Micron Gift Funds Equipment and Furnishings for New Engineering Building

The University of Utah College of Engineering today announced a $250,000 gift from the Micron Technology Foundation for equipment, technology infrastructure and furnishings for the $30 million John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building. When completed in October 2006, the 100,000 square-foot Warnock Building will provide the academic hub for the nearly 3,500 engineering students, faculty and staff members at the University of Utah, as well as a gathering space for visitors and the community.

Giant Raptor Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Monument

Scientists from the University of Utah and the Utah Museum of Natural History have discovered the remains of a new bird-like, meat-eating dinosaur in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah. Although represented only by the fossilized remains of hand and foot bones, comparisons with more complete skeletons found in Asia demonstrate that this animal was about seven feet tall when standing upright. Discovery of this Utah giant, which is much larger than its counterparts in Canada and the northern US, nearly doubles the documented range of these dinosaurs in North America, and demonstrates that they roamed much farther south than previously thought. A scientific paper naming and describing this animal, and published in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, was authored by Lindsay Zanno, a graduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Scott Sampson, chief curator at the Utah Museum of Natural History (UMNH), and associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.

Bioengineering Meeting Sept. 16-17

The First Annual Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference will be held at the Snowbird resort Friday evening Sept. 16 and Saturday Sept. 17, featuring more than 100 presentations by students from Utah’s major universities.

Inauguration Celebrations at U to Offer Free Symposia and Cultural Events to Public

A panoply of University of Utah events will take place the week prior and leading up to the inauguration of Michael K. Young as the University’s 14th president on Friday, April 15th, at 11 a.m., in Kingsbury Hall, located at 1395 E. Presidents Circle (180 S.) on the University of Utah campus. The event is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis. A processional ticket is required for those participating in the academic procession, which will commence at the Park Building, at 10:45 a.m., and travel to Kingsbury Hall. Following the ceremony a reception will be held, weather permitting, on the Kingsbury Hall Plaza. In case of inclement weather, the reception will be held in the Gardner Hall atrium.

U of U Architecture Students’ Rammed Earth Home to be Dedicated in Navajo Ceremony on Sunday

A home University of Utah architecture graduate students built for Rosie Joe and her family in Bluff, Utah, a small town located in the San Juan River Valley, will be dedicated in a Navajo ceremony on Sunday, July 18, at noon. The site, located in southwestern Utah, is 273 miles from Salt Lake City and can be reached by traveling 16 miles south of Bluff, on Highway 191, then five miles east on San Juan County Road 443.

U of U Alumni Association to Commemorate Founders Day

The University of Utah Alumni Association will celebrate Founders Day, which commemorates the founding of the University of Utah in 1850, next Wednesday, Feb. 25. A reception will be held in the Little American Hotel Ballroom at 6:30 p.m., with dinner beginning at 7:15 p.m. The Little America Hotel is located at 500 S. Main Street. Cost for the event is $85 per person or $80 per person for Alumni Association members and their guests. For more information, or to make a reservation, call 801-585-9012.

New Cell Phone Texting Feature Means Students Won’t Miss the Bus

There’s a new service for students, faculty and staff to track shuttle buses so accurately that they may never miss a bus again. The new cell phone texting feature added to the “Live Shuttle Tracker” features a Global Positioning System allowing access to a real-time shuttle map to anyone with a cell phone of any kind.

First Horned Dinosaur from Mexico

A new species of horned dinosaur unearthed in Mexico has larger horns that any other species – up to 4 feet long – and has given scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, according to a research team led by paleontologists from the Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah.

A High-tech Handrest

University of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.

Frontiers of Science Lecture: Why Can’t We Eliminate the Flu?

Lecturer: Robin M. Bush, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of California, Irvine
Date:Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC