Several parking lots will close Thursday afternoon in preparation for the Utes' 7 p.m. football game against Oregon State.

Online courses are some of the only courses at the U with increasing enrollment rates. Despite budget cuts, departments might have to spend the extra money for additional online classes, or face stagnant enrollment and additional cuts.

With the ever-increasing use and application of the Web in professional and personal settings, some educators have adapted their teaching techniques to incorporate the benefits of the Internet into their classrooms.

By December, almost every building on campus will be equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access for students and faculty with laptops or internet-capable cell phones.

Students and teachers began experimenting with iTunes U last year, a part of iTunes used by universities and colleges for Web-based classes, downloadable files and more.

With a $1.5 million grant recently awarded by the National Institutes of Health, U researcher Eric Huang now has extra funding to study the process of tumor growth and possibly slow that process down.

Some colleges and universities are using Facebook and other social networking Web sites to evaluate prospective students.

Campus police arrested Ryan J. Myres early Monday morning after he drove into a U Hospital fence and claimed to be the victim.

U students overwhelmingly support Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, but they like incumbent Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. even more.

n a surprising series of developments, the U.S. House of Representatives struck down a $700 billion bailout of the banking industry in a vote of 228 to 205 Monday afternoon.