Researchers have discovered two enzymes that, when combined, could be involved in the earliest stages of cancer. Manipulating these enzymes genetically might lead to targeted therapies aimed at slowing or preventing the onset of tumors.
Read MoreThe Hinckley Institute of Politics Hall of Fame at
the University of Utah will soon include Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft,
USAF (Ret.), who will be inducted into Utah’s only political hall of fame on
Thursday, Oct. 23 at noon in the Hinckley Caucus Room in Orson Spencer Hall (OSH 255). The event is
open to the public.
Continuing Education at The University of Utah is pleased to announce that its Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) recently received a $1 million endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Read MoreThe privilege to stand before this entire graduating class as Valedictorian is an immense one. With such an opportunity comes an equally immense responsibility or obligation. And it is these two conditions, privilege and obligation, which I desire to speak about today.
Read MoreMembers of the Resident Committee at the Hartland Partnership
Center will present a brown bag
discussion on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 during the 2nd annual
International Conference of Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolence, and
Peace in the Officer’s Club at Fort Douglas on the University of Utah
campus between 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. They will lead a dialogue based on their
experiences of relocating from one country to another.
The Utah Education Policy Center (UEPC) has joined with 32 other leading university education research centers from 23 different states to form the Education Policy Alliance. The EPA website is highlighted by a free internet search engine, now available to those looking for instant access to high-quality educational policy research.
Read MoreMario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., distinguished professor of human genetics and biology at the University of Utah’s Eccles Institute of Human Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
No need to fret about your firm’s problems with e-mails and attachments thanks to Xapio, a new compliance company. Xapio is a University of Utah start-up founded by inventor and entrepreneur, Stefano Foresti. The Xapio application plugs directly into your current e-mail system allowing users to securely send and track e-mail attachments of any size-all with a single mouse click. Not only will this help to securely send confidential information by e-mail, but it will also address compliance and operational costs.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah mathematician Christopher Hacon has received one of his field’s top honors, while biologist Baldomero “Toto” Olivera and biochemist Brenda Bass were elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Read MoreA group of 18 researchers — including University of Utah mathematician Peter Trapa — has solved a math problem so complicated that the calculation, if written out, would cover an area the size of Manhattan. It also is 60 times larger than the amount of information in the human genome, or human genetic blueprint.
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