On Friday, the College of Social Work honored seven people and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding service to the community involving equality and social justice.

Students popped, locked and rocked at the third-annual Rock the U dance marathon during the weekend, raising more than $75,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

The U, in conjunction with the Turkish Coalition of America, is instituting a new five-year program of Turkish studies.

An amended proposal to increase student fees by $2.50 per semester to fund sustainability projects passed the ASUU General Assembly and Senate last night and will go before the Utah Board of Regents for approval this afternoon.

After opening only a year ago, the U's Health Care Clinical Neurosciences and Spine Center has already received a high-level award, ranking it next to centers at Ivy League universities.

Mining tests have shown that researchers can find trapped miners by distinguishing between expected underground noises and the metal sound.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has selected Patrick Reimherr, a senior in economics and the U's student body president, as one of 65 students from more than 280 colleges nationwide to receive a $30,000 scholarship award for public service.

Kahn spoke Thursday at the U Hinckley Institute of Politics about China's up-and-coming status as a superpower of the world.

A new U study has found that Utah adults diagnosed with autism are faring better than their peers when it comes to adjusting to society.

The marathon, run by the Associated Students of the University of Utah, will begin Friday afternoon in the Union Ballroom and will continue non-stop for 26.2 hours. Participants will dance, play games and eat to help support cancer research.