WHAT A MOTH’S NOSE KNOWS
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U study reveals how the brain depends on the senses to construct an impression of reality and how changing the sensory hardware can cause the moths’ brains to be fooled.
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URBAN SPRAWL, ECONOMIC CRAWL
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The U’s Department of City & Metropolitan Planning professor Reid Ewing and his colleagues in Utah, Texas and Louisiana find urban sprawl stunts upward mobility.
Read MoreFACULTY WIN GOVERNOR’S MEDALS
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Four faculty members from the U are among 11 winners of the 2015 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology.
Read MoreA FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS
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A comprehensive mentoring program for new clinical research faculty provides a strong foundation for junior faculty to build from in order to launch their own careers.
Read MoreREPTILIAN RELATIVES
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Dinosaur relatives and first dinosaurs more closely connected than previously thought and precise rock dating calls ages of other fossil sites across the globe into question.
Read MoreFLIES ENDANGER DARWIN’S FINCHES
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One of the most common finch species – the medium ground finch – may face extinction within several decades due to parasitic flies that infest their nests, according to a new study done at the U.
Read MoreDETECTING DNA DAMAGE
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Utah chemists find new way to detect DNA damage that can lead to disease-causing mutations.
Read MoreSTOP, COLLABORATE AND LISTEN
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S.J. Quinney College of Law Environmental Dispute Resolution Program is encouraging collaboration to resolve hotly contested environmental cases in the West.
Read MoreON THE CLINICAL FRONT LINES
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Academic Associates Program helps undergraduates gain valuable experience in the clinic and in clinical research.
Read MoreA SCIENTIFIC FISTFIGHT
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U study set off renewed debate over the theory that the human hand evolved not only for manual dexterity, but so prehistoric human relatives could make clenched fists to protect hand bones during fights over females.
Read MoreA TALE OF TWO BABIES
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Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover with DNA linking many Native Americans to infants in Alaskan grave.
Read MoreHURRICANE HUNTERS
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U volunteers helped track and assess Hurricane Patricia’s damage.
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