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U Chemist Awarded National Medal of Science University of Utah organic chemist Peter J. Stang has won a National Medal of Science–the highest U.S. honor for a scientist or engineer–and was honored by President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the White House on October 21. “I am very humbled, honored, and pleased,” says Stang, […]

For U professor Alf Seegert, storytelling takes many forms.

The U’s ski archives document events that have made Utah’s slopes the envy of the world.

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 […]

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University of Utah Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education Recently, The Chronicle of Higher Education has taken notice of the U’s ability to attract talented researchers. A May 1 story, “Utah Lures Research Stars With Money and Support” (visit here for the full story) notes that the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative (USTAR), launched […]

The U’s scientific glassblower melds science and artistry into his work. Photos by Stephen Speckman Kevin Teaford learned what it could really mean to be a glassblower during an otherwise ordinary week in the early 1990s. At the time, Teaford was working for a glassworks in northern California that made a wide range of custom […]

A new era marks the return of an old opponent. With the move of the University of Utah into the Pac-12, sportswriters are already making much of a potential Utah-Colorado rivalry. But the rivalry has a long history, going back more than a hundred years. The first athletic contests against a Colorado university were in […]

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 […]

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Michael K. Young Named President of the University of Washington Michael K. Young, the 14th president of the University of Utah, who has led the University since 2004, has accepted the position as president of the University of Washington. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this great university,” said Young after […]

A NEW TRACK AND FIELD GIVES THE U A WORLD-CLASS TRAINING AND COMPETITION VENUE. After nearly 30 years of borrowing various facilities around the Salt Lake City area, the University of Utah track and field team opened its outdoor season this year with a prominent new accessory: a new track to call its own. As […]

An artist and activist uses murals to stimulate community engagement. Five-hundred years ago, two noted artists were commissioned in a contest to decorate the walls of the Council Hall in Florence’s famed Palazzo Vecchio. The competition would mark the rebirth of the Florentine Republic, celebrating its freedom and redefining its community. The Tuscan artists Michelangelo […]

A powerful new pictorial book aims to educate the public about breast cancer surgery. When recently diagnosed cancer patients tell surgeon Leigh Neumayer, M.D., that they need something to calm them down, she replies matter-of-factly, “I’m going to give you information that will calm you down.” A tireless advocate for patient education, Neumayer says to […]