BOOSTING EXAM SCORES
U research shows by thinking about their thinking, a practice called metacognition, students raised their final exam scores by 10 percent on average – a full letter grade.
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PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS
U recognizes five faculty for their research and academic strengths.
Read MoreINTERNET HAS A COW OVER BOVINE-BURYING BADGER
Biology majors Ethan Frehner and Tara Christensen didn’t set out to create a media buzz with their badger time-lapse video, but that’s exactly what they did.
Read MoreTHE MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop comes to the U.
Read MoreJUST ADD WATER
High school students, teachers and undergrads spent a week at the U doing water research projects with faculty from universities across the state.
Read MoreResources for researchers
The U’s Center for High Performance Computing makes it easy for researchers to use tools so they can focus on their science.
Read MoreU PROFESSOR NAMED STATE EPSCOR DIRECTOR
Paul Brooks, of the geology and geophysics department, has been named as the new program director of the Utah Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
Read MoreUNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Undergraduate students from all across Utah will be at the U on Feb. 19 for the 2016 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Read MoreWHAT A MOTH’S NOSE KNOWS
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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BYSTANDER INTERVENTION: ‘STEP IN, SPEAK UP’[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]As students and visitors roam campus, they might spot a red shoe here or there. The shoes are part of the “Step In, Speak Up” campaign by the Center for Student Wellness to promote its series of Bystander Intervention trainings. The trainings empower students to intervene […]
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