Two professors in the Department of Mathematics—Jonathan Chaika and Karl Schwede—have received Simons Fellows Awards in Mathematics from the Simons Foundation.
Awards & Recognition
Math professors named Simons Fellows
April 1, 2020
Mucus and the coronavirus
March 31, 2020
Biomedical engineers to study how mucus plays a part in transferring coronaviruses from person to person.
2021 ‘Best Graduate Schools’
March 20, 2020
New rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out—see how the U ranked in the 2021 “Best Graduate Schools.”
U researchers awarded NSF CAREER grants
March 20, 2020
The National Science Foundation awarded CAREER grants to five University of Utah researchers in various disciplines.
Alum Ed Catmull, Pixar co-founder, wins ‘Nobel Prize of computing’
March 19, 2020
College of Engineering alumnus Ed Catmull, co-founder and former president of Pixar Animation Studios, will receive the ACM A.M. Turing Award, referred to as “the Nobel Prize of computing.”
Chemistry study of the smallest ice wins journal award
March 10, 2020
Cozzarelli Prize, from the journal PNAS, honors papers of “outstanding scientific quality and originality.”
Kristen Ries to receive honorary degree at 2020 commencement
March 10, 2020
Ries was president of the medical staff for the University of Utah Hospital & Clinics and served as the clinical director of infectious diseases/HIV at U of U Health.
O’Mara named to NPR Board of Directors
March 5, 2020
Her election took place on February 28, 2020 and her term will continue through November of 2021.
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences honors alumni
February 28, 2020
For the college’s 50th anniversary, it honored an alum from each of the past five decades.
Undecided, not excluded
February 25, 2020
Students who haven’t yet chosen a major are honored for making the Dean’s List.