The University of Utah, with one of only 29 nuclear engineering programs remaining in the U.S., will use a $1.5 million gift from the EnergySolutions Foundation to establish a Presidential Endowed Chair in Nuclear Engineering in its College of Engineering.
Read MoreNeil Shubin, a University of Chicago professor of biology and anatomy and internationally renowned paleontologist, will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Utah on his discovery of a fossil that has been dubbed the “missing link” between fish and land animals.
Read MoreThe University of Utah has established a new Office of Sustainability (OS) to support its commitment to becoming a more sustainable campus. President Michael K. Young formally launched this initiative with a presentation today on the west patio of the Olpin Student Union Building. The event was held in conjunction with Campus Environmental Impact Day sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU).
More than 20 University of Utah students are trying to turn Earth-friendly sentiments into reality by designing 11 “green” projects they hope to finance and install in a new $25 million geology building currently under construction. Some of the projects – ranging from a storm-water recycling system to low-water landscaping, natural lighting, solar power and stone furniture – will be outlined during a news conference at 10 a.m. MDT Tuesday, April 24.
Read MoreRobert W. Parry, a University of Utah chemist for three decades, died Dec. 1 after having suffered a stroke on Thanksgiving Day.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges showcases three of the University of Utah”s most popular programs. The magazine ranked the U’s David Eccles School of Business and College of Engineering among the nation”s top schools, and the U’s Service Learning Program was honored as one of its “Programs to Look For.”
Read MoreLecturer: Robert K. Wilson, NASA Spitzer Space Telescope project manager
Date: Friday, April 14, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah
This year’s Homecoming Week promises to be bigger, louder and entertain more people than in years past. The theme for Utah Homecoming 2005 is “Red Reign” to play off of the Ute football team’s reign as Mountain West Conference champs.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools showcases the University of Utah more than any other school in the state. The U is ranked in 21 separate categories. The next most frequently mentioned school appears in 5 ranking categories.
Read MoreThe University of Utah ranks 111th out the more than 1,400 colleges and universities surveyed for the 2005 edition of the “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook from U.S. News & World Report. The magazine ranks schools annually based on a complicated system of peer assessments and statistical data. The U moved up seven spots, maintaining its status as a top tier institution.
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