The University of Utah celebrates the grand opening of its new Sandy Center Friday, Sept. 25, 12:45-6 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a community open house with tours of the facility, face painting, a photo booth, an appearance by U mascot Swoop, food, prizes and more. The education center, located at One Sandy Center, […]

Former secretary general of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be the keynote speaker at the annual World Leaders Lecture Forum sponsored by the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center. Rasmussen’s lecture, “Unlimited Partnership: The European Union and the United States,” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. in the Utah Museum of Fine […]

On Sept. 18, the Utah Medical Association will present the University of Utah’s Honors College’s 2014-2015 Air Quality, Health and Society Praxis Lab with its annual Environmental Health Award at the House of Delegates between 10 am-12 pm. Each year, the Honors College offers three Praxis Labs. These labs are yearlong, project-based courses that combine […]

If you are in a special relationship with another person, thank grandma – not just yours, but all grandmothers since humans evolved. University of Utah anthropologist Kristen Hawkes is known for the “grandmother hypothesis,” which credits prehistoric grandmothering for our long human lifespan. Now, Hawkes has used computer simulations to link grandmothering and longevity to […]

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law announced a new initiative on Tuesday to establish a goal of 100 percent bar passage and 100 percent professional employment placement among its new law school graduates. The announcement by S.J Quinney College of Law Dean Robert Adler came at the grand opening ceremony for the University of Utah’s […]

30 years ago, being born with a severe heart defect was practically a death sentence. But as advances in medicine have given rise to generations of survivors, it’s emerging that over half have behavioral problems and difficulty keeping up academically. Two groups from the University of Utah School of Medicine were awarded $6.4 million from the National […]

The University of Utah has partnered with Zimride by Enterprise to offer an alternative transportation option on campus. Zimride, a service of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, is an online ride-matching service that leverages the power of social media. By integrating with Facebook, Zimride connects drivers and passengers within a private University of Utah network heading to the […]

Imagine not having access to the Internet, a cellphone or even a place to call home. Not having access to these basics can deprive a person of social interaction, education, health care and so much more. As of 2014, this was the reality for nearly 600,000 people across the nation, with over 13,000 people in […]

On this first day of fall semester, the University of Utah launched a new program aimed at improving educational achievement for women. Since the Women’s Enrollment Initiative was announced in October 2014, organizers have established campus and community partnerships that will provide resources such as mentorship, sponsorship and internships for women students and developed a […]

Software may appear to operate without bias because it strictly uses computer code to reach conclusions. That’s why many companies use algorithms to help weed out job applicants when hiring for a new position. But a team of computer scientists from the University of Utah, University of Arizona and Haverford College in Pennsylvania have discovered […]