Lessons Along the Way
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U alum Bill Marriott’s Without Reservations recounts a lifetime of business experience.
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Games of Chance
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U professor emeritus David Kranes has a legacy in plays, stories, novels—and casinos.
Read MoreThe Innovator
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University of Utah alum and Adobe pioneer John Warnock recollects his path to a publishing revolution.
Read MoreBoots on the Ground
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As the U’s new president, David W. Pershing is focused on the state’s college students.
Read More'Love Matters, Too'
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Debra Monroe’s memoir tackles motherhood, race, and small-town Texas. ~In 1992, Debra Monroe PhD’90, a writer and English professor, landed in Wimberley, Texas, just as her second marriage was disintegrating. As a single, educated woman in a one-horse town (Wimberley then had a population of around 2,400), she was already a bit of an anomaly. Then […]
Read MoreA Living Laboratory
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Sometimes, it’s a good idea to get out of the classroom for a while—to get your hands dirty (sometimes literally) and to allow the physical world to be your instructor. That, in part, is the goal of Rio Mesa, the University’s multidisciplinary field institute located near Moab. Rio Mesa brings together students, faculty, and community […]
Read MorePutting Students Front and Center
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Sometimes—particularly during an economic downturn—I think it becomes too easy for some individuals to trivialize higher education as simply “job training.” We’ve all read the news stories: Want a better life? Then go to college, and get a good job. Yes, it’s vitally important for students to graduate with the skills they need to become […]
Read MoreCommitting to the Community
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I am often surprised by the number of letters I receive that begin with a phrase much like this: “Your recent issue brought back so many memories—I grew up near the University of Utah, and before I was even enrolled as a student, my family frequently visited campus.” Letters highlighting just such a sentiment are […]
Read MoreFresh to the U
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Here’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 MoreSurviving and Thriving
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This issue of Continuum marks the beginning of the magazine’s 20th year. In May 1991, the first edition of this magazine appeared, complete with a cover story about genetics research at the U. What the editors and writers back then knew (and it’s no less true today) is that the University of Utah is at […]
Read MoreA Stately Home, Inspiring Stories, and Pioneers
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Everyone knows that the president of the United States lives in the White House. But how many in the University of Utah community are aware that the University president also lives in a publicly owned white house? It’s a bit smaller, less imposing, and there is no Oval Office, but it’s a handsome, stately building […]
Read MoreHurdling Cultural Barriers
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I took two years of French language instruction at my alma mater. I was completely miserable for the first year.
Read MorePutting a New Spin on Electricity
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Rosenblatt Prize-winning physicist Valy Vardeny is working to revolutionize how we get power.
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