U enrollment: A three-peat victory for students in Utah
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For the third year in a row, U enrollment numbers break all historic records.
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$1.5M Wilkes Center Climate Prize announced
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Utah donors contributed to the global prize to support science, education and entrepreneurial and practical solutions to climate change.
Read MoreMindfulness training provides a natural high, study finds
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New U study shows meditation treatment can lower instances of opioid abuse in the addicted brain.
Read MoreIsotope data strengthens suspicions of ivory stockpile theft
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Science shows the ivory dates to the 1980s, similar in age to ivory in Burundi’s national stockpile.
Read MoreBrain-like organoids grown in a dish provide window into autism
Models of developing brains help with study of developmental disorders and neural disease.
Read MoreHow money brings hunter-gatherers new choices
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A decades-long study of an African hunter-gatherer society shows how cash changed a previously money-free economy.
Read MoreCone snail venom wins Golden Goose Award
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U researchers Baldomero “Toto” Olivera and J. Michael McIntosh are among 11 researchers honored for unusual discoveries that greatly benefit society.
Read MoreThis fungus shrinks in size to better infect the brain
Phosphate can trigger fungus size reduction, enabling further infection.
Read MoreU surpasses $686M in research funding
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The total is a new record high for the university. The U achieved milestones of $600 million in funding the last two years and $500 million four years ago.
Read MoreHow to reduce idling in school car lines
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September is Idle-Free Awareness Month in Utah.
Read MoreEcological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century
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Anthropologists discovered a frequency threshold causes dramatic changes in marine and terrestrial eastern Pacific ecosystems, and offers a look into our future.
Read MoreWhat makes algae blooms grow?
A U professor receives a $3 million grant to study why toxic algae blooms grow in Utah Lake and other sources.
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