The public and news media are invited to attend an Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention Conference on Nov. 7 and 8.
Read MoreTeaching students to become better citizens is a priority for the University of Utah, and now there is confirmation the U’s efforts are a smashing success. The recently released rankings of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report ranks Utah 6th in the country for service learning programs.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Energy will provide $4.5 million to the University of Utah’s Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) to aid a five-year, $12 million effort to boost electric power production at California’s Coso geothermal field.
Read MoreA diverse group of students, representing 47 countries, 44 U.S. states and 21 Utah counties, will receive their degrees at the University of Utah’s Commencement on Friday, May 10, in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, at 9 a.m. The processional will begin at 8:20 a.m.
Read MorePresident J. Bernard Machen and Governor Michael O. Leavitt announced today that John E. and Marva M. Warnock have gifted 200,000 shares of Adobe stock to the University of Utah for the College of Engineering Building Campaign. The stock currently valued at over $5.7M is the cornerstone gift of a $13M capital campaign to construct a new engineering building dedicated to undergraduate instruction and emerging areas of research. In the past the Warnocks have created Presidential Endowed Chairs in the College of Engineering and the College of Science. In recognition of the magnitude of their overall support, now approximately $9M, and their leadership role in the capital campaign, the new building will be named the John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah anthropologist Kristen Hawkes-best known for her comprehensive research on modern forager ecology-today received one of science’s most prestigious honors when she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Read MoreMiddle and high school students from Salt Lake and Tooele counties will present research experiments and results at the Salt Lake Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 28 and 29 at the University of Utah.
Read MoreJumping robots will compete for glory. Catapults will hurl objects across a large room. Devices will climb a 6-foot-tall wall to rescue raw eggs in a contest named Saving Private Humpty.
Read MoreIndividual inventors, researchers, and small business operators who are developing or are interested in commercializing their inventions are invited to attend a conference aimed at helping them find financial, business, and technical support.
Read MoreToday, the University of Utah Board of Trustees approved honorary degrees for five outstanding individuals, including an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities for Terry Tempest Williams, who is also this year’s commencement speaker. The other four honorary degree recipients include: Afton B. Bradshaw for Doctor of Humane Letters; William H. “Bill” Child for Doctor of Business; Tom C. Korologos for Doctor of Humane Letters; and, E. W. “Al” Thrasher for Doctor of Public Health.
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