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Dental Program Finds New Home in Research Park

January 26, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   The U’s School of Dentistry now has 86,000 square feet to house its growing program. The dentistry program, previously located in the Health Sciences Education...

(Photo Courtesy of Kenneth Golden)

U’s “Indiana Jones of Mathematics” Named Fellow of Explorers Club

November 24, 2014

  U professor Kenneth Golden, known as the “Indiana Jones of mathematics,” was recently named a fellow of the Explorers Club. The Explorers Club promotes science and education surrounding exploration...

(Photo Courtesy of the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engineering)

U Team Wins Chem-E-Car Competition

November 24, 2014

  Hydrogen fuel cells powered a team of U undergraduate students to victory on Nov. 16. A team of 25 U students placed first in this year’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers chem-e-car competition...

(Photo by Kylee Ehmann)

High School Students Get Psyched About Science

November 18, 2014

  The normal quiet of the U on a Saturday morning was disturbed by hundreds of excited high school students in lecture halls and the Union as they attended the U’s annual Science Day. Teachers,...

(Photo Courtesy of Dan Hixon, University of Utah College of Engineering)

U Engineers Design Better Bomb Detection Devices

November 10, 2014

  Engineers at the U have created a new technology to detect gases, explosives and drugs. The science behind the technology utilizes carbon nanotube materials that are handheld and will be used during...

(Photo Courtesy of the Us Chapter of American Chemical Society)

ACS Club Combining Chemistry and Community

October 6, 2014

  There’s only one place at the U where someone can put liquid nitrogen into a trash can full of 1,000 ping pong balls and watch it explode: The American Chemical Society. Started by transfer students...

(Photo by Brent Uberty)

Closing the Gap Between Humanities and Science

October 6, 2014

  There’s a showdown on campus between the humanities and the sciences. Few programs at the U manage to close this gap with studies actively integrating technology, engineering and mathematics...

(Photo by Dane Goodwin)

Major Expo Allows Students to Explore Options

September 24, 2014

  “Last year not that many people stopped by, so we revamped a bit,” said Jeff Dalby. For Dalby, an IT specialist with the University College, “revamped” means popcorn machines. The free...

(Photo by Preston Zubal)

Students Team Up to Create Medical Device

September 24, 2014

  Imagine what might happen if a mixture of business, science, engineering and art students were put into one room and offered $70,000 in prizes for producing an innovative medical device. The Bench-2-Bedside...

U Student Shines in Science Research

September 22, 2014

As a little girl, Elisabeth Zachary wanted to grow up to be a germ expert, now she’s living her childhood dreams.Zachary, a junior in biology, is conducting research at the U to further this goal....