As unprecedented numbers of U.S. soldiers return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan missing arms, legs, hands, and feet, many come home to lives of greatly reduced mobility and fulfillment because poorly fitted artificial limbs cause infections or are too painful to wear.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah biologist Andres Villu Maricq will receive $3.75 million to study memory and learning in action, thanks to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award meant to encourage promising but risky research.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Colleges ranks the University of Utah among the best national universities. The U came in 129th, tying with two other schools.
Read MoreA magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga actually was a triple whammy: The 8.1 “great earthquake” concealed and triggered two major quakes of magnitude 7.8, seismologists report Thursday in the journal Nature.
Read MoreUsing innovations from its labs and classrooms, the University of Utah launched 19 companies during fiscal year 2010, bringing the number of spinoff companies based on university research to 102 since the institution reorganized its technology commercialization efforts in 2005.
Read MoreAs any nine-to-fiver will testify, a new paycheck brings with it a familiar sense of freedom, albeit one that dwindles in lockstep with the balance in one’s checking account. But, it’s not the checking account size that influences consumer behavior; rather, it’s the time that has elapsed since payday, according to a new study published in the September issue of the Journal of Marketing.
Read MoreIf past is prologue, students at the University of Utah will not be the only ones to benefit from the latest hire in the College of Architecture + Planning.
Read MoreIn an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.
Read MoreThis year’s Homecoming Week offers something for every palette. Humanitarian efforts, festive fund-raising, comedy and athletics for the whole family prove that Homecoming at the University of Utah is “forever crimson.” Celebrations kick off September 18 with the Legacy of Lowell Annual Community Service Day and culminate September 25 with the Utah vs. San Jose State football game at 6 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium. The week is filled with fun for students, alumni and other Ute fans.
Read MoreUtah families will have an opportunity to participate in hundreds of healthy activities during Be Well Utah: A Family Health Week, September 13-18, 2010. Presented by University of Utah Health Care and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Be Well Utah will feature complimentary health screenings, informative lectures with health care experts, and activities to encourage people to make healthy choices. Events will take place at various locations around the U of U campus and the surrounding community, culminating with a fair on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Fort Douglas on the U of U campus. All activities are free.
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