Through a clinical trial to grow and surgically replace stem cells, U researchers hope to reduce a patient's heart failure and increase the overall lifespan by a few years.

After spending much of the past two years on the campaign trail covering the 2008 presidential election for The New York Times, Healy said he questions whether the campaign process has become too long and drawn out.

An anxious crowd gathered at the end of the plastic tarp-clad HPER Highway at Monday's Rivalry Week pep rally, awaiting the deluge of numbered tennis balls that would come down the runway and result in one lucky winner of a half-tuition scholarship.

The University of Utah and Brigham Young University both push sustainability measures on their campuses, but BYU steers away from adopting official green policies.

The Alaskan arctic plays a crucial role in the global ecosystem but is on the verge of total collapse, said Subhankar Banerjee, a wildlife photographer.

Power outages, such as the one that shut down classes in multiple buildings Nov. 6, are increasing every year and the U is unlikely to secure state funds to fix the problem.

To give female students at the U a glimpse into the career choices of professional women in Utah and why they chose to focus on their careers, the Bennion Community Service Center organized a forum bringing together women of all ages Saturday morning.

Beginning this week, the U Police Department will begin posting a list of the previous day's crimes every morning on its Web site. The new feature was created as a service to the students, Capt. Lynn Mitchell said.

The U and BYU were ranked in the Top 10 most "family-friendly" schools, according to the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review's Best 296 Business Schools, released in early October.

Shadd Dean Hartman and Thomas Howard Anderson waived rights to a preliminary hearing Thursday in favor of a plea bargain for the third-degree felony of stealing 1.5 million billing records from the University Hospital in June.s