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Treating Mood Disorders at a High Altitude

November 13, 2014

  The correlation between high altitudes and mood disorders was discussed Wednesday night at the U’s Neurophyschiatric Institute’s “Evening with Experts.” Perry Renshaw, a psychiatry professor...

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Veterans Celebration Addresses Drone Use

November 13, 2014

  Beyond the cannons and the bagpipes, about 50 people quietly spent their Veterans Day on campus talking about drones. The panel, titled “Drones as Intelligence Gathering Devices,” discussed...

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First Generation Students Spoke to About the Economic Impacts of a Degree

November 13, 2014

  A forum addressing the economic impact of first generation college graduates took place Wednesday at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business building. This event was sponsored by the Economic Club of Utah,...

Film Documents the Undocumented in America

November 13, 2014

Each day, more than 1,000 people are deported from America because they are undocumented citizens. A free screening of the film “Documented” was shown at the U Tuesday in the Film & Media Arts...

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New Health Plan to Cover Uninsured Utahns

November 13, 2014

  Because Utah politicians voted against Medicaid expansion, the state lost a potential year in free funding in 2014. Medicaid, a government program to help uninsured residents gain health care coverage,...

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Education, Engagement and Ebola

November 13, 2014

  In season three of “Breaking Bad,” Jesse Pinkman’s character tells Walter White that Ebola is “a disease on the Discovery Channel.” Stephen Alder, chief of the Division of Public Health...

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Building a Life with Diabetes

November 13, 2014

  Kale Mohar was seven years old on a car trip from Vernal, Utah to Logan, Utah, when her bladder started acting up. “I had to go to the bathroom every fifteen minutes,” Mohar said. “On the...

(Hilary Coon, Ph.D. Professor of phychiatry and genetic epidemiology at the Univeristy of Utah. — Courtesy of Univeristy of Utah Health Care)

U Joins Nationwide Autism Study

November 13, 2014

  The U recently joined the Autism Sequencing Consortium study in order to expand autism research. Hilary Coon, a professor of psychiatry and genetic epidemiology, said conditions for autism are...

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Students Athletes Honored for Community Service

November 10, 2014

    Buzzing energy filled Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday as students cheered on the football team; however, the hype was not just for the Utes — it was also for community service. The game...

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Greenwald to Share His NSA Secrets at the U

November 10, 2014

  On April 7, secrets will be unleashed in the Gould Auditorium of the Marriott Library. Glenn Greenwald, a journalist famous for breaking the story of Edward Snowden’s leak of confidential information...