University of Utah Alumni Association Celebrates 2013 Merit of Honor Award Recipients

Posted On Saturday, November 16, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
University of Utah Alumni Association Celebrates 2013 Merit of Honor Award Recipients Since 1971, more than 500 U alumni have received the prestigious Merit of Honor Award from the Emeritus Alumni Board of the University of Utah Alumni Association. Now in its 42nd year, this recognition is for alumni who attended the university 40 or more years ago (or who have reached ...

Science Coalition Features U Startup

Posted On Thursday, October 31, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , ,   
University of Utah startup Myriad Genetics is featured in a report released today by the Science Coalition that highlights the importance of federally funded scientific research – and the threat it faces. The report, titled “Sparking Economic Growth 2.0,” highlights 100 companies that trace their roots to federally funded university research ...

World Trade Center Piece Finds Home on U of U Campus

Posted On Thursday, October 24, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , ,   
The Fort Douglas Military Museum, housed on the University of Utah campus, is the first location to acquire one of nine pieces of foundation saved from the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The 4.5-ton piece of concrete, rock and steel rebar is the centerpiece of the ...

Women’s Resource Center at the U Advocates for Fair Pay in the Workplace

Posted On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , ,   
The Women’s Resource Center at the University of Utah hosts its third annual fundraiser, “What Changes the World Starts Here: Educating Women, Educating Utah,” Oct. 10, 6 p.m. at Cactus and Tropicals, 2735 S. 2000 E. The event calls attention to the discrepancies between men’s and women’s pay in the workplace. ...

UNC Lineberger discovery goes from lab to patient with FDA approval

Posted On Friday, October 4, 2013 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , , , ,   
A laboratory testing kit that estimates the risk of breast cancer relapse in spite of anti-hormone treatment has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This technology is based on a gene signature known as “PAM50” originally discovered at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center by Chuck Perou, ...

The U Invites Community to Utah’s Biggest Pregame Party

Posted On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Utah will host the state’s biggest pregame party, Oct. 12, to cheer on the Utes before they meet Stanford in one of the most anticipated football games of the season. The Block U Party will begin three hours prior to kick-off (start time has not yet been ...

Magnet Resonance Imaging Before Ablation of Atrial Fib Helps Predict Success of Treatment

Posted On Monday, September 23, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands –  In patients with atrial fibrillation, delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) performed before ablative treatment can stage the degree of damaged heart tissue (atrial fibrosis) and help predict whether treatment will be successful or not, according to results of Delayed Enhancement - MRI determinant of successful ...

U Farmers Market Makes Grocery Shopping Easy

Posted On Saturday, August 24, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , , ,   
The University of Utah’s sixth annual farmers market begins Thursday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., on the Tanner Plaza, between the Union and Student Services buildings. “The market was started as a way to increase access to fresh, local produce and raise awareness of health-related campus services,” said Jen ...

Sugar is Toxic to Mice in ‘Safe’ Doses

Posted On Friday, August 16, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
Sugar is Toxic to Mice When mice ate a diet of 25 percent extra sugar – the mouse equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of soda daily – females died at twice the normal rate and males were a quarter less likely to hold territory and reproduce, according to a toxicity test ...

U Mourns Death of Beloved English Professor Brooke Hopkins

Posted On Friday, August 9, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , ,   
University of Utah President David W. Pershing issued the following statement today on behalf of the university: The University of Utah community extends condolences to the family, friends and caregivers of English Professor Brooke Hopkins, who passed away Wednesday, some four-and-a-half years after he was paralyzed in a bicycling accident. Brooke and ...

University of Utah Names New Dean for the College of Education

Posted On Thursday, July 25, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
The University of Utah named Dr. María E. Fránquiz as dean of the College of Education, effective January 6, 2014, contingent upon the approval of President David Pershing and the University Board of Trustees. “María Fránquiz is a nationally recognized scholar in the field of education who brings to Utah and ...

University of Utah Names Dean for Marriott Library

Posted On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Utah has named Alberta Davis Comer as dean and director of the J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian effective August 19, 2013. Comer holds a master of library science degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and has served as dean and associate dean of library services at Cunningham Memorial ...

U of U Pathologist’s Study of ‘Good’ Bacteria Earns Her Selection as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

Posted On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , ,   
(SALT LAKE CITY)—For the second consecutive year, a University of Utah School of Medicine faculty member has been selected as a prestigious Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. June Round, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pathology who studies the role of commensal bacteria – microbes that colonize by the trillions in ...

Groundbreaking brain imaging research may change treatment for Down syndrome..

Posted On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
Groundbreaking brain imaging research may change treatment for Down syndrome, other genetic disorders.Groundbreaking brain imaging research may change treatment for Down syndrome, other genetic disorders. (SALT LAKE CITY)—Results of groundbreaking research announced this month at the University of Utah may pave the way for changes in treatment of Down syndrome and other genetic disorders. For two years, neuroscientists at the University of Utah studied ...

A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors’ Diets

Posted On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , ,   
Most apes eat leaves and fruits from trees and shrubs. New studies spearheaded by the University of Utah show that human ancestors expanded their menu 3.5 million years ago, adding tropical grasses and sedges to an ape-like diet and setting the stage for our modern diet of grains, grasses, and ...

University of Utah Pediatric Fellow Publishes Study on Organ Allocation

Posted On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , ,   
(SALT LAKE CITY)— Changes in the circumstances of when organs are donated to pediatric patients has resulted in a decreased number of organ transplant wait-list deaths over the past decade, according to research published online this week in the journal Pediatrics. University of Utah pediatric fellow Jennifer K. Workman, M.D., authored ...

Utah Study Pegs Wood Smoke as a Contributor to Winter Inversions

Posted On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
Utah study pegs wood smoke as a contributor to winter inversionsA newly published study by University of Utah researchers has identified wood burning as an important contributor to fine particulate matter during winter inversions. (SALT LAKE CITY) - A newly published study by University of Utah researchers has identified wood burning as an important contributor to fine particulate matter during winter ...

Mine Disaster had Hundreds of Aftershocks

Posted On Monday, April 22, 2013 By . Under UTAH  Tags: , , , , ,   
Mine Disaster had Hundreds of Aftershocks A new University of Utah study has identified hundreds of previously unrecognized small aftershocks that happened after Utah’s deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse in 2007, and they suggest the collapse was as big – and perhaps bigger – than shown in another study by the university in 2008. Mapping out the ...
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