Making Geothermal More Productive

University of Utah researchers will inject cool water and pressurized water into a “dry” geothermal well during a five-year, $10.2 million study aimed at boosting the productivity of geothermal power plants and making them feasible nationwide.

A Thousand Calls of the Wild Captured

If you can find the elusive Gunnison sage grouse while hiking through isolated pockets of remote southeastern Utah, you might be able to hear one. But now, thanks to nature recording specialists (http://westernsoundscape.org/video.html) and a grant from a prestigious library institute, you can listen to its distinctive gurgling calls at your desk with a click of a computer mouse.

FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE LECTURE: Kangaroos, Platypuses and Sex Chromosome Evolution

Lecturer: Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, geneticist, Australian National University

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

U of U Commencement on May 2 to Graduate More Than 7,300

Commencement ceremonies at the University of Utah will be held on Friday, May 2, at 9 a.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The class of 2008, comprised of 7,331 graduates, will receive degrees that morning. The procession of diverse students, who come from 73 countries, 50 U.S. states and 26 of Utah’s 29 counties, will begin at 8:30 a.m. Guests should plan to be in their seats prior to 8:30 a.m. Tickets are not required.

A World in a Grain of Sand

From the vastness of the universe to the tiniest subatomic particle, the question of scale influences what we see, know and dream – not only in science, but also in art, poetry, architecture, economics, music and philosophy.

University of Utah Programs Recognized in Major National Ranking

The latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges showcases two popular programs at the University of Utah. The magazine ranked the U’s College of Engineering at number 70 nationally and the U’s Service Learning Program was honored as one of its “Programs to Look For.”

College of Humanities Takes Steps to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Preserve the Rain Forest

Students, faculty, and staff at the University of Utah will come together to rally support for a new partnership to preserve the Costa Rican rain forest and at the same time reduce greenhouse gases believed to cause global warming. The College of Humanities, along with Salt Lake City Corporation, is entering into an agreement with Pax Natura Foundation to support its Costa Rica carbon sequestration project.

Predicting Weather in the West

Damaging thunderstorms, dramatic temperature changes, microburst windstorms and some of America’s strongest cold fronts will be discussed Thursday, Nov. 16 during the 13^th Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West.

U of U 2006 Rosenblatt Prize Awarded to Geology & Geophysics Professor and Dean of the Graduate School

David S. Chapman, professor of geology & geophysics and dean of The Graduate School at the University of Utah, was honored at today’s University commencement ceremonies with the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U”s most prestigious award. The $40,000 gift is presented annually to a faculty member who displays excellence in teaching, research and administrative efforts

San Francisco’s 1906 Quake Revisited

A century after the great San Francisco earthquake killed more than 3,000 people, a federal scientist from the Bay Area will visit fault-riddled Utah for a lecture titled “The 1906 Earthquake – lessons learned, lessons forgotten and future directions.”