Presenting the first Global U Alumni Impact Award
The award is designed to honor a U graduate who has demonstrated international impact, commitment to global peace and cooperation.
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University of Utah hosts inaugural Gulf States Forum & Alumni Impact Dinner
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, President, Research, Research Impact
On Sept. 17, the university will host the first Gulf States Forum and Global U Alumni Impact dinner.
Read MoreUtah’s housing market stabilizes slightly, but affordability barriers remain
Categories: Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research Impact
Kem C. Gardner Institute Research finds high prices and borrowing costs continue to challenge buyers as Utah prepares for substantial housing demand.
Read MoreUsing machine learning to see how living brains learn
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research
New study shows that as neural networks learn, they adopt patterns of activity similar to real-life neuron firing patterns in a part of the brain that’s important for learning.
Read MoreDrownings in Utah: ‘One dad too many’
Teamed with the Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation, the U’s Tabitha Benney is conducting a statewide life jacket behavior survey and developing a messaging campaign to promote proper use.
Read MoreFrom classrooms to careers, Black women describe lasting effects of racialized bias
Study led by William A. Smith examines how anti-Black misogyny contributes to “racial battle fatigue” across the life course.
Read MoreSatellites spot forest stress two years before bark beetle die-offs become apparent
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Research Impact, Science & Technology, Sustainability
A faint signal emitted during photosynthesis may reveal physiological stress well before tree mortality appears in aerial surveys, potentially giving forest managers more time to prepare before mortality becomes widespread
Read MoreU researchers join NSF center that studies how robots and people learn to work together
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
A collaboration with five other universities will place assistive robots in everyday human environments.
Read MoreFinding a bulwark against liver damage
Categories: Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research
Study identifies potential therapeutic target that could give patients more time to make difficult lifestyle changes.
Read MoreA never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations
Undergraduate Nathan Murthy’s research paper visualizes eagle flight tracks along the East Asia-East Africa Flyway.
Read MoreGreat Salt Lake meteorite lands in a new home
Four years after meteorite’s fiery arrival in Utah, its largest fragment now on permanent display in the U’s Department of Geology & Geophysics.
Read MoreUtah ranges may store a billion tons of hidden ice
U geoscientists precisely measure the size and movement of Timpanogos rock glacier, one of 836 in Utah.
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