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.
New engineering certificate prepares U students for the evolving energy industry
The resilient energy engineering certificate will teach students how alternative energy is generated and integrated with the grid, along with the business, societal, and policy issues that those technologies raise.
Read MoreSupporting student wellbeing in Summit and Wasatch counties
The Utah School Mental Health Collaborative, an effort driven by the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the College of Education, works with schools across Utah to provide mental health services for K-12 students.
Read MoreNew gene therapy reduces heart failure in large animal model
The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves survival, in what a paper describing the results calls “an unprecedented recovery of cardiac function.”
Read MoreBlood clot study could help astronauts—and Earthlings
Astronauts have a higher risk of blood clots. To learn why, scientists are sending blood cells to the International Space Station.
Read MoreA life-changing mission to Honduras: Expanding access to cardiac surgery
U health care providers visited the country to demonstrate the feasibility of an independent cardiothoracic surgery program within Honduras’s public healthcare system.
Read MoreU ranked No. 3 for entrepreneurship in the West by Princeton Review
The rankings are the latest of many top rankings for entrepreneurship programs at the Eccles School.
Read MoreThe true value of academic research
Research fills critical knowledge gaps in medical science, leads to new treatments and technologies that improve public health, creates jobs and and trains tomorrow’s scientists.
Read MoreStudents jump start behavioral health careers with apprenticeships
To bridge the gap from classroom to practice, the U’s College of Social Work offers paid apprenticeships for graduates of its substance use disorder treatment training certificate program.
Read MoreIs college still worth it?
Despite waning trust in higher education, the tangible and intangible returns of a degree—from career earnings to life satisfaction—hold strong.
Read MoreInnovation university
Daring visionaries from the U have opened new frontiers in health, tech, and humanity’s future. See 10 of the most jaw-dropping inventions and discoveries.
Read MoreNew courses in Creative Arts Therapies
The U College of Fine Arts is answering the demand for evidence-based art therapy with a new foundational series of courses.
Read MoreVisionary outreach
Since 2013, Moran Eye Center providers and staff have made near-monthly trips from Salt Lake City to the Navajo Nation to bring sight-restoring care to residents.
Read MorePurity at a premium in critical metals
University of Utah researchers secure major funding to advance domestic critical metals production.
Read MoreU partners with Sandia National Laboratories
The U and Sandia will look to develop collaborations in various technical areas which could lead to the development of funded programs.
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