Some 400 high school students, teachers and parents will attend the sixth annual Engineering Day at the University of Utah on Saturday, Nov. 9. Hosted by the College of Engineering, the free event’s hands-on activities, lab tours and student projects will introduce engineering — and its impact on daily life — to attendees.
Read MoreShigeki Watanabe, a University of Utah postdoctoral fellow in biology, has been awarded the Society for Neuroscience’s Nemko Prize for his accomplishments as a young scientist.
Read MoreOur ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making us more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon than in the morning, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah mathematician Ivan Sudakov, who studies the mathematics linking sea ice and climate, won a 2013 Green Talents award for outstanding potential in sustainability research.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah startup Myriad Genetics is featured in a report released today by the Science Coalition that highlights the importance of federally funded scientific research – and the threat it faces.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s 25th annual Science Day at the U will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, welcoming hundreds of Utah, Idaho and Nevada high school students to Salt Lake City to learn about science education and research opportunities at the university.
Read MoreBiology professors Denise Dearing and Dale Clayton have snared a pair of five-year research grants worth $3.1 million out of 13 grants worth $25 million awarded nationwide under the fourth year of the a National Science Foundation program aimed at studying Earth’s biodiversity, which is threatened by climate change and habitat loss. Dearing was awarded […]
Read MoreUniversity of Wisconsin physicist Francis Halzen will speak about “Ice Fishing for Neutrinos” during the University of Utah’s next Frontiers of Science Lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 at The Leonardo museum, 209 East 500 South in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Center for Engineering Innovation opens its doors Thursday, Oct. 17 with a kickoff celebration to demonstrate how it transforms inventions into ready-to-produce devices. The public event will include speed dating that enables inventors and companies with new product ideas to meet engineers for 15 minutes to explore bringing concepts to market.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah’s College of Engineering received approval this week for its new undergraduate certificate program in data center engineering. The new program is designed to prepare students to work in data centers run by government agencies and companies such as eBay, Oracle and Goldman Sachs.
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