Research

Mathematics faculty and student pick up prestigious awards

Michele Swaner
advancement coordinator, College of Science
April 2, 2021

Fellowships and scholarships recognize outstanding researchers.

A landscape of the dark skies. You see an arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.

6 dark sky parks near campus

Lisa Potter
research communications specialist, U Communications
April 1, 2021

Celebrate International Dark Sky Week at these parks located an hour or less from the U’s campus.

A mural of the night sky, with a full moon. Constellations are drawn in the sky, the sky shows an arm of the Milky Way galaxy in fuchsia and dark blue, the full moon shows a figure of a rabbit in it. The foreground is a silhouette of a hill with a wolf howling, people pointing at the sky. The bottom has numbers that show how the darkness gets lighter towards the city due to light pollution.

Dark sky’s future leaders

Lisa Potter
research communications specialist, U Communications
April 1, 2021

The first undergraduate cohort of the dark sky studies minor completed the Dark Sky Studies Capstone course with projects that made an impact in Utah’s communities.

11 U students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships

Lisa Potter
research communications specialist, University of Utah Communications
March 26, 2021

This is the second-largest U cohort to date.

The path forward for fossil fuel divestment

Paul Gabrielsen
science writer, University Marketing & Communications
March 19, 2021

The Academic Senate Ad Hoc Committee outlines a strategy of divestment and reinvestment.

A headshot of Anil Seth, wearing glasses and a collared shirt, in front of a photo from a space telescope that shows millions of stars.

Black holes and humankind

Lisa Potter
research communications specialist, University of Utah Communications Office
March 18, 2021

Learn how understanding black holes can help us understand ourselves.

U expands partnerships in Pakistan

Cecily Sakrison
Office for Global Engagement
March 18, 2021

A three-year MOU has been signed with Swat University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan to improve engineering education in the region.

Organic crystals’ ice-forming superpowers

Paul Gabrielsen
science writer, University Marketing & Communications
March 17, 2021

Research shows how organic crystals in aerosols can help turn water to ice.

graphic with red background reads, "Friday Forums on Racism in Higher Education."

Deepening anti-racism work in higher education

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
March 16, 2021

Join the final Friday Forum on Racism in Higher Education of the academic year.

New Churchill Scholar is U’s 6th, tying second-longest streak

Paul Gabrielsen
science writer, University Marketing & Communications
March 15, 2021

Scholarship allows mathematics and physics honors student Isaac Martin to study at the University of Cambridge.