The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law announced that it has received a $4 million gift from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints toward construction of its new 155,000 gross square-foot facility that will support the law school’s cutting-edge service- and simulated learning pedagogies and collaborative research programs. Groundbreaking on the building is expected to begin in 2013, the College’s centennial year. Read More

The University of Utah will host its 15th annual Veterans Day commemoration on Friday, November 9, 2012 at the University Union. Members of the public are encouraged to nominate a Utah veteran to be honored at the events that day. The university’s commemoration is considered to be one of the largest of its kind on a college campus anywhere in the United States. Read More

U.S. soldiers are increasingly weighed down by batteries to power weapons, detection devices and communications equipment. So the Army Research Laboratory has awarded a University of Utah-led consortium almost $15 million to use computer simulations to help design materials for lighter-weight, energy efficient devices and batteries. Read More

Two professors at the University of Utah—Kathleen B. Digre, professor of neurology and ophthalmology, and Michael W. Varner, professor of obstetrics and gynecology—were honored at today’s commencement ceremonies with the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U’s most prestigious award. The $40,000 gift—which is presented annually to a faculty member who displays excellence in teaching, research and administrative efforts—will be shared for the first time by two individuals. Digre and Varner are also married to one another. Read More

Joyce Ogburn, Dean of the J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian for the University of Utah, to be included in Utah Business’s “30 Women to Watch” listing. Read More