A RESONATING IMPACT THE U IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS UTAH AND BEYOND

Stay in the know and share the latest updates about the U with these monthly news highlights.

Eccles gift creates a new home for health in West Valley City

The landmark $75 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation will establish a new 800,000-square-foot hospital and medical campus for westside communities.

U embarks on ambitious framework to build ‘college town magic’

Education

U’s Board of Trustees approved the Campus Physical Development Framework for planning a campus of the future.

U taps NVIDIA’s AI expertise

Innovation

A new statewide AI initiative will enhance Utah’s technology-based workforce training and economic development.

Every physician in Utah can access PubMed research

Health

A program at U of U Health ensures all Utah doctors can find the best available medical evidence.

Early-life gut microbes may protect against diabetes, research in mice suggests

Health

If the benefits seen in mice hold true in humans, microbe-derived molecules might eventually help restore pancreatic function in people with diabetes.

Whose air quality are we monitoring?

Research

U research finds U.S. EPA air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, leaving marginalized communities at risk of pollution exposure.

Utah’s higher education system: A catalyst for individual and societal success

Education

A new policy brief by the Gardner Policy Institute summarizes the significant benefits of higher education in Utah.

Malaria researcher focuses on global health as U’s first Jefferson Science Fellow

Health

U pathology professor Tracey Lamb will advise the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy on international infection disease-related policies.