School is out, summer is on, and many young students will spend it transported through story to other worlds. Yet for many others, summer is merely a pause in their ongoing struggles with literacy.
Read MoreLecturer: Dennis M. Bramble, professor of biology, University of Utah
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges ranks the University of Utah among the best national universities. The U came in 127th, tying with the University of San Francisco and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Read MoreRobots will race chariots and carry eggs, and students will display a spy plane, a moon buggy and other projects as the University of Utah’s Department of Mechanical Engineering holds its 11th annual Design Day this Thursday, April 17.
Read MoreThe University of Utah today announced a $3.3 million lead gift for its department of civil and environmental engineering. The gift, from U alum Floyd Meldrum and his wife Jeri, of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the cornerstone in a $5 million campaign to strengthen civil engineering. Their gift will help fund a 14,500 square foot expansion of an existing laboratory and office building. When complete, the expanded building will be renamed the Floyd and Jeri Meldrum Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, in recognition of their total giving to the University which now exceeds $3.5 million.
Read MoreUtah’s earth science community is today celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the installation of this state’s first seismographs. A commemorative program was held at the James E. Talmage Building on the campus of the University of Utah. Talmage was the originator of earthquake recording in Utah.
Read MoreTwo University of Utah faculty members have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, the group announced Friday. The two researchers are Anil Virkar, professor and chair of materials science and engineering, and William A. Hustrulid, professor emeritus of mining engineering and now a consultant at Hustrulid Mining Services in Bonita Springs, Fla.
Read MoreComputer science students from universities in and around Utah will test their programming skills Saturday, Oct. 28 as the University of Utah hosts a “battle of the brains,” part of a worldwide contest involving 6,000 teams from 84 nations.
Read MoreCommencement ceremonies at the University of Utah will be held on Friday, May 5, at 9 a.m., in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The class of 2006, comprised of 7,332 graduates, will receive degrees that morning. The procession of diverse students, who come from 66 countries, 50 U.S. states and 25 of Utah’s 29 counties, will begin at 8:20 a.m. Guests should plan to be in their seats prior to 8:30 a.m. Tickets are not required.
Read MoreToday a plethora of dog genome-related materials are published, including a new book titled \\\”The Dog and Its Genome\\\” and a series of primary research articles in the journal Genome Research. These publications, concomitant with the publication by Nature of a high-quality draft sequence of the dog genome, are expected to provide both researchers and the public with informative resources about canine genomics and biology.
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