To handle the increasing number of cancer patients, the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and the U broke ground Oct. 31 on an extension to the hospital that will double the number of beds and open updated centers and technology for cancer care.

About 30 students watched as Julia Kornfield, a chemical engineering professor from the California Institute of Technology, discussed a new breakthrough in eye surgery that will restore full vision without multiple surgeries.

Although many students prepare for finals by coming up with quirky sayings to memorize information, reading through chapters and frantically taking notes, Stapley, an undecided freshman, and her fellow students in Math 1010 studied for their upcoming exam by singing.

To have a membership or not to have a membership8212;that is the question. Or at least that was the question students from the U and BYU argued at Thursday's public debate at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, which addressed the pros and cons surrounding the proposed elimination of required private membership at Utah bars.

For nearly a year, Hiram Chodosh, Dean of the S.J. Quinney School of Law, has been working with scholars across the nation, law school professors and Aspen Publishers, Inc. to create a book series that will reform international legal education.

The U stepped up to remodel the Park Building in Presidents' Circle when pieces began falling onto the sidewalk, but the historic building isn't the only one that needs fixing.

The human genetics department at the U developed five kiosks that will broadcast information about Capecchi's prize-winning research, published papers and future research in an interactive setting.

Students should be prepared for a larger-than-usual tuition hike in the coming year, but the magnitude of the increase will depend on the level of higher education budget cuts determined by Utah lawmakers in the coming legislative session.

Finding a replacement tantamount to former Director Craig Forster will be nearly impossible, said the U's Office of Sustainability staff and administrators, but until then, students, faculty and staff have pulled together to fill in the gaps.

The U saved approximately $1,992 this semester by purchasing 83 ESTAR compliant computers from Dell and Hewlett-Packard and an estimated $3,984 over the course of the units' lifetimes.