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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness month
The Office of the Registrar announces electronic wait list
Save the date: Campus Store Apple one-day event on April 20
Matlab: Latest release available for download
This week’s Red & White Fridays winner
Mathematician honored for applying math to physiology
U student awarded fellowship to study in China
Athletics online store move to Utahutes.com
Real food labels arrive on campus
APRIL IS NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH
Click here to go to the U Risk & Insurance Services website, where you can find out more about distracted driving.
SAVE THE DATE: CAMPUS STORE APPLE ONE-DAY EVENT ON APRIL 20
All discounted items are limited to the stock on hand on April 20, so U faculty and staff are encouraged to reserve Apple products in advance at CampusStore.utah.edu/AppleEvent. Those who reserve their Apple products prior to Friday, April 14 at 3 p.m. will ensure they will be in store and ready for pickup on event day.
Full-time faculty and staff are also eligible for zero-interest payroll deduction on their new Apple products. Those who use payroll deduction pay only $20 on April 20 and the rest is taken automatically out of their paycheck for up to 12 pay periods.
For more information about the University Campus Store’s Apple One Day Event, please visit the store or call its Apple certified sales experts at 801-581-4776.
THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES ELECTRONIC WAIT LIST
Wait listing does not guarantee a seat in the class if it remains full, and it is only available through departments who have decided to activate this new functionality. We look forward to bringing this new technology to the campus community. For a full list of departments who currently allow wait listing, a handy help document and answers to many frequently asked questions, please visit registrar.utah.edu/register/waitlisting.php.
MATLAB: LATEST RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
The latest version of MATLAB – R2017a—has been released and includes a number of new features. Remember, the MATLAB Total Academic Headcount (TAH) Academic Annual License is available to students, faculty, and staff. This license is for academic (which includes both research and teaching) use purposes. Learn more about purchasing the MATLAB TAH Academic Annual License.
Pricing for each MATLAB license, which includes Simulink and the 48 products:
- MATLAB TAH Academic Annual License:
- Student – $20 per individual use license
- Academic – $90 per license/seat for Individual, Group, and Concurrent Use licenses
- MATLAB TAH Classroom Annual License
- Classroom – $20.00 per seat for Concurrent Use licenses
New features for version R2017a include:
- Regression learner app
- Big data algorithms
- Code generation
- Bayesian statistics
- Feature extraction
ATHLETICS ONLINE STORE MOVES TO UTAHUTES.COM
Owned and operated by the University of Utah Campus Store, Utah Red Zone is the largest retailer for University of Utah apparel. With its new online partnership with UtahUtes.com, the University of Utah Campus Store plans to offer an even more robust selection of Utah products.
Online visitors to UtahUtes.com will receive free shipping on all orders of $100 or more and a portion of all sales go directly to University of Utah and Utah Athletics scholarships and programs.
REAL FOOD LABELS ARRIVE ON CAMPUS

Implementation of the labels is supported by the Real Food Challenge, the Sustainability Office, Chartwells, the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund and the Office of Undergraduate Research.