Let the games begin! Believe it or not, it’s been 10 years since Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympic Games. The Utah Ski Archives, part of the Special Collections Department at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, will be hosting the Olympic Experience Exhibition February 1-29 in the George S. Eccles Reading Room on level 4 of the library.
Read MoreThe State Board of Regents has selected Dr. David W. Pershing as the 15th President of the University of Utah. Dr. Pershing, who is currently the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of Utah, will succeed Dr. Michael K. Young who left in 2011 after accepting the Presidency at the University of Washington, and Dr. Lorris Betz, who has served as Interim President.
Read MorePigeons display spectacular variations in their feathers, feet, beaks and other physical traits, but a new University of Utah study shows that visible traits don’t always coincide with genetics: A bird from one breed may have huge foot feathers, while a closely related breed does not; yet two unrelated pigeon breeds both may have large foot feathers.
Read MoreU.S. Department of Transportation has announced a $3.5 million grant to a four-university consortium, including the University of Utah (the U), for research and education on sustainable transportation topics.
Read MoreThe University of Utah announced today that Sylvia Torti has been appointed dean of the Honors College. The appointment is pending final approval of the Academic Senate and the University Board of Trustees.
Read MoreMore than two dozen University of Utah undergraduate students will join counterparts from Utah State University in presenting “Research Posters on the Hill: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research” to Utah State Legislators on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
Read MoreThe University of Utah is equipping current and future business leaders to leverage the exploding Internet-based marketplace by launching a new Internet Marketing Certificate program in April 2012. The David Eccles School of Business is partnering with Online Marketing Gurus, a team of digital marketing experts and instructors, to teach participants the foundations of Internet marketing to acquire new customers, drive online performance, and enhance customer retention with proven strategies and best practices in data-driven marketing.
Read MoreThe State Board of Regents announced Tuesday the two finalists it will interview for the position of President of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Presidential Search Committee working with a search firm considered over 80 potential candidates and recommended the finalists after an in-depth screening process and several days of comprehensive interviews.
Read MoreFostering diversity and a culture of inclusion should be a top priority if the University of Utah wants to continue as a national leader in teaching, research, technology commercialization, and community service, according to Vivian S. Lee, the university’s senior vice president for health sciences.
Read MoreThe final tally from the Utah vs. BYU holiday food drive is in! A remarkable total of 616,398 pounds of food and $153,792 in cash donations were raised for the Utah Food Bank. Of the combined total, University of Utah organizers were responsible for 421,798 pounds of food and $108,045 in cash donations, an increase of 69,573 pounds and $15,011 in cash donations over their 2010 record.
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