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Read MoreSummer’s almost over, only a few days left until I begin the new chapter in my life. I never thought the first day of college would come, but now that it’s almost here words can’t describe how I feel! Most people would be extremely nervous for their first day—I was one of those people but […]
Read MoreAll I can say is wow! So many thoughts running through my mind at a thousand miles per second it seems. It feels like just the other day I was getting ready to take my recruiting trip to the U of U and now I’m a student here. So many feelings, some happy, some sad. […]
Read MoreMy family got rolling the Monday before classes started. We made our way through Denver and on to Salt Lake City, facing thunderstorms and witnessing soaring rainbows—higher than we had ever seen before. It seems my college experience started off with an adventure in and of itself. The following Thursday I was able to move […]
Read MoreMeet five diverse freshmen embarking on academic careers at the University of Utah. ~ Once again, the days are becoming shorter. Nights bear the cooler edge of approaching autumn. The sun-baked mountains are a breath away from donning fall colors. And nearly 29,000 students have just arrived on the University of Utah’s scenic campus to […]
Read MoreThe new Frederick Albert Sutton Building serves as a symbol for campus sustainability and didactic construction. ~ Briquelle Schreiter is so excited that her words barely keep up with her thoughts. “I love conglomerate rocks. I like it that a conglomerate rock is a collection of things. I like collections.” Briquelle, a fourth-grader at Salt […]
Read MorePaleontologists at the U, and around the globe, really “dig” Utah’s dinosaur treasures. ~ Geoscientist Mark Loewen PhD’09 recalls that, as a child, he didn’t want to study dinosaurs so much as to actually be one. “Literally, for me, I want to know what it was like in the past,” he says. To Loewen, geoscience […]
Read MoreWEB EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Implantable bioelectronics from the University of Utah can read signals from the brain, process them, and even control parts of the body.
Read MoreHere’s a challenge: Think back to those days of your freshman year at the U. Maybe you were a little nervous, or maybe not—perhaps you were supremely confident. Whatever your state of mind, odds are that you had no clue what the next four or five (or more) years would bring. The freshman year of […]
Read MorePrizewinning Professor Christopher R. Johnson MS’84 PhD’90, Distinguished Professor of computer science, was honored at last May’s Commencement with the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, the U’s most prestigious award. The $40,000 gift is presented annually to a faculty member who displays excellence in teaching, research, and administrative efforts. As director of the Scientific Computing and […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s long-awaited dream of joining the Pac-10 finally comes true. Until the end, it was never a fait accompli. When it came down to it, news that the University of Utah had been invited to join the prestigious Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10)—rumored, buzzed about, mulled over, discussed for months—really came down to a […]
Read MoreMike Dunn’s commitment to telling meaningful stories with film makes him a great fit as the new head of KUED. Michael A. Dunn BS’81 MA’06 loves challenges. And in August 1994, he faced one never before taken on by a human being in Grand Teton National Park. Dunn was on an early morning run when […]
Read MoreAuthor Zoe Murdock chronicles a journey back in time leading to self-discovery. ~ Zoe Murdock (aka Susan Sudbury Murdock) BS’81 published her debut novel Torn by God: A Family’s Struggle with Polygamy in January 2009. Inspired by true events, Torn by God is a drama that unfolds in a small town in Utah in the […]
Read MoreBoard of Directors Adds Four New Members The Alumni Association is pleased to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors this year. The board is composed of 24 alumni volunteers who oversee the activities of the four other affiliated groups: Emeritus Alumni Board (EAB), Young Alumni Board (YAB), Student Alumni Board (SAB), and […]
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