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U Professor Kim Hackford-Peer Wins Service to Women Award

U Professor Kim Hackford-Peer Wins Service to Women Award

March 10, 2016

When Kim Hackford-Peer was working toward her undergraduate degree in math education, she felt out of place and never in a “safe place” as one of only three women in the program at Colorado State University....

U Information Security Office Warns About Phishing Scam

U Information Security Office Warns About Phishing Scam

March 7, 2016

When you open your Umail account, you probably don't realize you are only seeing about 10 percent of what is intended for your inbox — the rest is unsolicited and dangerous spam that the U’s Information...

U Student Markets Masks to Filter Air, Make Breathing Safer, Healthier

U Student Markets Masks to Filter Air, Make Breathing Safer, Healthier

By Carolyn Webber March 3, 2016

Warren Beecroft is a healthy student. He loves to bike outside, even in cold weather. But then he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. While he thought he was being healthy, exercising in polluted air actually...

Jon M. Huntsman Center

U Hosts High School Basketball Tourney, Complicating Parking at Huntsman Center

March 2, 2016

Parking on campus is limited this week due to the high school 4A and 5A state basketball tournaments held Wednesday through Saturday at the Huntsman Center Shea Renner, spokesperson for the U's Commuter...

Dean of Law College Runs 100 Miles to Support Students

Dean of Law College Runs 100 Miles to Support Students

February 29, 2016

How far would you go to help students pass an exam? Bob Adler, dean of the College of Law, would run 100 miles. As a part of the law school’s 100-100 initiative to improve bar passage, Adler is training...

Alex Fulton skiing the backside of Baldy at Snowbird Ski Resort

U Student Participates in Major Ski Photo Competition

By Carolyn Webber February 22, 2016

Each year, local skiers and expert photographers from around the world take to the Wasatch Mountains in an attempt to take the perfect photo. This year, two U students are representing each category in...

U Professor Develops Ground-Breaking Thin, Flat Lenses

U Professor Develops Ground-Breaking Thin, Flat Lenses

February 16, 2016

From wearing eyeglasses to taking photos on our smart phones, we are constantly looking through lenses. Now, a group of engineers has developed an ultra-thin lens that will change the way we view our world. Rajesh...

Astronaut Mark Kelly speaks on mission to Mars, NASA Twin Study

February 12, 2016

Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon inspired a generation of kids, like Mark Kelly, to be astronauts. Now an astronaut, engineer and retired U.S. Navy Captain, Kelly hopes to do the same for the next generation. Kelly...

U Faces Changes in Access to Digital Science Journals

February 11, 2016

In the west wing of the Marriott Library, there are bins stacked from floor to ceiling overflowing with academic journals and government documents dating back to the 1800s. As printed publications trend...

A Youth Volunteerism in the U.S. meeting about A Project for Georgia, Friday, February 5th, 2016

Bennion Center Discusses Service with Citizens of Republic of Georgia

February 8, 2016

Four women from the Republic of Georgia met with four U students at the Bennion Center on Friday to tie blankets for the homeless and discuss volunteering. The Georgian women are in the United States...

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