Researchers work on better LEDs from leftovers, Utah scientists discover unique extinct pig-nosed turtle, a warning and a plan for endangered Darwin’s finches
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Alum Notes
2016 Founders Day awards, international alumni club activities, new leadership of The MUSS, and upcoming events
Siblings Unite to Confront the Overdose Epidemic
Having lost their brother to a heroin addiction, two siblings work together to raise awareness about an overdose-reversal medication called Naloxone.
Amicone and His Bees Create a Buzz
When asked why he loves his job so much, Marc Amicone’s response is simple: the fans and his coworkers. Vice president and general manager of the Salt Lake Bees Triple-A baseball team since 2005, Amicone says…
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News about University of Utah alumni
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Rock the U, one of the biggest student philanthropy events on campus, celebrated its tenth anniversary in January. Students pledge money for cancer research and show up ready to dance the night away in the 10-hour event, held this year at The Tower at Rice-Eccles Stadium…
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Updates
A new program trains students at camps in Kenya and elsewhere around the globe.
Campus Scene
Piano Forte: The Ladies in Red, a performing group established through the University of Utah’s Piano Department, travels across the U.S. to bring awareness of the need for music education in elementary schools and raise funds for the U’s Piano Outreach Program, which offers piano classes teaching the fundamentals of music as part of after-school…
Discovery
Researchers take aim at a new vulnerability that is now nearly impossible to find.
Social Media—Hurting or Helping?
Living at least part of your life online is becoming “the new normal,” and being able to navigate and work within it is…
Alum News
Conrad Anker BA’88 is featured in an award-winning mountaineering documentary, and more news about U alumni
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Elevated Play: The University of Utah has a brand new intramural playfield—atop the new Central Parking Garage west of the Huntsman Center. The U’s first rooftop field, it will host about 230 soccer and flag football games each year. A 10- to 20-foot net…
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