The fate of novel ideas
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David Eccles School of Business postdoc Wayne Johnson investigates factors that thwart potential innovations from gaining acceptance.
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Presidential Societal Impact Scholars named
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University of Utah President Taylor Randall names five faculty members as 2024-25 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars for exemplary public engagement.
Read MoreScholarship proposal would incentivize student service
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If approved by the legislature, the One Utah Service Fellowship would provide full-time service opportunities for Utahns who have graduated high school in the past five years.
Read MoreA roadmap for rescuing the Great Salt Lake
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Conservation won’t be enough to save Utah’s inland sea. Saved water must be “shepherded” to the lake, rather than used by someone else.
Read MorePsychoactive psilocybin’s evolution in ‘magic mushrooms’
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Largest diversity study of the genus Psilocybe investigates the evolution of psilocybin production. They found that Psilocybe arose around when the dinosaur-killing asteroid caused a mass extinction event.
Read MoreEDI launches new podcast aimed at inspiring The Joy of Belonging
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Vice President Mary Ann Villarreal hosts new podcast that brings together national figures to explore why belonging matters.
Read MoreNew task force to tackle perceptions of ideological bias on campus
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U President Taylor Randall has appointed a new Speech and Viewpoint Representation Task Force to review the climate on campus for free expression of all viewpoints.
Read MoreFacing a terminal diagnosis with the help of ketamine
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U researchers explore use of the hallucinogenic drug in clinical trials to help cancer patients cope with mental health challenges.
Read More2023: A year in perspective
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The U continues to rise toward excellence, with an even stronger reputation as one of the nation’s leading research universities.
Read MoreNematode proteins shed light on infertility
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U biologists identified how the synaptonemal complex regulates gene exchanges between chromosomes in nematodes, a process remarkably similar across sexually reproducing organisms and a leading cause of infertility in humans.
Read MoreU remembers visionary president David P. Gardner
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Gardner served in the role from 1973 to 1983 and led the U through a period of significant progress and growth.
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