“Mining in the Future: Sustaining Humanity in an Acceptable Manner,” is the topic of a Friday Jan. 16 lecture at the University of Utah by Robin J. Batterham, chief scientist for the Australian Government and chief technologist for Rio Tinto Limited, the company that owns Kennecott Utah Copper.
Read MoreThe University of Utah and a group of Japanese and U.S. universities plan to build a $17 million to $18 million cosmic ray observatory named the Telescope Array in central Utah’s Millard County. It will try to determine the mysterious source of the most energetic particles in the universe.
Read MoreHave you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went in there? Do you forget the names of people you just met? Do you get to work and realize you forgot your lunch? Have you wondered why is it you can recall every note of the piano piece you learned when you were five, but can’t remember where you parked your car 30 minutes ago?
Read MoreThis year the University of Utah will present at least ten Chicano Scholarship Awards of $1,000 each to new freshman, transfer and current University undergraduate and graduate students. Scholarships of lesser value will be awarded as well. The ten scholarships are awarded to high school seniors and other college students who promote the cultural pride and advancement of the Chicano/Latino community. Recipients are selected on the basis of family background, life challenges, scholastic effort, involvement in the Chicano/Latino community and financial need.
Read MoreRev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, headlines a full slate of events to mark the University of Utah’s 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Twenty Years of Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations at the University of Utah,” Jan. 12-19. All events are free and open to the public. (See p. 3 for calendar of events.)
Read MorePeople experiencing chest pain are better off calling 911 and using emergency medical services (EMS) than driving to a hospital, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of Utah medical school and five other institutions.
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s magazine, Continuum, took home gold this past week at the annual CASE District VII Awards Gala and Conference in Los Angeles. Continuum earned top honors in a category that received 30 entries throughout a five-state region, the most submitted in any category for the 2003 CASE District VII Excellence Awards. On hand to accept the gold award for magazine excellence was editor Theresa Desmond, who also accepted the magazine’s silver medal for excellence in magazine writing.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biologists twirled louse-infested bird feathers on an electric fan and flew pigeons and doves like kites on strings in a study that found small lice stick to small birds and big lice prefer big birds.
Read MoreDavid J. Bjorkman, M.D., M.S.P.H., senior associate dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine since 2000, has been named interim dean of the school, effective January 1, 2004.
Read MoreIn a meeting of the University of Utah Board of Trustees Monday, State Board of Regents Chair Nolan E. Karras announced that Dr. Lorris Betz has been appointed as Interim President of the University of Utah, effective January 1, 2004. Dr. Betz, currently the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Dean of the School of Medicine, and CEO of the University of Utah Health System, will serve as Interim President until a new President is appointed later in 2004. “Dr. Betz is a capable administrator, and we are confident that with his leadership the University will continue to function very effectively while we continue the search for a new President,” stated Chair Karras. “We are grateful that he is willing to accept the assignment to serve in the important role of Interim President.”
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