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U Doctor Compares Dung lung Sickness in the Himalayas to Utah Air

U Doctor Compares ‘Dung lung’ Sickness in the Himalayas to Utah Air

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator March 10, 2017

Nicholas Kanaan, emergency medicine doctor at University of Utah Health Care, recently published a case study in emergency medicine on an airway syndrome affecting people in the Nepali Himalayas that results...

Immersive Video Shows the Impact of Poor Air Quality

Immersive Video Shows the Impact of Poor Air Quality

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator March 8, 2017

This winter, the Salt Lake Valley spent several days with the worst air quality in the nation. Several groups and individuals at the University of Utah are working to educate citizens about it. Among them...

Rising Waters: Students and Faculty Join the Fight Against Diverting the Great Salt Lake

Rising Waters: Students and Faculty Join the Fight Against Diverting the Great Salt Lake

By Cara MacDonald March 2, 2017

Many scientists believe the United States will experience a serious dilemma in the near future — a severe lack of water.  As the number of people in the U.S. rises, increasingly more water is going...

The US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water Aims to Solve Water Crises in Pakistan from the U

The US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water Aims to Solve Water Crises in Pakistan from the U

February 28, 2017

The unpredictability of water in Utah causes worry for residents. Every year mountain runoff brings floods, while the threat of drought hangs over the desert state. Some communities worry about the danger...

Utah Among ‘Best to Study Light-Polluted Skies.’

Utah Among ‘Best to Study Light-Polluted Skies.’

February 24, 2017

About 67% of land in Utah is federally owned — the second highest percentage in the nation — making the state uniquely positioned to host studies of the dark sky. ‘The disappearing dark,’ a phrase...

Us Second Churchill Scholarship Awarded to Mathematician

U’s Second Churchill Scholarship Awarded to Mathematician

February 24, 2017

For the second consecutive year, a student from the University of Utah was awarded the prestigious Churchill Scholarship. The Churchill Scholarship was created at the request of Winston Churchill, who...

Veteran Suicides Can be Reduced Through a Simpler Technique, New Study Shows.

Veteran Suicides Can be Reduced Through a Simpler Technique, New Study Shows.

February 22, 2017

Research from the University of Utah psychology department discovered a simpler and more efficient way to prevent suicide attempts from veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder patients.  In the...

Dr. Vanessa Stevens smiles in the Healing Ground at the VA Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Different Drug Would Save More Lives, Study Shows

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator February 16, 2017

Nausea, fever, weight loss, rapid heart rate, diarrhea ten to fifteen times a day, and kidney failure. These are just some of the symptoms of a severe infection from a small bacterium called Clostridium...

From Mind to Marketplace: TVC Helps Students and Faculty Turn Inventions Into Businesses

From Mind to Marketplace: TVC Helps Students and Faculty Turn Inventions Into Businesses

February 8, 2017

Technology and Venture Commercialization (TVC) has been providing inventors at the University of Utah with the tools and technology they need to turn their inventions into a successful business since 1970....

Nuclear Scientist Siegfried Hecker Speaks at the U

Nuclear Scientist Siegfried Hecker Speaks at the U

February 8, 2017

Globally respected nuclear scientist and professor at Stanford University Dr. Siegfried Hecker spoke at the U in January as part of the Frontiers of Science lecture series. His lecture, titled ​“North...