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U Research Shows: Grandmas were key to shaping Human Evolution

September 10, 2015

Not only has your grandmother baked you cookies and supported your endeavors, but she may be the reason you are in a relationship. For anthropologist and distinguished U professor Kristen Hawkes, studying...

U Med Students Hope to Influence Legislators with Documentary on Medicaid

September 1, 2015

Imagine receiving a box full of donut holes, all of which represent the amount of people who are lacking medical coverage. Would you help those people? On Aug. 19, second-year medical students Spencer...

Celebrate the Pluto Flyby at the U

Celebrate the Pluto Flyby at the U

July 14, 2015

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting a “Pluto Palooza” in honor of the New Horizons spacecraft sending an image of Pluto to Earth. On Tuesday, the department will broadcast NASA’s...

(Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, is a 200 foot-wide, steaming boiling hot spring. This large, vividly colored hot spring captures the essence of Yellowstones world renown geysers and hot springs. The wide array of colors on the sides of the spring are produced by bacteria that thrive in hot water.)

U scientists investigate second magma layer in Yellowstone volcano

May 12, 2015

U seismologists have discovered an additional magma reservoir below the crust of Yellowstone's super-volcano.The volcano may be one of the world's most famous because its potential eruption is rumored...

(Photo Courtesy of Rosie Nguyen)

Grad Student Explores Decline in TV News Consumption

April 27, 2015

Rosie Nguyen, a graduate student at the U, is creating a documentary about how the Internet has altered the face of news reporting. With a background in communication and journalism, Nguyen is making...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Lyrid Meteor Shower Lights Skies

By Christine Kannapel April 22, 2015

It may appear to the Chicken Littles of the world that the sky is falling, but it’s actually just the Lyrid meteor shower. The annual shower is caused by debris from a comet that once crossed the...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Eat This for Finals Week

April 21, 2015

While energy drinks and coffee are tempting, they’re not the best choices for finals. Instead, employees at the Center for Student Wellness want to help students make healthy decisions about what...

(Photo by Chris Ayers)

U Entrepreneurs Go for a Swim in the “Shark Tank”

By Christine Kannapel April 16, 2015

With straightened ties and nervous smiles, 145 entrepreneurs hoped for a bite when they tried out for the popular reality TV series “Shark Tank.” The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute hosted auditions...

(Photo by Chris Ayers)

Students Opt for Union Food in a Pinch

April 14, 2015

From Panda Express to grab-and-go hummus wraps, students have a lot of food choices at the Union — both healthy and unhealthy. Chartwells, the company in charge of most food locations on campus, picked...

(Photo by Chris Ayers)

Law Students Learn Counterterrorism Through Simulation

April 13, 2015

What do lawyers do during a terrorist attack? U law students found out first-hand through terrorism simulations run by the law school. For eight years, Amos Guiora, a professor of law at the U, has...

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