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Trustees Approve Honorary Degree Recipients and Commencement Speaker

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Today, the University of Utah Board of Trustees approved honorary doctoral degrees for six individuals, which will be presented at this year’s commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 6, 2005, in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The degrees, awarded to individuals who merit special recognition for service or achievement, will be presented to Robert F. Bennett for Doctor of Laws; Edwin E. Catmull for Doctor of Engineering; Katherine W. Dumke for Doctor of Humane Letters; C.A. “Arnie” Ferrin for Doctor of Humane Letters; Marta Sutton Weeks for Doctor of Humane Letters; and to this year’s commencement speaker, The Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, for Doctor of Humane Letters.

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March 25, 2011

University of Utah Earns B+ on Green Report Card

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Efforts to make the University of Utah more environmentally sustainable received an above-average grade from the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), an independent nonprofit organization that researches and promotes sustainability efforts on U.S. college campuses. In its 2011 report card just released, the institute gave the U a B+ for its many green programs and future planning. That’s an improvement from the 2010 report card, in which the U received a B grade.

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March 25, 2011

Out of the Woods for ‘Ardi’

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Ardipithecus ramidus – a purported human ancestor that was dubbed Science magazine’s 2009 “Breakthrough of the Year” – is coming under fire from scientists who say there is scant evidence for her discoverers’ claims that there were dense woodlands at the African site where the creature lived 4.4 million years ago.

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March 25, 2011

iPhone the Body Electric

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University of Utah researchers created new iPhone programs – known as applications or “apps” – to help scientists, students, doctors and patients study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyze other three-dimensional images.

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March 25, 2011

A Grand Opening for Geology

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After two years of construction, the University of Utah will hold a dedication celebration on Friday, April 17 for its new, environmentally friendly geology facility, the $25 million Frederick Albert Sutton Building.

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March 25, 2011

Where Science and Culture Meet

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More than 2,500 minority scientists, science educators and students will gather October 9 through 12, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Salt Palace Convention Center for the 35th Annual National Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The theme for this year’s conference is “International Polar Year: Global Change in Our Communities.” The University of Utah is the platinum conference sponsor and this is the first time the conference will be held in Utah.

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March 25, 2011