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U Grad Students Construct Community Center In Bluff, Utah

U Grad Students Construct Community Center In Bluff, Utah

By Carolyn Webber April 21, 2016

When Hank Louis started the DesignBuildBLUFF program 12 years ago, his drive was to provide housing for families in need living in the Navajo Nation of southeastern Utah. As a team of graduate students...

U Students Volunteer To Mentor Elementary School Children In Running Forward program

By Allison Oligschlaeger April 14, 2016

Like the runners she coaches, Taelor Johnson started out slow. Johnson, a junior in exercise and sports science, is a volunteer with local nonprofit Running Forward, leading 30 to 50 children in an after-school...

EAE Student Group Successfully Publishes Videogame "Year of the Gear"

EAE Student Group Successfully Publishes Videogame “Year of the Gear”

By Dona Ibrahim April 14, 2016

Playing videogames is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, but people are becoming interested in the process behind the screen as well. Degrees in video game design have become more widespread,...

Increasing Diversity: School Of Architecture Partners With Girl Scouts Of Utah

Increasing Diversity: School Of Architecture Partners With Girl Scouts Of Utah

By Carolyn Webber April 12, 2016

As it's typically a profession of mostly men, one would not expect to see a group of girl scouts doing construction work. But that break in tradition is exactly what the U’s School of Architecture wanted...

Team Of U Students Creates Robotic Surgical Light

Team Of U Students Creates Robotic Surgical Light

By Carolyn Webber April 11, 2016

Brody King stood on a stool in an operating room, manually adjusting the light so the surgeon could see inside the patient’s body. After several surgeries, King decided a robot would do a better job...

U Student And Graduate Design A More Convenient Diaper Bag

U Student And Graduate Design A More Convenient Diaper Bag

By Emily Anderson April 8, 2016

Sariah Tate, a graduate in communication, a mother of three and a woman who has changed thousands of diapers, was tired of lugging around a heavy baby bag that doubled as a personal bag. Tate wanted a...

Miss Beaver County Advocates For Science In STEM Ambassadors Program

Miss Beaver County Advocates For Science In STEM Ambassadors Program

By Carolyn Webber April 5, 2016

If you saw Sarah Kanell in her ball gown, tiara and sash, you might never guess she loves science and works in a research center at the College of Pharmacy. Kanell, a freshman in pre-nursing, is a certified...

Tickets To Go On Sale For Rescheduled Dalai Lama Visit

Tickets To Go On Sale For Rescheduled Dalai Lama Visit

By Carolyn Webber March 30, 2016

The Dalai Lama will speak on campus this summer, and tickets for the event go on sale this Friday. The Tibetan Buddhist leader's talk was rescheduled for June 21 eight months after his original speech...

U Offers Discounted Solar Panels In Effort To Empower Families To Go Green

U Offers Discounted Solar Panels In Effort To Empower Families To Go Green

By Katie Buda March 28, 2016

Clean Energy Utah and U Community Solar are offering a discount on solar panels to all university students, faculty, staff and alumni from March 15 through Sept. 30, 2016. Clayton Johnson, clean energy...

Utah Politicians Mia Love And Mike Lee Speak At U About Article One Project

Utah Politicians Mia Love And Mike Lee Speak At U About Article One Project

By Matt Bateman March 28, 2016

Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Mia Love spoke at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Thursday, saying Congress needs to take power back from the executive branch. Lee and Love, both Republicans from Utah, are...