On the heels of guiding the Utes to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 49 years, head coach Bill Kinneberg has been selected to serve as head coach of the 2010 USA Baseball National Team.

Alison Vance's decision to attenda summer actingworkshop would have prevented her from returning on time for the beginning of pre-semester training Aug. 8. Vance was informed that if she did not resign she would be fired for missing training.

Marissa Saunders, a graduate chemistry student at the U, is one of 74 American studentswho were chosen to attend the prestigious 59th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau, Germany. The meetings bring together doctoral students from around the world to meet and have a chance to interact with Nobel Prize winners from the past 50 years.

Students who can complete a three-year degree would save time and money and be able to pursue either a career or graduate education more rapidly.

The airline company SkyWest Inc. announced Wednesday that U President Michael Young will joinits Board of Directors.

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch showed how out of touch he was with the American people when he sided with many congressional Republicans attempting to block health care reform.

An NCAA basketball committee recently approved three rules changes intended to clarify block-charge calls, who can shoot free throws after an injury and the expanded use of instant replay.

The U has reported three more cases of the novel H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. These three cases bring the U's total to five.

The six-year-long trials, which begin Sept. 1, will investigate whether or not inducing hypothermia in children will prevent or reduce the brain damage they might suffer from a lack of oxygen after they've had cardiac arrest.

The U has set up a Web site to inform the public of the regular changes of the roads' accessibility.