For state and local governments, repairing a road or building a new park easily shows a benefit to taxpayers and can be fairly simple to fund. But addressing longer-term issues, such as homelessness or early-childhood achievement gaps can prove trickier. A new policy lab at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, however, […]
Read MoreFor patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the burden of constantly monitoring their blood sugar and judging when and how much insulin to self-inject, is bad enough. Even worse, a miscalculation or lapse in regimen can cause blood sugar levels to rise too high (hyperglycemia), potentially leading to heart disease, blindness and other long-term complications, or to plummet too low (hypoglycemia), which in the worst cases can result in coma or even death.
Read MoreFeb. 6, 2015—Former naval aviator and military officer, University of Utah geoscience alumnus, world traveler, outdoors enthusiast, business owner, deep-sea diver and climate change educator. These are a few of the many hats worn by U alumnus Zac Bowland, who is on the cusp of embarking on a journey across eight countries in hopes of […]
Read MoreEric Garland, faculty at the University of Utah College of Social Work, has been elected to a distinguished fellowship in the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and the Social Work Academy as a Distinguished Scholar & Fellow. The high honor acknowledges Garland’s outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of social work.
Read MoreFrom investigating war crimes to working to put a stop to illegal organ trafficking, University of Utah graduate David Schwendiman’s career has spanned across the globe —including his most recent post as chief prosecutor of the European Union’s Special Investigative Task Force on Kosovo. Schwendiman, a 1976 graduate of the University of Utah College of […]
Read MoreFeb. 5, 2015 – Tracy McMillan, a University of Utah graduate who has gone on to write for film, TV and books, as well as appearing on several TV shows including “Oprah,” will be returning to the U to present a lecture, “Be More You: How to Get Everything You Want By Being Exactly Who […]
Read MoreThe transfer of 31 million acres of land managed by the federal government to Utah would hinder public land management reforms and harm the state, according to a newly released analysis by researchers at the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and Environment at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.
Read MoreFeb. 5, 2015 – The conservation value of growing coffee under trees instead of on open farms is well known, but hasn’t been studied much in Africa. So a University of Utah-led research team studied birds in the Ethiopian home of Arabica coffee and found that “shade coffee” farms are good for birds, but some […]
Read MoreFeb. 3, 2015 – Pablo Casals, legendary cellist and conductor, said, “Perhaps music will save the world.” As a philanthropist and entrepreneur, Emily Richards, a U alum, musician and CEO of the nonprofit music community ccMixter.org, is hoping to use music to change the lives of people battling neurological diseases. Richards is teaming up with the […]
Read MoreFeb. 3, 2015– “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” brings to Salt Lake City and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) a dynamic gathering of more than 80 artworks from more than 60 leading modern and contemporary Latino artists from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Community members are invited to a free […]
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