The second annual Ute football Red-White game will be held Saturday, Apr. 17 from 12:15-3 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium, but most of the buzz on campus is over the festivities surrounding the game. New this year are many activities designed to heighten student interest in the team.
Read MoreThe University of Utah and a group of Japanese and U.S. universities plan to build a $17 million to $18 million cosmic ray observatory named the Telescope Array in central Utah’s Millard County. It will try to determine the mysterious source of the most energetic particles in the universe.
Read MoreThe Daily Utah Chronicle (The Chronicle), the University of Utah’s student newspaper, is undergoing dramatic changes.
Read MoreTurn on the television, grab a cold drink and hold on tight for a look at the new Utah Football TV commercials, which began airing today. The four TV ads are part of a larger new marketing campaign put together by The University of Utah Marketing & Communications office, under contract with the athletic department. The theme of the campaign is “Fasten your Seatbelts.”
Read MoreSpaceship travel to another universe through a black hole may be highly improbable, but such “hyperspace” travel cannot be ruled out, according to a new analysis by University of Utah physicist Lior M. Burko.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah pharmaceutical chemist and bioengineer Jindrich Kopecek – who has pioneered the use of chain-like molecules called polymers to deliver medicines to their targets – has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.
Read MoreWhat do a new antenna that improves computer displays, a new approach for selectively killing cancer cells, and more efficient ethanol fuel production have in common? Each employs nanotechnology-to make light-emitting diodes more efficient, to deliver light-sensitive material to tumor cells killing them with light, or to exploit high-combustion boron in nanoparticles to improve fuel efficiencies. And the work is being done in Utah.
Read MoreIn an unprecedented Utah gathering, hundreds of members from the state’s diverse ethnic groups will meet with University of Utah and National Institutes of Health (NIH) genetics and disease experts for a Community Genetics and Health Forum on April 30 and May 1.
Read MoreHumans, other great apes and bears are among the few animals that step first on the heel when walking, and then roll onto the ball of the foot and toes. Now, a University of Utah study shows the advantage: Compared with heel-first walking, it takes 53 percent more energy to walk on the balls of your feet, and 83 percent more energy to walk on your toes.
Read MoreDue to the downturn in the economy, the Utah Food Bank has seen an increasing number of food requests as more individuals and families have fallen on hard financial times. With that in mind, this year’s Utah-BYU Rivalry Week Food Drive is a contest nobody can afford to lose.
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