A little over a month after graduation, and already 30 University of Utah (the U) students may be poised to recoup their tuition costs–and then some. For the first time ever, all three student projects from one of the U’s computer game development classes have been accepted for sale on Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG), an online computer game store for the Xbox 360 console.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah anthropologist Alan R Rogers has written an evolution book that fills in pieces that were missing from Darwin’s argument.
Read MoreThe University of Utah College of Social Work has selected the next two Belle S Spafford Endowed Chairs in Social Work. Marilyn Luptak and Fran Wilby will serve consecutive 18-month terms during the colleagues’ three-year, joint research project. The Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair in Social Work is a prestigious position dedicated to improving the lives of Utah’s women and their families. The Spafford Chair is the only academic position with such a purpose in a school of social work in the country.
Read MoreParents looking for some bonus points with their high schooler might want to check out the University of Utah’s (the U) Entertainment Arts and Engineering summer “camp” in computer graphics and video game development beginning June 13.
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) and its new Energy Commercialization Center (ECC) were recently recognized for promoting and developing innovative energy technologies and policies. Administrators of the ECC accepted the award recently at the third annual Global New Energy Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Read MoreThe Board of the Utah Criminal Justice Center announced Monday that Rob Butters has been selected as the Center’s new director.
Read MoreThe University of Utah (the U) has announced that Eric Denna has been hired as chief information officer (CIO). Denna is a leader in computing and information technology (IT) with extensive experience in higher education and business.
Read MoreBeginning July 1, 2011, Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., an accomplished MRI radiologist and scientist, will bring her considerable abilities as a physician-scientist and administrator to the University of Utah (the U) as the new senior vice president for health sciences. Currently the vice dean for science, chief scientific officer, and senior vice president at the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, Lee was selected after a near yearlong search to succeed Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D., who has led the U’s health sciences since June 1999.
Read MoreA University of Utah study shows that men hit harder when they stand on two legs than when they are on all fours, and when hitting downward rather than upward, giving tall, upright males a fighting advantage. This may help explain why our ape-like human ancestors began walking upright and why women tend to prefer tall men.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Board of Trustees has approved the hiring of Martha Bradley, dean of the Honors College at the University of Utah (the U), to the position of associate vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of Undergraduate Studies, effective July 1, 2011. She will take over for John Francis, who is stepping down from this position after serving for 16 years.
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