If one were to ask the employees of Layton Construction what kind of a person the founder, U alumnus Alan W. Layton, was, they'd all likely answer the same way.

Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan honored the work that started at the U and might one day turn the tide in the war against infections as part of the Benning Society Lecture Series on Wednesday night.

With a sweeping health care reform bill awaiting debate and a vote in the Senate, members of Utah's medical and nonprofit communities gathered at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Wednesday to discuss the system's flaws and debate the pending reform bill.

Amid the confusion and worry sparked by the federal government's new suggestion that women shouldn't start getting checked for breast cancer until 10 years later than originally proposed, the Huntsman Cancer Institute is holding steady to the traditional standard.

Just to have a chance to interact with strange birds, students endured the shrill squawking of a falcon's song competing with a recording of John Denver's "Eagle and the Hawk."

I can understand why our state legislators are so sensitive when it comes to the initiative for ethics reform from the Utahns for Ethical Government. No one wants to be the guy (or gal) who stands up and says unequivocally, "I oppose the proposed ethics reform." It just sounds bad, doesn't it?

Last spring, the Utah Legislature passed House Bill 126, which required voters to present identification in order to vote on Election Day. Many were worried that the extra hurdle would disenfranchise many would-be voters and cast a feeling of distrust upon the electorate. Well, the votes from last week are in, and it doesn't look like the new I.D. requirement had a negative impact on the turnout of the electorate.

BusinessWeek magazine named the professional master's in business administration program at the U's David Eccles School of Business as one of the best in the nation for people returning to college to change their profession.

For Faisal Aldawsari, an 18-year-old business student, his time at the U appears to be up before he could graduate8212;or be charged with sexual assault.

There have been two sexual assault reports in the Residence Hall area since Thursday, apparently committed by two different men.