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Through the Years: Ahead of the Game

Many of the foundations of modern computing were built by University of Utah alumni, and recent U grads are making their mark in the video-game industry.

Association News

Five Selected for 2013 Founders Day Awards Four outstanding graduates of the University of Utah and one honorary alumnus received 2013 Founders Day awards in February. Health care and public policy expert Robert P. Huefner BS’58, automotive dealer and philanthropist Mark C. Miller ex’70, historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich BA’60, and businessman Norman H. Wesley BS’72

Lessons of the Bones

University of Utah alum Lindsay Zanno seeks clues to the future in the fossils of the past.

Through the Years

Treasuring the Wasatch

U alum and physician Howie Garber photographs the mountains to help preserve them.

Association News

Encouraging Education The U Alumni Association awards $400,000 annually in scholarships. By Cassie Taylor This academic year, the University of Utah Alumni Association will award more than $400,000 in scholarships to deserving students at the University of Utah. A broad range of scholarships are offered to anyone from incoming freshmen to final-year seniors, and from

Making History

U alum Laurel Thatcher Ulrich finds revelations in the relics of everyday life.

Association News: Fall 2012

From Alumni House to Alumni Center Plans are under way for a revamped gathering place. The red brick building at 155 S. Central Campus Drive, known as the Alumni House, opened in 1980. It is the nerve center for U loyalists, including students and alumni, and is the headquarters for the University of Utah Alumni

Through the Years: Fall 2012

Leveling the Playing Field

Norma Carr, a U alumna and former coach, recalls the struggle for Title IX.

Tivo-ing Heat and Cold

Engineering professor Kent Udell works with the elements to seek energy innovations.

Through the Years: Summer 2012

Green Grads The University of Utah has educated dozens of “green grads” who have gone on to successful careers supporting environmental sustainability, both locally and nationally. On the University of Utah’s campus, Office of Sustainability co-founder Alexandra Parvaz BA’06 BS’06 MS’11 is now the office’s campus gardens coordinator and serves as the driving force behind

Association News: Summer 2012

Founders Day Scholar Aims to Help Military Bases Go Green Randy W. Cardon, a University of Utah student and gunnery sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps who has served five deployments, including two tours in Iraq, was selected to receive this year’s Founders Day Scholarship. Cardon, who grew to appreciate nature during his childhood years

Through the Years: Spring 2012

Former U.S. Ambassador John Price Recounts His Career In Memoir John Price BS’56, a successful Utah businessman and former international diplomat, has published the memoir When the White House Calls: From Immigrant Entrepreneur to U.S. Ambassador (University of Utah Press, June 2011). The memoir recounts his life story, beginning with his birth in Germany through

Association News: Spring 2012

U Raises Record Amount In Annual Food Drive The final tally from the Utah vs. BYU food drive is in! A remarkable total of 616,398 pounds of food and $153,792 in cash donations were raised for the Utah Food Bank and the United Way Food Bank of Utah County. Of the combined total, University of

Fostering Education

U alum John Bennion’s Bryant Scholarship Project nurtures refugee students’ dreams and hopes.

Through the Years: Winter 2011-12

Ruth A. Davis Strampe BS’38 was a member of the University of Utah’s pistol team while a student and to this day remains a crack shot. While target shooting during a recent visit to a guest ranch in California, she hit five out of seven small targets during her first time out. At West High

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