Conferences may change, game dates may move, but the Utah-BYU rivalry is still going strong. It will play out again this year when both schools collect food and donations to support the Utah Food Bank in the annual Utah vs. BYU Food Drive.
Read MoreWhen lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply – terrifying every creature within earshot – they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper.
Read MoreA multidisciplinary team of University of Utah investigators has received a grant for innovative research that will shed new light on the genes that cause Down syndrome (DS), as well as the defects of brain development and function that lead to intellectual disability.
Read MoreArctic sea ice, a key player in the global climate system, is undergoing major changes that impact ecosystems and people above and below the Arctic Circle.
Read MoreWhile much of the nation is trying to figure out how to recover from an economic downturn.–and at the same time work into the equation that workers are fleeing their states–Utah, Nevada and Arizona have the opposite population trend to consider. In fact, these three states are in a new growth corridor, according to a study of census data by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR), an applied research center in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.
Read MorePeople living in the Beehive State might easily pair the words “Utah” and “ski” in a word association game, but not so much for “Utah” and “SCI.” –something organizers of the new open house called SCIx hope to change. SCIx will take place on November 4th. For a list of presentations and full schedule, visit http://www.sci.utah.edu/scix.
Read MoreFor those who do not have the use of their legs or arms, the feeling of flying through the air can be a liberating experience, to say the least. Now, the Ergonomics and Safety Program at the University of Utah has partnered with the organization Able Pilot to provide disabled persons with just such a feeling of mobility. The partnership has produced the Phoenix, a paraglider that enables paraplegics to take flight by piloting their own craft with minimal assistance. The first flight lifted-off this summer.
Read MoreNatural History Museum of Utah’s Paleontology Curator Randall Irmis, along with a researcher at Brown University, have evidence that mass extinction that ended the Permian Period was disastrous for land-based animals. In a specimen-by-specimen analysis, the scientists say species were reduced to a handful of forms, called disaster taxa. The low diversity of vertebrates meant that terrestrial ecosystems endured boom-and-bust cycles for up to 8 million years before finally stabilizing. Results appear in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Irmis is also an assistant professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah.
Read MoreThe Executive MBA Program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has climbed to No 33 nationally on the 2011 Financial Times list of leading Executive MBA programs and is the only Utah school ranked in the top 100 this year.
Read MoreBecause Utah is a place of fragile natural beauty with a burgeoning population, it makes a perfect “living laboratory” for teaching and practicing the principles of quality growth and urban planning.
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