoting World Car Free Day on September 22, 2006 when millions of people around the world are expected to go car free. On this specific day, University staff, faculty, and students are encouraged to use alternative transportation to get to campus.
Read MoreThe University of Utah, thanks to the help of a generous challenge grant from philanthropists Ira A. and Mary Lou Fulton, has raised the necessary funds to restore the Block U. Work on the restoration project will begin immediately.
Read MoreAtmospheric temperature measurements by U.S. weather satellites indicate Earth’s hot, tropical zone has expanded farther from the equator since 1979, says a study by scientists from the University of Utah and University of Washington.
Read MoreIn 1960, Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., began exploring how computer technology could be used in health care. Almost 50 years later, the country’s senior statesman for medicine and computers is still helping shape the future. Lindberg will share his experiences and speak about access to truthful and relevant scientific information on Tuesday, April 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the University of Utah’s Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building.
Read MoreHardening of the coronary arteries is more likely in wives when they and their husbands express hostility during marital disagreements, and more common in husbands when either they or their wives act in a controlling manner.
Read MoreLocal adult Latinos are receiving a unique Christmas present this year – the gift of English language. For months, they have been meeting Mondays through Thursdays for two hours each night for advanced community English as a Second Language classes sponsored by Zions Bank Su Banco in partnership with the University of Utah’s English Language Institute (ELI).
Read MoreThe National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) recently awarded the University of Utah’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) the “National Commitment to Diversity Award.”
Read MoreConcrete canoes, bottle rockets, scale-model steel bridges and tunnels made of sand will be put to the test Friday April 8 and Saturday April 9 when the University of Utah hosts the Rocky Mountain regional conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Read MoreWith 30 experiments that explode, change colors and delight an audience of children and adults, University of Utah chemists Ronald Ragsdale and Jerry Driscoll will dress as 19th century chemists and deliver the annual Faraday Christmas Lectures for a 24th and final year.
Read MoreHeroes come in many different forms, each with their own unique contribution to society, but too often they are forgotten. Now there is place where the University of Utah’s heroes can be honored and remembered each day as people pass by. The U will dedicate what it simply calls The Walkway, Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11:15 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the site of the commemorative footpath on the east side of the George S. Eccles Legacy Bridge at Fort Douglas and will be preceded by an open house beginning at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served.
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