Category: Impact Initiatives
AI paves the way for kids to learn math by teaching it
Amidst declining math scores, AI-powered app co-created by U faculty aims to double learning rate.
Read MoreHow ancient stone kitchens preserve food secrets
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New research from NHMU uncovers microscopic plant residues in bedrock metates, revealing insights into the diets and traditions of the West’s ancient Indigenous communities.
Read MoreAbundance Institute brings optimistic view to U partnership
A unique affiliation with the Abundance Institute will address public policies and regulatory approaches for next generation technologies and new scientific discoveries.
Read MoreEccles gift creates a new home for health in West Valley City
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The transformational $75 million dollar gift will help establish a new 800,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hospital and medical campus.
Read MoreMalaria researcher Tracey Lamb focuses on global health as U’s first Jefferson Science Fellow
In this role, Lamb will spend time with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
Read MoreWhose air quality are we monitoring?
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U.S. EPA air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, leaving marginalized communities at risk of pollution exposure.
Read MoreMisha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
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Utah geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where large plant-eating animals have roamed.
Read MoreU taps NVIDIA’s AI expertise
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The new public-private partnership aims to equip universities, community colleges and adult education programs across Utah with the resources to develop students’ and workers’ skills in generative AI.
Read MoreEarly-life gut microbes may protect against diabetes, research in mice suggests
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If the benefits seen in mice hold true in humans, microbe-derived molecules might eventually help restore pancreatic function in people with diabetes.
Read MoreUtah geologists win $1M NSF grant for state-of-the-art mass spectrometer
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Instrument will help scientists unravel Earth’s ancient geological mysteries, past climates and humans’ ongoing interactions with the environment.
Read MoreHow to fit a 650-pound sea lion into a CT scanner
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U of U Health teams up with Hogle Zoo to diagnose and treat Diego, a sick sea lion who had what turned out to be a spinal condition.
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