Category: Research
Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century
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.
Read More2022 U presidential scholars named
The award provides funding to mid-career faculty to further their research and teaching.
Read MoreGlobal analysis identifies at-risk forests
Forests can be a part of the climate solution as long as global warming doesn’t kill them first.
Read MoreWhat is the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy?
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Business, Campus Life, Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Students, Sustainability
A generous $20 million gift from Clay and Marie Wilkes will leverage the U’s location and interdisciplinary knowledge to address the immense challenges of climate change.
Read MoreBacked by $20M gift, U launches the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy
Categories: Community, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, President, Research, Science & Technology
The new center will promote research, study effective public policies and propose entrepreneurial business solutions to combat the threats that climate change poses.
Read MoreBiologists engineered insect-bacterial mutualism
The development is a “bucket list” achievement for the collaborators.
Read MoreTo boldly know what no one has known before
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Community, Faculty/Staff, Research, Science & Technology
Gail Zasowski’s research will help us understand how the infant Milky Way grew into the massive spiral galaxy that we see today.
Read MoreBOOM! A meteor crashes across Utah’s sky
On the morning of Aug. 13, a mysterious boom rattled windows and Utahns’ nerves across the Wasatch Front.
Read MoreOne family’s genetic mutation may help improve diabetes care
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Students
The findings could have broad implications for diagnoses and treatment.
Read MoreExplore educational psychology with new department chair
The new chair of the educational psychology department discusses the value of studying the discipline and the department’s strengths.
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