@ The U Newsletter

YEMEN HOSTAGE

Freelance journalist Casey Coombs was freed earlier this month in Yemen after being held hostage for two weeks by the Houthis, a rebel group that overthrew the Yemeni government earlier this year.

PRICE JOINS U BOARD OF TRUSTEES

J. Steven Price has been appointed to the University of Utah’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1.

Campus eats: Cafe Trang

Not sure where to eat while simultaneously enjoying the summer weather? Look no further than the Marriott Library Plaza.

LOOK AT THOSE GENES

Genomics England announced it will be using technology co-developed with the U to interpret the DNA of Britons as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project.

Announcements
Distinguished Innovation and Impact award nominations, Design Arts accepting applications and more
A Healthier U
Good grilling, skinny smoothies, pedicure precautions and more
Benefiting U
Employee Appreciation Day committee opportunities
Teaching Resources
Huntsman Seminar for teachers and creating video lectures
 

DINO-MITE MYSTERY SOLVED

A remarkably detailed picture of the climate and ecology during the Triassic Period explains why dinosaurs failed to establish dominance near the equator for 30 million years.

CATCHING SOME RAYS

Physicists plan to expand Telescope Array cosmic ray observatory, seeking the source of the most energetic particles in the universe.