Sorenson Impact Center Receives $600,000 Federal Grant to Support Diversity in Entrepreneurship

The Sorenson Impact Center, a think tank housed at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA).
21-Sep-2020 3:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Blowin' in the wind

University of Utah chemical engineers have conducted an air flow study of the venue that the Utah Symphony performs in to determine the best ways to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the emissions of wind instrument players.
18-Sep-2020 3:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Confronting Racism in Higher Education

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at the University of Utah is leading a collective call to action for truth, healing and the building of anti-racist campuses with the launch of Friday Forums on Racism in Higher Education.
17-Sep-2020 5:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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U team offers daily tips for parenting, schooling and e-learning in a pandemic

The Behavior Response Support Team (BRST, pronounced “burst), a joint project of the University of Utah’s Department of Educational Psychology and the Granite School District, provides daily tips and teaches skills for managing kids’ behavior...
14-Sep-2020 5:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Idle threat

A team led by University of Utah chemical engineering assistant professor Kerry E. Kelly has received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to design and test the viability of a real-time air pollution monitoring system and display for...
1-Sep-2020 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Our energy hunger is tethered to our economic past

Current world energy consumption is tied to unchangeable past economic production. And the way out of an ever-increasing rate of carbon emissions may not necessarily be ever-increasing energy efficiency—in fact it may be the opposite.
26-Aug-2020 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch surprises University of Utah law students at orientation

Gorsuch, who took his seat on the Court in April 2017, on Friday encouraged law students to persevere through challenging times as they start their legal studies in the midst of a global pandemic.
24-Aug-2020 7:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Recursion and University of Utah launch region’s largest life science incubator

Altitude Lab announced its first resident companies and opened applications for its breakthrough collaborative facility and program. It’s the first of its kind—a blended incubator/accelerator program focused on developing diverse and inclusive...
19-Aug-2020 1:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites